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Responding to the Government’s National Flood Resilience Review published today, Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist at Greenpeace UK, said:
‘The devastating floods felt by the north of England last year were not a flash in the pan. We know that climate change is only going to increase the impact and frequency of such extreme weather. Investment in flood defence infrastructure is a no-brainer, but the Government now has a critical window to fundamentally reassess how we deliver flood prevention and environmental protection in rural areas.
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A strong majority of the UK public thinks the government is not spending enough on flood defences and should do more to prevent future flooding, according to a new survey by YouGov.
The findings are published this morning as flood-affected people and campaigners have started installing an artwork opposite Parliament displaying hundreds of testimonies from communities affected by the recent floods.
The stories gathered by Greenpeace include distressing accounts of parents carrying their children out of flooded buildings, older people trapped in their homes, and businesses being wrecked by floodwater. There are also passionate appeals to David Cameron to step up his government’s flood prevention plans in the face of the growing threat from climate change.
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23 out of 124 blocks (19%) offered to firms as part of the 14th licensing
round were significantly covered by areas at a high or medium risk
from flooding, while almost all of the rest of the blocks are partially
covered.
The analysis highlights one of the challenges faced by shale
gas operations, which must ensure chemicals and flow-back water from drilling
is kept from entering the ecosystem.
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In response to announcements on flood spending and the Swansea Bay tidal
lagoon project, Dr Doug Parr Greenpeace Chief Scientist said:
Posted by Graham Thompson — 24 February 2014 at 12:23pm
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Funny how environmental issues can
rocket to the top of the news agenda when UK property prices might be affected.
Sorry, that probably came across as slightly cynical, but that’s been the
pervading atmosphere in the flooding stories for most of the last month.
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Giant Owen Paterson puppet marooned in dinghy outside Westminster as more abandoned flood plans come to light
Monday 17th February
2014, London – This morning, Greenpeace activists have moored a rowing boat
within yards of the House of Commons with a stranded Spitting Image style
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson on board. Greenpeace is demanding that
David Cameron sack him for his total failure to recognise the risks of climate
change including more severe flooding.[1]
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Posted by Graham Thompson — 10 February 2014 at 3:29pm
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in ur base movin ur goalposts
Britain currently has the rare
pleasure of weather really worth talking about, and the enticing possibility of
blaming someone for it. It’s a wonder anyone’s talking about anything else.
Of
course, in reality the floods were caused by the highest level of sustained
rainfall for centuries, probably caused by spiralling global carbon emissions,
according to the Met
Office and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. But that would kind of
make us all partly responsible, and no-one wants to scapegoat themselves, so
let’s review our options for who we can pin the flooding on.
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Posted by mollybrooks — 13 May 2009 at 1:58pm
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Molly is our online marketing coordinator and is next up in the blog relay, a whistle-stop tour of Greenpeace staff here in the UK. Click here to catch up on the other entries.
In January 2005, the Onilahy River in southwest Madagascar flooded. Nineteen people were killed and thousands left homeless. The cyclone that caused it was probably exacerbated by climate change; the landslides that followed were definitely made worse by extensive deforestation in the area.
The flood was little reported outside Madagascar. Similar events, caused or worsened by environmental destruction, happen all over the world on a regular basis, and most of them don't make the news. The only reason I know about it is because I was there.
