Articles by Fiona Harvey

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World’s Biggest Offshore Windfarm Approved for UK Yorkshire Coast
Fiona Harvey – The Guardian, 23 Feb 2015

17 Feb 2015 – Plans for the world’s biggest offshore windfarm have been given the green light by the energy secretary, with planning permission for an array of up to 400 turbines 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast on the Dogger Bank.

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Ocean Acidification Due to Carbon Emissions Is at Highest for 300m Years
Fiona Harvey – The Guardian, 7 Oct 2013

The oceans are more acidic now than they have been for at least 300m years, due to carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, and a mass extinction of key species may already be almost inevitable as a result, leading marine scientists warned on Thursday [3 Oct 2013].

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Durban Climate Deal Struck After Tense All-Night Session
John Vidal and Fiona Harvey in Durban – The Guardian, 12 Dec 2011

Talks came close to collapse when India insisted on concessions for developing countries, forcing 3am ‘huddle to save the planet’. A new global climate deal has been struck after being brought back from the brink of disaster by three powerful women politicians in a 20-minute “huddle to save the planet”.

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