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Gordon Brown will launch a £100 billion programme to build thousands of offshore wind turbines in a bid to meet the UK’s renewable energy targets. The prime minister is expected to award a raft of development contracts to build a new generation of offshore wind farms, mainly in the North Sea.
Environment	The Sentinel – 4th January 2010



Governments’ multi-billion-dollar support for biofuels is wreaking social and environmental havoc, a new report for Christian aid has claimed. Biofuels are often hailed as a renewable and clean source of energy. However, Christian Aid is demanding a radical overhaul of the ‘massive’ subsidies and quotas given to their production, arguing that they actually exacerbate climate change in many areas.
Environment	Salvationist- August 2009



Grants to universities will be linked to their performance against carbon reduction targets from 2011, education chiefs have said. Universities and higher education institutions will need to have their own carbon management plans and their performance against these will be used to assess capital allocations, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) said. It will be for the individual institutions to decide, within the national set of targets, how to reduce, measure, review and report progress on their own emissions.
Environment	The Sentinel- 30 July 2009



Gordon Brown hailed an “historic” agreement between world powers that they will not allow global temperatures to rise by more than 2 degrees Celsius and will cut greenhouse emissions by 80% by 2050. The Prime Minister said the deal, by G8 nations in Italy, paved the way for a global agreement at the UN conference in Copenhagen this December.
Environment	The Sentinel- 9 July 2009



Changes to the UK’s climate which could increase droughts, floods and heatwaves are inevitable, new research has said. Climate Change Secretary Ed Milliband said it highlighted the need to secure an ambitious new deal on cutting emissions across the world when leaders met in Copenhagen in December.
Environment	The Sentinel- 19 June 2009



The low-carbon element of the Government’s economic stimulus package is lagging behind America and China, the Bishop of Liverpool has warned. In a debate on global warming in the House of Lords, Bishop James Jones called for a “culture change throughout society and in government” to enable ambitious carbon reduction targets to be met. “The climate of opinion on this subject needs to change more rapidly than the climate itself if we are to avoid disaster,” he said.
Environment	Church of England- May 2009



Green Campaigners and politicians must stop making people feel guilty if they want to change attitudes to action on climate change, the Science and Innovation Minister said. Pessimistic messages about the personal sacrifices required to cut carbon emissions could alienate those whose support was essential to tackling the issue, said Lord Drayson.
Environment	Salvationist- June 2009



Prince Charles has recently warned that the world could be facing a new Dark Age, referring to the ever-encroaching risk of total environmental catastrophe. The Prince discussed the matter with Pope Benedict XVI on his recent visit to the Vatican.
Environment	Third Way– June 2009



Over-fishing, pollution and a failure to protect marine wildlife is leading to ecological disaster for the UK’s seas. A report from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) warns that, without action, rising numbers of species will become extinct and ecosystems will fail. The MCS is renewing calls for a Marine Bill to create highly protected areas in the seas.
Environment	The Sentinel - 13th October 2008



Gangs of rival birds behave “like football fans”, chanting battle-songs and commiserating with each other after losing a contest scientists revealed today. Researchers examining the behaviour of the South African Green Woodhoopoe found the birds “engaged in raucous vocal displays akin to opposing football supporters chanting at one another”.
Environment	The Sentinel – September 3rd



The number of obese horses in Britain has seen a major increase, an animal charity has said. World House Welfare found that 81 per cent of the 230 horses it weighed across the UK were over weight. It says obesity can strain a horse’s heart and lungs or cause laminitis, a condition where foot bones rotate and push through the sole.
Environment	The Sentinel – August 20th 2008



Britons should start abandoning meat to save the environment, says a world authority on climate change. It is claimed that changing diet is more important than cutting down on car usage to reduce households’ greenhouse gas output.
Environment	The Sentinel – September 8th 2008



Scottish farmers are blaming sea eagles for the deaths of hundreds of lambs. The birds of prey were brought from Norway as chicks and raised in aviaries before being released into the north-west Highlands as part of a conservation project. But farmers claim the eagles have killed more than 200 lambs. William Fraser, chairman of Gairloch and Poolewe branch of the Crofting Foundation, said: “One woman has lost 50 % of her animals.”
Environment	The Sentinel - September 23rd 2008



Sir David Attenborough today announced a network of Butterfly Survival Zones in a bid to save some of the country’s rarest species from possible extinction. The presenter, who fears we are entering a “post-butterfly era”, said a national strategy was needed to reverse the steep fall in numbers.
Environment	The Sentinel - July 17th 2008



Gas prices are likely to soar and remain high, it has been reported. Channel Four News said it had seen an internal report for the company Centrica which suggested gas prices could rise by 70 per cent. Jake Ulrich, managing director of Centrica Energy, told the programme: “I think it is going to hit people hard.” He admitted that gas price rises were likely to lead to a “potentially significant” rise in the number of people in fuel poverty.
Environment	The Sentinel - July 18th 2008

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