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Updated on Dec 04, 14
Created on Nov 13, 14
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Green Alliance UK's List: 11 Green Alliance Media Monitoring, 13 November 2014
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Nov 13, 14
Report says invasive species, tourism, poaching, dams and logging most pressing threats but climate change may eclipse all.
The first ever analysis of all 228 natural world heritage sites found that 21% have a good conservation outlook, with 42% deemed to be “good with some concerns”.
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Nov 13, 14
‘I’m focusing not on what might happen in 16 years’ time,’ says PM as pressure mounts to match targets set by China and US
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Nov 13, 14
A visit to Beijing by Kerry and a missive from Obama were key moments in a nine-month negotiation between the world’s biggest polluters
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Nov 13, 14
Obama’s opponents looking for ways to undermine bold climate change strategy that could bring about drastic reduction in carbon emissions
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Nov 13, 14
Danish giant announces plan to manufacture 8MW turbine blades on Isle of Wight, reports BusinessGreen
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Nov 13, 14
Keep Britain Tidy survey for Defra finds crime higher in streets with rubbish, graffiti and fly-posting
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Nov 13, 14
Ban will apply to new dredging projects but not the larger world heritage area which includes inshore waters where ports are located
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Nov 13, 14
Cycling industry employs more people than mining and quarrying with potential for a million jobs by 2020, says new study
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Nov 13, 14
More than 100,000 home owners have had British Gas's 'Hive' thermostat installed – can the bold claim to save users £150 on their heating bills be true?
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Nov 13, 14
Danish company Vestas says 260ft blades will be made for an eight-megawatt (MW) V164 wind turbine
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Nov 13, 14
Oil prices may spike by 2020 as the Islamic State crisis deters companies from investing in Iraq, energy watchdog warns
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Nov 13, 14
Don't be fooled by falling crude prices says Saudi Arabia's oil minister, it's all part of the plan
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Nov 13, 14
Chairman Simone Peter says the party "deeply regrets" links with paedophile lobby groups in the 1980s
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Nov 13, 14
The emissions agreement between China and the US means a low-carbon world suddenly seems possible
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Nov 13, 14
The unregulated 'artisanal' gold mining sector is a massive source of mercury pollution and other environmental damage, writes Greg Valerio. But now the Fairtrade Gold initiative is helping miners to reform their practices with equipment, training and a hefty gold price premium. All it needs now is for consumers to demand Fairtrade Gold in all their jewellery purchases.
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Nov 13, 14
SSE, the Big Six energy provider, warned yesterday that warm weather and increasing competition would keep its profits flat this year.
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Nov 13, 14
The price of oil has trickled below $80 a barrel for the first time in four years after the Opec oil cartel said demand would fall next year.
Global demand will drop from the one million barrels per day (bpd) it currently produces to 29.20 million bpd next year due to the shale boom in America, Opec said in its monthly report yesterday. -
Nov 13, 14
Energy traders were thrown into further confusion last night after the Saudi Arabian oil minister dismissed talk of a price war between producers, which has sent crude plunging into a bear market, as a “misunderstanding”.
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Nov 13, 14
Boris Johnson has backed down in a dispute with scientists over the severity of air pollution on Oxford Street in London.
The mayor of the capital claimed in July that it was a “ludicrous urban myth” that the popular shopping street had one of the worst air pollution levels in the world.
He has now said that he accepts evidence from King’s College London, which found that Oxford Street had the world’s highest recorded level of nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant emitted by diesel engines. -
Nov 13, 14
Twenty five years ago, no one was pressuring Margaret Thatcher to raise the alarm over climate change. Her great friend Ronald Reagan was most definitely unpersuaded. Yet on November 8, 1989, at the United Nations, she became the first leader of any major nation to call for a global treaty on climate change. She did so because, as a professional scientist, she understood the implications of the emerging science.
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