It’s increasingly clear that human activity is influencing weather extremes
Winter storms set climate alarm bells ringing, writes Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Guy Shrubsole.
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5 things the coalition did on climate change which it has suddenly shutup about
The following are five things the coalition has done which, in light of recent severe weather, it has been wise enough to shutup about.
Government slammed for giving ‘false impression’ of flood investment
The government has been accused (£) by the head of the UK Statistics Authority of giving a misleading impression of how much it has invested in flood defence.
3 things the government *is* doing about flooding
The government, and Owen Paterson in particular, have been criticised for not doing enough about flooding. Here, then, are three things they are doing.
After months of denial, an admission flood defences face massive cuts
After months of denial over the spending cuts on flood defences, the government has now revealed what most have known for a long time. Instead of the capital investment for flood defence spending for 2011/12 being, as David Cameron claimed, “roughly the same as what was spent over the past four years”, it has now been acknowledged by the government that funding would actually face an extraordinary 27 per cent cut.
Cornwall floods will be more frequent and severe following cuts to defences
The overnight flooding in Cornwall, which police have called a “major incident”, was raised at Prime Minister’s Questions today. Mr Cameron described it as “a very difficult night” (though thankfully there are no reports of any casualties), praised the police and coastal services for doing a “fantastic job” and said the government “stand ready to help in any way that we can”.