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Gas-fired power still looks a safe bet for Centrica in the renewables era

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:35 +0000

There will still be a need to have gas in the wings to keep the lights on, so the financials stack up on Severn plant purchase

Sir David Attenborough 'overwhelmed' by 100th birthday greetings – audio

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:06:01 +0000

Sir David Attenborough has released an audio message thanking the public for the flood of goodwill messages sent in the run-up to his 100th birthday. The veteran broadcaster said he had expected to celebrate quietly, but expressed gratitude for the well-wishes he had received. Attenborough, who was born on 8 May 1926, joined the BBC in 1952 and went on to become one of the world's most respected and influential wildlife presenters

Ben Jennings on David Attenborough’s 100th birthday – cartoon

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:08:51 +0000

The objects that escaped from the museum: magical spectacle Return to the Forest – in pictures

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:58:35 +0000

A trip to a museum becomes an unexpected adventure in a new immersive family show by Theatre-Rites and Factory International

Diesel prices squeeze US farmers ‘barely getting by’ amid tariffs and drought

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:49 +0000

US war with Iran drives diesel fuel prices up during spring planting season, ‘hitting us at the wrong time’, farmers say

It has been a tough few years for American farmers.

Trump’s Iran war may stymie climate gains with boost to big oil, experts say

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:30:47 +0000

Windfall profits could lock in Trump-era political wins for the industry and slow clean-energy transition

The billions in profits big oil is reaping due to the Iran war may stymie the energy transition, experts and advocates fear, incentivizing oil and gas expansion and boosting the sector’s funds for political lobbying.

“Windfall profits from Trump’s war will allow big oil to build a wall of money around its Trump-era political victories,” said Lukas Shankar-Ross, a deputy director at the green group Friends of the Earth.

Shark or sea monster? The Canadian marine mystery that still intrigues experts 90 years on

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:47 +0000

Debate continues to rage over whether a strange carcass found in 1937 was a new species or a basking shark. Either way, the case reveals how little is known about what lies beneath the waves

Its head resembled a dog’s, its downturned nose a camel’s, and at the end of its reptilian body was the tail of a horse. Witnesses say it was covered in a thin white film. When the remains of a strange creature were pulled from the stomach of a sperm whale, most of those present agreed: it was a sea monster – or at least something unknown living in the depths off Canada’s west coast.

Up to 2cm a month: Nasa keeps track as Mexico City sinks into the ground

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:46 +0000

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to it

Walking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital’s cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National Palace also seems off-kilter.

Police search for thieves who allegedly stole $150,000 worth of beehives from rural NSW property

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 07:17:32 +0000

Local beekeeper Mitch McLennan says hive thefts have become ‘quite commonplace’ due to rise of parasitic varroa mites

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Climate campaigners attack Shell over ‘windfall’ profits from Iran war

admin — Thu, 07 May 2026 06:14:20 +0000

Firm benefits from conflict to rake in $6.9bn as higher energy prices turbocharge profits

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Shell has reported better than expected profits of $6.9bn (£5bn) after its oil traders reaped the benefits of soaring energy prices during the war in Iran, angering climate campaigners.