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US to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal

admin — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:43:20 +0000

US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers

The United States is expected to push Britain to allow tariff-free access to high-quality American meat as part of any trade deal signed under the incoming Trump administration, amid interest from the president-elect’s trade chief.

Homes for sale with an air source heat pump – in pictures

admin — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 07:00:09 +0000

From a futuristic home in London to a barn conversion in the heart of the country

US supreme court to hear fuel firms’ challenge to California’s emission limits

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:39:03 +0000

State has exemptions under Clean Air Act to set vehicle emissions standards higher than federal limits

The US supreme court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by fuel producers to challenge California’s standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air-pollution law in a major case testing the Democrat-governed state’s power to fight greenhouse gases.

Hippos 'vulnerable' as gaps in data hinder conservation efforts

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:52:55 +0000

A new database of African hippo populations has revealed huge gaps in our knowledge of where the megaherbivores live and thrive, with populations fragmented and reliant on protected areas.

Energy generators poke holes in Dutton’s nuclear plan as questions over costings pile up

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:51 +0000

‘No one really has the foggiest idea of what it will cost to develop nuclear in Australia,’ one expert says

Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills | Adam Morton

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:48 +0000

Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way

President Biden: stand up to Chevron and pardon Steven Donziger | Jim McGovern

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:46 +0000

Chevron spent billions trying to destroy him after he won the largest pollution case in history. It’s time for Biden to end this nightmare

It’s a tale as old as time: an underdog fighting for what’s right, and a powerful giant doing everything it can to stop him. Yet in today’s America, the giants don’t lose – they rig the system to crush anyone who dares to challenge them.

Miliband pledges no blackouts under Labour’s ‘unstoppable’ renewable energy shake-up

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:48:37 +0000

‘Clean power 2030’ plan will speed up planning and give energy secretary final say on major infrastructure projects

The UK will not face blackouts under Labour’s proposed shake-up of energy supply, Ed Miliband has said, as he unveiled plans to boost clean power by the end of the decade.

The energy secretary insisted the transition away from fossil fuels was “unstoppable.”

Discovery of six rare Mekong giant catfish in Cambodia raises hopes for endangered species

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:26:41 +0000

Find is ‘hopeful sign’ the species, one of world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish, is not at imminent risk of extinction

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — have been caught and released in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species.

‘The water war’: how drought threatens survival of Sicily’s towns

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:43 +0000

Amid Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise