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More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:00:39 +0000

US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels

Donald Trump’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels, including dirty coal, coupled with his administration’s moves to roll back wind and solar power, face mounting fire from courts, scholars and Democrats for raising the cost of electricity and worsening the climate crisis.

Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:00:37 +0000

Bill limits type of science used to determine health risks and gives industry major role in chemical review process

A new Republican House bill proposes sweeping changes to US toxic chemical laws that would gut protections for consumers, workers and the environment, public health advocates mobilising against the legislation warn.

Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:48:41 +0000

Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observation

The scientific community is celebrating the cancellation of a project which would have threatened the clearest skies in the world in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

‘We feel kinda bad when a solo bird shows up’: Canada sees its first European robin – but how did it get there?

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:35 +0000

Birdwatchers flock to Montréal for rare sighting of ‘vagrant’ bird that has made its home during a bitterly cold winter

On a quiet Montréal street of low-rise brick apartment buildings on one side and cement barrier wall on the other, a crowd has gathered, binoculars around their necks and cameras at the ready. A European robin has taken up residence in the neighbourhood, which is sandwiched between two industrial areas with warehouses and railway lines and, a few blocks away, port facilities on the St Lawrence River.

Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers a ticking bomb for sea life, say experts

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:50:01 +0000

Exclusive: Analysts say there will be oil spill catastrophe that could be far bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster

Decrepit oil tankers in Iran’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet are a “ticking time bomb”, and it is only a matter of time before there is a catastrophic environmental disaster, maritime intelligence analysts have warned.

Such an oil spill could be far bigger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that released 37,000 tonnes of crude oil into the sea, they said.

UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:29:26 +0000

Government also offers contracts for record number of solar schemes as it aims to create clean electricity system by 2030

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The largest onshore windfarm in England in a decade has been awarded a government subsidy among 190 contracts for energy projects, as Labour attempts to hit a goal of creating a virtually zero carbon power grid within four years.

Misery for many as rain falls for 40 days in some parts of UK

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:00:16 +0000

Persistent wet weather is affecting farmers, builders, sports, wildlife – and damaging roads and homes

“Feel like it hasn’t stopped raining?” the Met Office asked on Monday. For some places, the forecaster said, it really had rained every day so far this year.

Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:16 +0000

Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it is reshaping economists’ education

As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of students at Harvard University in the US walked out of their introductory economics class complaining it was teaching a “specific and limited view” that perpetuated “a problematic and inefficient system of economic inequality”.

£700m ‘fish disco’ plan could save 90% of marine life, says Hinkley Point C study

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:00:14 +0000

Scientists find underwater acoustic project to stop fish being sucked into cooling systems could save 44 tonnes a year

Scientists have found that plans to use a “fish disco” to deter migratory marine life from the nearby Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor could help save 90% of fish from the power plant’s water intake pipes – but the solution is set to cost its developer £700m.

Miliband pledges up to £1bn for community green energy schemes

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:30:04 +0000

UK projects will allow local areas to control and profit from renewable power generation, says energy secretary

The UK government is pledging to spend up to £1bn on community-owned green energy schemes in an effort to combat growing scepticism and resistance to renewables and grid upgrade projects.

Ed Miliband, the UK energy secretary, said the new funding was intended to help democratise the energy system, increase the wealth and financial independence of local communities, and potentially cut some local energy bills.