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Riverford employees to share £1.3m payout as veg box firm’s profits jump

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:00:03 +0000

More than 1,000 staff at Devon-based group will get about £1,000 each after profits more than doubled

Employees of Riverford will share in a payout of £1.3m after the organic vegetable box company more than doubled profits last year.

More than 1,000 staff at the Devon-based group, which began making deliveries from an old Citroën in 1993, will receive about £1,000 each as the employee-owned company nearly tripled its annual payout to workers.

102 red-bellied black snakes found in a single mulch pile in western Sydney – video

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:26:05 +0000

Dylan Cooper and Cory Kerewaro from Reptile Relocation Sydney have removed 102 red-bellied black snakes from a single mulch pile on a property in western Sydney. Upon arrival they had expected to remove only four red-bellies which had been seen by the owner of the Horsley Park home. But during summer it can be common for some female snakes to congregate and share the same birthing site

Dog treat made from lab-grown meat on sale in UK as retailer claims a ‘world first’

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:00:02 +0000

Chicken used in dog treat was cultivated from single sample of cells taken from one egg, says manufacturer Meatly

A dog treat made from lab-grown meat has gone on sale at Pets at Home in a move the retailer claims is a world first.

Chick Bites are made from plant-based ingredients combined with cultivated meat, which is produced by growing cells and does not require the raising or slaughter of animals.

‘Really worried’: flood-weary north Queensland prepares for more rain as Albanese and army arrive

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 03:23:38 +0000

Forecasters warn of more wet weather in some locations, including Townsville, as soldiers assist in recovery efforts

Urgent action needed to ensure UK food security, report warns

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:01:01 +0000

The UK’s food supply has been threatened by recent events, such as the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic

Urgent action is needed to secure the UK’s food supply in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather, the imposition of tariffs and global insecurity, a report has warned.

Keir Starmer unveils plan for large nuclear expansion across England and Wales

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:01:01 +0000

Prime minister vows to ‘push past nimbyism’ and calls on tech firms to help build small modular reactors to power AI datacentres

Keir Starmer will unveil plans for a historic expansion in nuclear power across England and Wales, pledging to use Labour’s large majority to make new sites across the country available for new power stations.

The announcement follows the prime minister’s call for tech companies to work alongside the government to build small modular reactors (SMRs) to power energy intensive AI datacentres across Britain.

On the edge: Massachusetts home at peril of tumbling into bay from erosion

admin — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:49:06 +0000

Multimillion-dollar home perched at edge of Cape Cod Bay in Wellfleet affected by erosion accelerated by climate crisis

The waters of Cape Cod Bay are coming for the big brown house perched on the edge of a sandy bluff high above the beach. It’s just a matter of when.

US scientists feeling ‘stress and fear’ as sweeping Trump orders hit funding

admin — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:00:22 +0000

Work and payments at universities, businesses and non-profits disrupted nationwide after executive orders

Scientists around the US have described experiencing distress, disruption to their work and interruption of payments in the chaos following Donald Trump’s executive orders affecting federal grant money.

Among the funds caught in limbo in recent days were millions of dollars of congressionally appropriated research awards and grants across the vast networks of publicly funded scientific departments at universities, businesses and non-profits across the country.

Australian scientists produce kangaroo embryos using IVF for first time

admin — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:00:24 +0000

Team has produced more than 20 embryos using method used in humans, though there are no plans for live joeys

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Scientists have produced kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation for the first time, in a development they say could help conservation of endangered animals.

Norwegian firm lobbying to open Rosebank oilfield halves green investments

admin — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:56:49 +0000

State-owned Equinor becomes latest fossil fuel firm to backtrack on clean energy pledges with move to halve budget to $5bn

The Norwegian oil company fighting to open a giant new oilfield off Shetland has cut billions of pounds from its green spending plans in favour of producing more fossil fuels.

Equinor set out plans on Wednesday to halve its investments in low-carbon energy while producing more oil and gas, becoming the latest in a line of fossil fuel firms to backtrack on its green promises.