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UK floods: Homes ‘left exposed’ by Environment Agency job cuts
Posted by Telegraph: Peter Dominiczak on January 2nd, 2014
Telegraph: The ability to cope with floods in England and Wales could be put at risk because of government cuts to the Environment Agency that will result in the loss of hundreds of front-line staff.
Officials working on flood risk management will be sacked as the agency sheds about 15 per cent of its workforce to save money.
More than 1,500 jobs will be cut by October, leading to fears that the agency will not be able to cope with serious flooding next year. The agency's chief executive has said that...
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Comments Off on UK floods: Homes ‘left exposed’ by Environment Agency job cutsUnited Kingdom: There’s no room for wind farms but plenty for fracking, says PM
Posted by Telegraph: Peter Dominiczak on August 8th, 2013
Telegraph: In comments that will delight rural communities opposed to wind farms, the Prime Minister said that "there is a limited potential for onshore wind' in the UK.
Mr Cameron instead said that he wants the UK to focus on shale gas exploration, nuclear power and offshore wind.
With anti-fracking protests continuing in parts of the countryside, the Prime Minister said he wanted to "dispel myths' about the controversial technique and said that there is "no question of having earthquakes and fire coming...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on United Kingdom: There’s no room for wind farms but plenty for fracking, says PMUnited Kingdom: Fracking boss Francis Egan receives bomb threat over shale gas exploration
Posted by Telegraph: Peter Dominiczak on August 4th, 2013
Telegraph: Francis Egan, the chief executive of Cuadrilla, has send he was send an email threatening to bomb his company headquarters if he did not cease activities in the UK.
Cuadrilla announced that it has started as exploratory drilling began at a site in Balcombe, West Sussex, despite anti-fracking protests by local people and activists from across the UK.
Villages across the UK have said that they will block any attempts to drill in the wake of the Balcombe protests.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday...
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