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Britain will find ‘common ground’ with US on energy policy, says Miliband

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:52:43 +0000

Energy secretary says countries must work together during conference at which US delegate called net zero ‘dangerous’

Britain will find “common ground” with the US on energy and the economy including on nuclear power, despite differences over climate policy, the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has pledged.

‘A sweeping catastrophe’: 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a photo exhibit honors Mississippi victims

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:00:36 +0000

Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers captures the grief and resilience of survivors in the Magnolia state

Twenty years ago this August, the United States Gulf coast was irrevocably changed when Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and costliest storms to ever hit the country, made landfall. Making landfall as a strong category 3, the storm, which was so vast it stretched the length of the Mississippi Gulf coast all the way into Alabama, hit the Mississippi-Louisiana coastal border before continuing northward.

Week in wildlife: wild ponies, a playful jaguar and penguin chicks taking their first swim

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:00:27 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Drax needs a better policeman

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:01:23 +0000

Public confidence in the UK biomass industry is low – robust checks are needed to ensure every wood pellet its power plant burns is sustainable

Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:00:26 +0000

The Herds project from the team behind Little Amal will travel 20,000km taking its message on environmental crisis across the world

Hundreds of life-size animal puppets have begun a 20,000km (12,400 mile) journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle as part of an ambitious project created by the team behind Little Amal, the giant puppet of a Syrian girl that travelled across the world.

Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 02:09:59 +0000

Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents receive anonymous leaflets that downplay pollution dangers

MPs question value of billions in subsidies granted to Drax power plant

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:01:18 +0000

Spending watchdog warns £6.5bn in funding may not offer value for public money amid sustainability concerns

Nils Pratley: Drax needs a better policeman

A UK government spending watchdog has questioned the value of the multibillion pound subsidies granted to the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire – and said plans to hand over billions more may not represent value for money.

UK spending watchdog censures water firms and regulators over sewage failings

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:00:18 +0000

NAO finds regulatory gaps have enabled overspending on infrastructure building while not improving sewage works

Water companies have been getting away with failures to improve sewage works and overspending because of regulatory problems, a damning report by the government’s spending watchdog has found.

Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:30:16 +0000

Employees of water firms who obstruct investigations into spills could face jail under new rules that come into force on Friday

Water company bosses have entirely escaped punishment for covering up illegal sewage spills, government figures show, as ministers prepare to bring in a new law threatening them with up to two years in prison for doing so.

Only three people have ever been prosecuted for obstructing the Environment Agency in its investigations into sewage spills, officials said, and none received even a fine.

Britain will accelerate push to net zero, Starmer tells energy summit

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:22:30 +0000

Speech made clear prime minister sees renewable energy as core to UK’s future prosperity and national security

Britain will go “all out” for a low-carbon future and accelerate the push to net zero instead of slowing down as some have demanded, the prime minister said on Thursday.