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The government paved the way for a huge expansion of nuclear power by naming 10 potential sites for new nuclear power stations. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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WEST Cumbria was placed at the forefront of the UK nuclear industry yesterday as the Government announced that up to three new power stations could be built in the area. Full Article at News & Star
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Britain's Energy Secretary Ed Miliband addresses members of the Environment Agency at a conference centre in central London November 9, 2009. View Photo »
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New nuclear is right for energy security and climate change and will be good for jobs too, creating up to 9,000 jobs to build and operate power stations at each site and helping leading companies access the international market
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In response to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband’s plans for coal in the UK, Oxfam’s Campaigns and Policy Director Phil Boomer said: “We welcome the government’s acknowledgement of the need to decarbonise the UK’s power... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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New government plans to clean up coal power stations are too weak to ensure that the UK keeps its promises to cut carbon emissions, Christian Aid said yesterday (Monday, 9 November). Full Article at Ekklesia
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SNP reject 18,000 nuclear jobs in Scotland, Labour claim Nov 10 2009 By Kevin Schofield THE SNP were yesterday accused of putting thousands of Scots jobs at risk through their opposition to nuclear power. Full Article at The Daily Record
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Britain's Energy Secretary Ed Miliband addresses members of the Environment Agency at a conference centre in central London November 9, 2009. View Photo »
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I know how strongly people in my constituency feel about the need for agreement. Gordon Brown and the Secretary of State, Ed Miliband, are taking the international lead in the discussions leading up to Copenhagen, just as the then recently elected Labour government took a lead at Kyoto in 1997 in develo...
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It may have come ten years late, but Ed Miliband’s decision to bypass planning processes for nuclear plants is welcome. Britain faces unprecedented energy insecurity, with widespread power cuts predicted from 2017. Full Article at Spectator Magazine
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Plans to build a new nuclear power station near the existing Oldbury plant near Thornbury have won government backing. Full Article at This is Bristol
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Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969, St Pancras, London, England) is a British Labour party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Doncaster North and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. He is the brother of David Miliband. Full Article
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BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband addresses the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England.
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BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r) and Ed Miliband, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, listen to speeches at the Labour Party Conference on September 27, 2009 in Brighton, England.
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Britain's Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband appears on the BBC's "The Andrew Marr Show" in London September 13, 2009. Britain is not in danger of power cuts during the next decade as it switches to cleaner energy generation, Miliband said on Sunday.
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Britain's International Development Minister Douglas Alexander (R) and Energy and Climate Change Minister Ed Miliband (2nd L) travel with activists of the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) inside a carriage of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in New Delhi September 2, 2009.
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Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc (R) and British Climate Secretary Ed Miliband pose for photos before a meeting at the environment ministry in Brasilia August 4, 2009.
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New nuclear is right for energy security and climate change and will be good for jobs too, creating up to 9,000 jobs to build and operate power stations at each site and helping leading companies access the international market
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I know how strongly people in my constituency feel about the need for agreement. Gordon Brown and the Secretary of State, Ed Miliband, are taking the international lead in the discussions leading up to Copenhagen, just as the then recently elected Labour government took a lead at Kyoto in 1997 in develo...
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New nuclear is right for energy security and climate change and will be good for jobs too
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Britain are not the bad guys here. I would say the current British government just lacks the resolve. The challenge now starts with Ed Miliband. Either you are the one to direct here, or you are a general whose troops do not address your will.
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The current planning system is a barrier to this shift. It serves neither the interests of energy security, the interests of the low-carbon transition, nor the interests of people living in areas where infrastructure may be built.
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Ed Miliband [the Environment Secretary] now has a golden opportunity to rule out all emissions from new coal as a sign of Britain's leadership before the key Copenhagen climate meeting. With E.ON's announcement he's got an open goal.
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The threat of climate change means we need to make a transition from a system that relies heavily on high-carbon fossil fuels to a radically different system that includes nuclear, renewable and clean-coal power
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The UK Government is entirely aware that we must work together, both domestically and globally, to combat climate change so the idea anyone has been relegated to the fringes of these talks is simply wrong. This is an international treaty and Scotland will be represented at Copenhagen by the Prime Minist...
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Europe has put its cards on the table ... Now we want others to do the same. That is China, Russia, India and the US. Everyone needs to come forward with specific proposals. They need to come with ambitious reductions. An agreement without numbers would not be a satisfactory agreement.
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Europe has put its cards on the table ... Now we want others to do the same. That is China, Russia, India and the US. Everyone needs to come forward with specific proposals. They need to come with ambitious reductions. An agreement without numbers would not be a satisfactory agreement.
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Each generation holds the planet in trust for the next and to fulfil our obligations to these future generations, we must succeed in getting a fair and ambitious agreement. We need the voice of all the world's religions in the coming weeks as we approach the Copenhagen summit.
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If Copenhagen is not going to achieve what we need, we should not sign a deal there
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Britain's scientists have helped to illustrate the catastrophic effects that will result if the world fails to limit the global temperature rise to 2C. With less than 50 days left before agreement must be reached, the UK is going all out the persuade the world of its need to raise its ambitions so we ge...
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Environment ministers are determined that the EU maintains its leadership position on climate change in order to promote an ambitious deal at Copenhagen
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I think what we see from India is a clear sense that a deal and an agreement on the right terms is in India's interests and that India needs to engage in what Jairam Ramesh calls Per Capita Plus - so it has a per capita approach, but also needs to take domestic action
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It's important that we strain every sinew to get a deal in Copenhagen
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When you think about the Copenhagen deadline, it has focused people's minds ... So China has moved its position, India has moved it's position, Japan has recently moved it's position. There is a lot further to go, and there is a danger that we won't get a deal, but it's right that government from around...
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When you think about the Copenhagen deadline, it has focused people's minds ... So China has moved its position, India has moved it's position, Japan has recently moved it's position. There is a lot further to go, and there is a danger that we won't get a deal, but it's right that government from around...
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When you think about the Copenhagen deadline, it has focused people's minds ... So China has moved its position, India has moved it's position, Japan has recently moved it's position. There is a lot further to go, and there is a danger that we won't get a deal, but it's right that government from around...
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We have seen countries moving toward each other: India, Japan, China and Indonesia have all made significant shifts in the past few weeks
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We have the lowest median price for gas in Europe and we have below average prices for electricity ... Now that doesn't make me complacent, but my view is that there's essentially two markets. There are the people who switch in a keen way and get better deals. And then there are the people who don't swi...
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We do need significant cuts in emissions from the US. We want as much action from America as we can get ... America and China are the two biggest emitters. They are very key to this. I think a deal without America would be a very bad deal.
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Yes. This only works if leaders engage. It’s a very interesting lesson that in July the leaders met in L’Aquila in Italy and agreed that they should commit to avoiding dangerous climate change above two degrees [centigrade]. If they had left it to negotiators it wouldn’t have happened. And Obama was the...
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Yes. This only works if leaders engage. It’s a very interesting lesson that in July the leaders met in L’Aquila in Italy and agreed that they should commit to avoiding dangerous climate change above two degrees [centigrade]. If they had left it to negotiators it wouldn’t have happened. And Obama was the...
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This further strengthens the case for an ambitious global deal in Copenhagen in December which Britain is fully committed to achieving
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