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Pressure for windfall tax mounts
The TUC
renews its demands for windfall tax on energy company
profits, as pressure mounts on the government to help the
poor.
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BBC |
Palin: the real scandal
Seen from
the air, Sarah Palin's state is an environmental wonderland.
From Anchorage to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, there
is a vast landscape of snow-capped peaks, fjords, crystal
glaciers, coastal lagoons, wide river deltas and tundra.
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The
Independent |
Glaciers In The Pyrenees Will
Disappear In Less Than 50 Years, Study Finds
Much has
been said about the situation of the glaciers in Greenland
and Antarctica, but little is known about those in the high
mountain areas of the Iberian Peninsular. A Spanish research
study has revealed, for the first time, that now only the
Pyrenees has active glaciers. Furthermore, the steady
increase in temperature, a total of 0.9C since 1890,
indicates that Pyrenean glaciers will disappear before 2050,
according to experts.
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ScienceDaily.com |
August the cruellest month for
bugs
It has
been a miserable summer for bugs as well as people, the head
of Britain's insect conservation charity has said.
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The
Independent |
Greens pick Lucas as first
leader
Caroline
Lucas has been elected as the first ever leader of the Green
party at its annual conference in London.
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BBC |
When the wind doesn't blow
By 2020,
more than a third of Britain's electricity will be generated
by wind power, according to government plans. One problem -
six out of 10 days aren't windy enough to make sufficient
power. So what happens then?
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BBC |
Gordon Brown faces backlash over
fuel bills for poor
PM
suffers backlash from Labour movement after signalling that
government will not be making cash payments to low-income
families
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Green party to elect leader for
first time today
Caroline
Lucas MEP expected to be named first leader in party's
20-year history
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Guardian
Unlimited |
World's first carbon capture
pilot fires up clean-coal advocates
German
project will burn coal in an atmosphere of pure oxygen –
producing CO2 waste which can be buried – creating enough
electricity to power 1,000 homes
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Guardian
Unlimited |
The week in wildlife
The pick
of this week's flora and fauna images from around the world
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Anger over energy companies'
£1.6bn payout to shareholders
Pressure
for windfall tax on energy companies intensifies with
disclosure that biggest suppliers increased divided payments
by £257m
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Guardian
Unlimited |
One woman's search for an
environmentally responsible hire car
One
woman's search for an environmentally responsible hire car
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Ewa Jasiewicz: Don't exclude
those of us who want to see revolutionary change from the
fight against...
Ewa
Jasiewicz: Don't exclude those of us who want to see
revolutionary change from the fight against global warming.
We're all in this together
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Oliver Tickell: The government
is robbing us of renewables
Oliver
Tickell: By a shameless ruse, the government is filching the
money we pay in our electricity bills to support green
energy generation
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Obituary: Ann MacEwen
Obituary:
Leading town planner best known as a champion of Britain's
national parks
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Revealed: Brown's £1bn power
windfall
Ministers
urged to share hidden profits made through green energy
scheme
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Country diary: East Yorkshire
Rosemary
Roach: East Yorkshire
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Weather: Rivers rise to danger
levels after soaking summer as storms bring more misery to
flood-hit ...
Worst of
weather in south-west and Wales, with Met Office warning
more rain likely next week
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Carbon capture and storage: the
three main technologies
The three
main techniques for preventing carbon dioxide from
coal-fired power stations contributing to global warming
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Guardian
Unlimited |
Meltdown in Kenya as Jesus rains
down hailstones
A freak
storm has blanketed part of the country in ice, much to the
delight of some
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Guardian
Unlimited |
IEA urges EU to fully liberalise
energy markets
The
Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) has published
its first review of EU energy policy,endorsing controversial
Commission plans to break up European energygiants and
calling for greater cross-border trade in renewable energy
among other recommendations.
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EurActiv |
Global Sea-rise Levels By 2100
May Be Lower Than Some Predict, Says New Study
Despite
projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20
feet or more by the end of this century as a result of
warming, a new study concludes that global sea rise of much
more than 6 feet is a near physical impossibility.
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ScienceDaily.com |
Role Of Aerosols In Climate
Change Examined
It
appears that aerosol effects on clouds can induce large
changes in precipitation patterns, which in turn may change
not only regional water resources, but also may change the
regional and global circulation systems that constitute the
Earth's climate. A group of scientists have proposed a new
framework to account more accurately for the effects of
aerosols on precipitation in climate models.
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ScienceDaily.com |
Press
Centre |
Minister slams 'hysterical'
environmentalists
Northern
Ireland environment minister Sammy Wilson has described
belief in man-made climate change as a "hysterical
psuedo-religion".
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PlanningResource |
Government unveils
microgeneration measures
The
government has announced measures to encourage companies to
invest in microgeneration.
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PlanningResource |
Scots set for climate lead
The
Scottish Government has committed itself to bringing forward
a world-leading climate change bill as part of its
legislative programme for the coming year.
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PlanningResource |
Legal threat hangs over bypass
inquiry
Green
groups will call for a judicial review if controversial
plans for an Aberdeen bypass are approved following what
they claim is a sham of a public inquiry.
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PlanningResource |
Middle Quinton plan promoters
respond to transport criticism
The
promoters of the proposed Middle Quinton eco-town have tried
to overcome transport criticisms on their finalised plans.
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PlanningResource |
Tesco scraps eco-town bid
The
withdrawal of an eco- town in Cambridgeshire and rejection
of a 5,000-home new town have been hailed by councils
overseeing growth in the sub-region.
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PlanningResource |
Region seeks green action
The South
West Regional Assembly launched its first climate change
action plan this week.
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PlanningResource |
Public consultation on extension
of congestion charge zone
A
five-week public consultation on the western extension of
central London's congestion charge zone began this week.
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PlanningResource |
Agency seeks more reservoir
evidence
Thames
Water has been instructed to revise parts of its plan for a
reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire by the Environment
Agency.
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PlanningResource |
Eco-village developer warns of
resumption of aerodrome use
A former
aerodrome near Guildford in Surrey could be used again for
aircraft if proposals for a new community are rejected later
this month, its owners have warned.
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PlanningResource |
Noise Levels Used to Assess
Health Impacts of Airports Too High?
Defra
publish consultation on noise action planning for airport
operators.
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Environmental Protection |
