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1221.Worst’ bird of prey poisoner Allen Lambert given suspended sentence (2014-11-07)
... A gamekeeper convicted of “the worst case of bird of prey poisoning” recorded in England has been given a 10-week suspended sentence. Allen Lambert, 65, who worked on the Stody Estate, near Holt in Norfolk, was found guilty of deliberately killing 10 buzzards and a sparrowhawk. Head of RSPB investigations Bob Elliot said the discovery... ...
1222.Texas oil town makes history as residents say no to fracking (2014-11-06)
... The Texas town where America’s oil and natural gas boom began has voted to ban fracking, in a stunning rebuke to the industry. Denton, a college town on the edge of the Barnett Shale, voted by 59% to ban fracking inside the city limits, a first for any locality in Texas. Organisers said they hoped... ...
1223.German solar ambitions at risk from cuts to subsidies (2014-11-06)
... German ambitions to generate the vast majority of its power from the sun, wind and other renewable sources by the middle of the century are at risk from cuts to solar subsidies and weak EU clean energy targets, industry and experts say. The country’s target of getting 80% of energy from renewable sources by 2050... ...
1224.Subsidy cuts and weak EU targets cloud German solar energy revolution (2014-11-05)
... Germany is home to solar-powered football stadiums and funfairs but the country’s renewable energy future still faces obstacles. German ambitions to generate the vast majority its power from the sun, wind and other renewable sources by the middle of the century are at risk from cuts to solar subsidies and weak EU clean energy targets,... ...
1225.Will the UK’s pollinator strategy be enough to stop bee decline? (2014-11-05)
... Can a strategy that fails to address the issue of pesticides and lacks targets on habitat restoration prove effective? Karl Mathiesen investigates. The government’s strategy for protecting pollinating insects, including bees, fails to adequately address one of the major threats to their health say scientists, environmentalists and opposition politicians. The national pollinator strategy (NPS), launched... ...
1226.More than two fifths of English fishing quotas ‘held by foreign businesses’ (2014-11-04)
... Greenpeace research shows five largest foreign-owned vessels alone hold 32% of English fishing quotas More than two fifths of England’s quota for the fish it can catch is held by foreign-controlled fishing businesses, according to an investigation by Greenpeace. The environmental campaign group is urging the government to give more quota to smaller-scale, local fishermen... ...
1227.IPCC: rapid carbon emission cuts vital to stop severe impact of climate change (2014-11-04)
... Most important assessment of global warming yet warns carbon emissions must be cut sharply and soon, but UN’s IPCC says solutions are available and affordable Climate change is set to inflict “severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts” on people and the natural world unless carbon emissions are cut sharply and rapidly, according to the most important... ...
1228.3 Infographics Explain Our Climate Past and Future (2014-11-04)
... The final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) fifth assessment report (AR5), set to be released this weekend, is the most comprehensive evaluation of climate change to date. Its findings are both alarming and clear: Climate change is already affecting communities and ecosystems across the planet, and without urgent action, it’s poised... ...
1229.People living near windfarms to be offered stakes from £5 to counter opposition (2014-11-03)
... People living near new windfarms will be able to buy a stake in them for as little as £5 under new plans, as part of a fightback by industry to win over opponents of wind turbines. In a report produced for the Liberal Democrat energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey, renewable energy trade bodies, community... ...
1230.Istanbul’s bid to become Green Capital of Europe ‘is a joke’ (2014-11-03)
... City is cutting down forests and bulldozing green spaces in the name of development, say activists Istanbul’s bid to become European Green Capital of 2017 has been met with ridicule from activists and opposition politicians. The application comes at a time when the city’s authorities are clamping down on environmental protests while forging ahead with... ...
