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UK Finances A £250 Million Aid To Tackle Climate Change In Africa

The International Development Secretary, Rory Stewart, has announced a UK aid package that will help sub-Saharan African countries build resilience to climate change and develop low carbon economies....

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UK Government And Global Businesses Jointly Invest Over £200 million To Cut...

The UK Government has pledged a £60 million investment to help fight the global battle against single-use plastics. The public funding will go towards measures designed to reduce plastic pollution. The...

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Scotland Is Generating So Much Wind Energy It Could Power Two Scotlands

In the first six months of the year, wind turbines in Scotland generated nearly 10 million megawatt-hours of electricity which is almost twice the entire country’s domestic power requirements. In other...

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Coffee Cup Recycling Bins: To Prevent Billions Ending Up In The Landfills

Currently, as much as 2.5 billion cups are disposed of in the UK every year, with less than 1% recycled, according to a 2018 Environmental Audit Committee report. Coffee cups can’t be recycled in most...

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Over £1 Billion Worth Of Food Is Wasted In UK Before Even Leaving The Farms

A new report on food waste in primary production in the UK has been released by government-backed, waste reduction body Wrap. The detailed study highlights that more than £1 billion of food is thrown...

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Call For Better Clean Air Zones To Boost UK Economy By £6.5bn And Benefit Health

UK political leaders from across the country are calling for government support to tackle air pollution, and giving small firms up to £6,000 to make it happen. This coming together involves more than a...

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Germany Gets Its First Utility-Scale Floating Solar Power Plant!

Ciel & Terre pioneered the first specific and industrialized floating PV solar system – named Hydrelio. The innovative floating solar platform is a cost-effective, safe, and durable (resistant to...

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You Can Now Get Jail Time For Leaving Dogs In The Snow

A cute puppy named Libre was thankfully rescued from a near-death situation in July 2016 from a Quarryville-area farm. Given the tragic state that it was found in, Pennsylvania state lawmakers were...

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World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm To Power 4.5 Million UK Homes

GE Renewable Energy turbines will power the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The most powerful wind turbine, the Haliade-X will power the facility. They will announce the combined number of total...

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UK’s Biggest Tree Planting Campaign Is Seeking 1 Million Volunteers

For everyone to do their bit to fight climate change, volunteers are being called upon to grab a spade and sign-up for the biggest tree planting campaign in the UK’s history. The Big Climate Fightback...

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Solar Energy Provides Reactive Power Overnight In The UK For First Time

For the first time in the UK, reactive power services to National Grid ESO were provided (by Lightsource BP) during nighttime hours using solar farm generated power! The historic date was November 4,...

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AI Now Choosing The Best Interview Candidates In The UK

Some are starting to use facial expression technology alongside artificial intelligence to identify the best candidates in job interviews in the UK. Applicants get filmed by phone or laptop while asked...

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Electric Vehicle Owners Can Charge For Free At Tesco Across The UK

Volkswagen, Tesco, and Pod Point have teamed up to provide UK electric vehicle owners with free charging points while they shop. Now, that initiative is underway with at least 100 Tesco stores across...

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Recycled Timber Is Donated To Africa By UK Waste Company

Spare timber will be provided by a waste management company based in Romsey, UK. Ace Liftaway will donate the timber to help those less fortunate in Africa. Ace Liftaway has partnered with “Tools for...

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New UK Renewable Energy Record With Wind Power Taking The Lead

The UK set a new renewable energy record this past Sunday when they went over the 16GW mark for the first time. The previous record of 15.32GW was set back in February this year. Offshore and onshore...

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Hottest Recorded Day In The UK Caused 200 Extra Deaths

On July 25th, 2019, the UK broke the record for its hottest day ever. As a result, over 200 more people died that day. These figures underline the deadly impact of global warming. Out of the three...

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The Greatest 21st Century UK Public Health Achievement Is The Smoking Ban

By July 2007, the ban on smoking in public spaces and workplaces in the UK was in full force. Since then, there has been a 20% decrease in heart attacks and other cardiac conditions relating to...

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North Sea Cod Quota Drops 50% Due To Climate Change

The legal amount of cod, which can be caught in 2020 by the UK’s fishermen, will be half what it is now. The decision was finalized at Brussels talks on fishing quotas for the coming year. However,...

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UK’s ‘Bags For Life’ More Like Bags For Death

While the intention behind “bags for life” may have been for the greater good of the planet, it turns out it was an idea that has backfired. Bags for life as they are called contain higher...

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UK’s Biggest Power Plant Plans To Be Carbon Negative By 2030

Drax in North Yorkshire plans to go carbon negative by 2030 by phasing out coal and scaling up its use of biomass (wood pellets), as it simultaneously removes carbon from the atmosphere using carbon...

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