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Pylons could go ahead in national parks fear CPRE
Posted by Telegraph: Louise Gray, on June 19th, 2011
Telegraph: Nearly 300 miles of power lines will be needed over the next decade to connect new power stations to people's homes.
This could mean at least 1,000 pylons through areas of great natural beauty.
At the moment the National Grid, is consulting on whether it is possible to bury some of the cables underground.
But the Campaign for the Protection for Rural England (CPRE) and the Campaign for National Parks fear the body in charge of the country's electricity network is not taking underground cables...
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Extreme weather moves on to agenda
Posted by Malaysian Star: Antonia Zerbisias on June 19th, 2011
Malaysian Star: Disaster management conference to tackle fallout from natural disasters, including global food crisis The first six months of 2011 have brought image after image of human misery and ecological upheaval. Droughts, wildfires, twisters, floods, heat waves, extreme blizzards -- just about every natural disaster you can imagine has hit just about every place on the planet. How to handle them, how to survive them, how to clean up and rebuild after them are among the many issues that will be on the agenda...
Amid Texas Drought, High-Stakes Battle Over Water
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 19th, 2011
New York Times: On the cliffs surrounding Lake Buchanan in Central Texas, a white ring extends some 13 feet above the shoreline, marking where the water reaches when the lake is full. At nearby Lake Travis, staircases that once led to the water's edge now end well above it.
Lakes upriver near Austin are dropping in the drought.
These two lakes serve as key water sources for dozens of cities and hundreds of farmers, as well as for several power plants. With Texas gripped by drought, water levels have fallen...