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1201.George Osborne urges ministers to fast-track fracking measures in leaked letter (2015-01-26)
... Chancellor’s list of requests, including responding to ‘asks’ from Cuadrilla, laid out in letter to cabinet colleagues George Osborne has requested that ministers make dozens of interventions to fast-track fracking as a “personal priority”, including the delivery of numerous “asks” from shale gas company Cuadrilla. The list of requests are laid out in a leaked... ...
1202.UK nuclear ambitions dealt fatal blow by Austrian legal challenge, say Greens (2015-01-22)
... Lawyers say legal delays could prevent UK from realising its ambitions for new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C by 2023 Plans for a new generation of nuclear reactors in the UK have been dealt a fatal blow by Austria’s decision to launch a legal challenge to the EU’s approval of a £17.6bn subsidy deal,... ...
1203.Should tackling climate change trump protecting nature? (2015-01-20)
... Planners have given the green light for a solar farm at Rampisham Down, a SSSI in West Dorset. But stopping biodiversity loss is as important as stopping global warming. Does the need to mitigate the effects of man-made climate change override the need to protect nature? Climate change is with us, and is one of... ...
1204.GM crop vote was just the beginning of Europe’s biotech battle (2015-01-20)
... A recent EU vote allows states to cultivate GM crops, with the first expected to be grown in the UK in 2017, but big hurdles remain Scientists, politicians and activists expect the first commercially cultivated GM crops to be planted in England in 2017 after an EU vote for new GM crop rules last week,... ...
1205.Commercial bees threaten wild bees, say researchers (2015-01-19)
... The trade in bees used for honey or to pollinate crops could have a devastating impact on wild bees and other insects, say scientists. New measures are needed to stop diseases carried by commercial bees spilling over into the wild, says a University of Exeter team. Evidence suggests bees bred in captivity can carry diseases... ...
1206.UK’s shale gas revolution falls flat with just 11 new wells planned for 2015 (2015-01-19)
... Progress on fracking ‘glacially slow’ despite backing from prime minister and promise of generous tax breaks The UK government’s planned shale gas revolution has barely got out of the starting blocks with just 11 new exploratory wells for shale gas and oil due to be drilled this year even before the impact of plunging oil... ...
1207.Rate of sea-level rise ‘steeper’ (2015-01-15)
... The rate at which the global oceans have risen in the past two decades is more significant than previously recognised, say US-based scientists. Their reassessment of tide gauge data from 1900-1990 found that the world’s seas went up more slowly than earlier estimates – by about 1.2mm per year. But this makes the 3mm per... ...
1208.Scientists reveal which coral reefs can survive global warming (2015-01-15)
... Study shows for the first time which parts of the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs can be expected to bounce back from mass bleaching events ...
1209.‘Green’ biomass boilers may waste billions in public money (2015-01-14)
... Over £10bn could be paid in incentives for non-domestic biomass boilers despite a government study showing they are less efficient than thought and won’t help the UK meet clean energy targets. Billions of pounds of public money is to be spent supporting ‘green’ boilers, despite evidence from the government’s own experts and industry that they... ...
1210.High gold prices causing increased deforestation in South America, study finds (2015-01-14)
... Rising gold prices have made it profitable to extract lowgrade deposits lying beneath protected Amazon and other South American forests, says study of mining impacts. ...
