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More Frequent Heat Waves by 2020 ‘Almost Certain’
Posted by Climate News Network: Tim Radford on August 18th, 2013
Climate News Network: Stand by for extreme weather. Prepare for heat waves on a scale that was once unprecedented. For once, there are no "ifs' in the forecast, no caveats about modeling business-as-usual-scenarios rather than dramatic reductions of emissions for near-term warming
Even if governments abandon fossil fuels everywhere, immediately, and invest only in green energy, there will be new record temperatures. The greenhouse gas emissions of the last few decades now mean that regions of the planet subjected to...
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United Kingdom: Anti-oil drilling and fracking demonstration: Crowds to march through Balcombe
Posted by Metro: None Given on August 18th, 2013
Metro: Campaigners will attempt to get their voices heard today, when a legion of impassioned activists take to the streets in protest against gas and oil exploration in the English countryside.
Anti-fracking and oil drilling demonstrators will march at 3pm in Balcombe, West Sussex, the town near to a site on which energy firm, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd, is hoping to stage a test drill.
Masses of environmental activists, local Sussex residents and even perhaps a few celebrities – Vivienne Westwood was...