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Electric car sales grow in UK despite decline in overall vehicle market

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:07:17 +0000

Carmakers sell 29,800 electric cars in October as diesel models drop by a fifth and petrol cars by 14%

Sales of electric cars in the UK grew in October despite overall demand for vehicles shrinking as manufacturers raced to meet government targets.

Carmakers sold 29,800 electric cars during the month, up by a quarter compared with the same month last year, according to data published on Tuesday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group.

‘People do not want to believe it is true’: the photographer capturing the vanishing of glaciers

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:55:16 +0000

Christian Åslund was shocked at the difference between what he saw in 2002 and what confronted him this summer

Standing in blinding sunlight on an archipelago above the Arctic Circle, the photographer Christian Åslund looked in shock at a glacier he had last visited in 2002. It had almost completely disappeared.

Giant spiders that can grow to size of human hand thriving in the UK

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:53:39 +0000

Collaboration between RSPB and Chester zoo leads to best mating season on record for the semi-aquatic fen raft spider

Thousands of giant spiders that can grow to the size of a human hand are thriving in the UK, thanks to a successful breeding programme from Chester zoo.

The fen raft spider is a harmless arachnid that plays a vital role in aquatic ecosystems, but 15 years ago was on the brink of extinction because of habitat loss.

A rebuke to those who said clean power by 2030 was unachievable: they were wrong, we were right | Ed Miliband

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:30:15 +0000

Expert analysis backs our policy and its benefits for the country. Defeatist critics should take note

Ed Milband is secretary of state for energy security and net zero

Labour fought and won the last election on the argument that every family and business in the country was paying the price of the previous government’s failure to deliver clean, homegrown energy for Britain.

Sea angels and devils: could plankton unlock the secrets of human biology?

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:00:15 +0000

Scientists use new technology to sequence the DNA of microscopic ocean creatures for the first time

Off the west coast of Greenland, a 17-metre (56ft) aluminium sailing boat creeps through a narrow, rocky fjord in the Arctic twilight. The research team onboard, still bleary-eyed from the rough nine-day passage across the Labrador Sea, lower nets to collect plankton. This is the first time anyone has sequenced the DNA of the tiny marine creatures that live here.

Rising Tide protesters scale back blockade of world’s biggest coal port but NSW police ready for mass ‘disruption’ at Newcastle

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:44:42 +0000

Lawyer for police argues business should be allowed to continue as Rising Tide threatens to halt exports for 30 hours

Plans for biggest onshore windfarm in England to be submitted this week

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:00:11 +0000

Cubico project at Scout Moor north of Manchester could power the equivalent of 100,000 homes

Plans to build what would be the biggest onshore windfarm in England will move forward this week, the first since the Labour government lifted the de facto ban put in place by the Conservatives nine years ago.

An independent renewable energy developer has submitted plans to erect 21 wind turbines next to an existing windfarm north of Manchester.

'Nuclear will drive up the cost of electricity': Matt Kean clashes with former colleagues – video

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:56:23 +0000

Former NSW Liberal energy minister Matt Kean debated his former Coalition colleagues about the cost of nuclear power in a parliamentary estimates hearing on Monday. Now chair of the Climate Change Authority, Kean debated Nationals senator Ross Cadell over CSIRO analysis which found nuclear was the most expensive form of large-scale energy available

Britain’s green energy pledge ‘credible’ if planning fixed, says system operator

admin — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:01:05 +0000

State-owned Neso says Britain could be net exporter of green electricity by end of decade at no extra cost

A plan to create a clean electricity system by 2030 promised by Labour before the election is “immensely challenging” but still “credible” if ministers take urgent action to fix Britain’s sluggish planning system, the energy system operator has said.

NFU rejects Treasury claim that 72% of farms won’t pay inheritance tax

admin — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:44:15 +0000

Union says Defra figures show far more farmers will be hit by budget proposal and warns of ‘militant protest’ to come

The government argument that just 28% of farmers will be affected by the new inheritance tax rules is in direct conflict with data produced by the its own environment department, according to the head of the farmer’s union, as the row over inheritance tax for farmers continued.