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UK had hottest and fourth wettest year in 2014
Posted by RTCC: Megan Darby on January 5th, 2015
RTCC: The UK experienced its hottest ever year in 2014, provisional data shows.
The average temperature across the last twelve months was 9.9C, beating the 2006 record of 9.7C, the Met Office has revealed. Eight of the UK’s top ten warmest years have occurred since 2002.
Having kicked off with wintry storms and widespread flooding in January and February, 2014 was also the fourth wettest year on record.
“This is clear evidence of the impact of man-made climate change on the UK,” said Bob Ward,...
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French President Francois Hollande shifts position on Tobin tax, money for environment
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 5th, 2015
Agence France-Presse: French President Francois Hollande shifted position Monday on implementing a long-sought financial transactions tax in Europe and said the money should go towards projects aimed at mitigating climate change. In an interview on France Inter radio Hollande said such a tax should be put in place next year in willing European countries on "all financial products at a low rate". That is a shift of position for France, whose insistence that financial derivatives products important for French banks be...
Alaska Toasty Temperatures in 2014 Worry Observers
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 5th, 2015
LA Times: The biggest state in America, home to more ocean coastline than all others combined, has just set another record. This one, however, is nothing to cheer.
For the first time in recorded history, temperatures in Anchorage did not drop below zero once in an entire calendar year. In comparison, Alaska's largest city had 14 days below zero in the 2013 calendar year and 32 days in 2012. The average is 29 days.
At midnight Wednesday, Anchorage closed the book on its warmest year since 1926, according...
Bushfire Response: Disaster Spending in Australia Faces Overhaul Amid Calls Climate Action
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 5th, 2015
Guardian: The federal government has signalled it wants to reduce spending on natural disaster recovery and shift its focus to reducing the risks before an event strikes.
The Greens renewed their calls for the government to take strong action against climate change while fire crews worked to contain blazes in South Australia and Victoria on Sunday.
The justice minister, Michael Keenan, did not directly respond to the climate change criticism, but said the government would speak to state and territory...