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China launches landmark mission to retrieve pristine asteroid samples

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Middle East   来源:Lifestyle  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:"We are lucky, people are quite willing to take that walk," Ms Mason said.

"We are lucky, people are quite willing to take that walk," Ms Mason said.

The £800m farm would cover 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) of countryside north of Woodstock, west of Kidlington and west of Botley.It is considered a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, meaning the application must be considered by the government, not local councils.

China launches landmark mission to retrieve pristine asteroid samples

, with developer Photo Vault Development Partners saying large-scale solar energy is crucial to meet the UK's climate targets, while local politicians and opponents calling it a cause of concern.Campaigners also want Blenheim Palace, which owns 90% of the land, to use its influence to press for 2% of the project's annual revenue, instead of the proposed 0.2%, to be allocated to benefit local communities.Blenheim Palace said: "As we lend our land to this project we do so knowing it could deliver enough clean energy to power 330,000 homes, helping Oxfordshire's homes to be self-sufficient, whilst supporting our collective declarations in the battle against the climate emergency."

China launches landmark mission to retrieve pristine asteroid samples

It added it knew the arguments both for and against the development and it did not think those were "exclusive of one another".Social enterprise The Low Carbon Hub has been running the Make Botley West Solar Farm Fair campaign, which is focused on ensuring the project delivers "real and lasting benefits to the local communities that will host it".

China launches landmark mission to retrieve pristine asteroid samples

in the first year 2% of revenue would create £840,000 in community benefit, but it added until the project was up and running it was "very difficult" to know the precise figure.

"Our proposed 2% of revenue model ensures communities receive a fair and proportionate benefit, one that is tied to the actual performance of the project – if that does well, then communities also benefit," it said.He told the BBC that the UK is "prepared to play its part in securing the long-term future for Ukraine, for Europe and for Britain's national security".

The prime minister's announcement comes after the former head of the Army, Lord Dannatt, told the BBC theSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, he said sending troops to Ukraine would come at a "considerable cost" and require an increase in funding for the military.

"Frankly, we haven't got the numbers and we haven't got the equipment to put a large force onto the ground for an extended period of time at the present moment," he said.Former MI6 chief Sir John Sawers also warned that any peacekeeping force sent to Ukraine after the war must have "a very clear mandate" to ensure a ceasefire agreement holds.

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