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Month: August 2020
Influx of renewables sees coal power plants run well below capacity, increasing chance of closures
Coal power plants in New South Wales are running less than 60% of the time due…
Oversight panel set to subpoena DeJoy amid clash over Postal Service
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images By KYLE CHENEY 08/31/2020 12:33 PM EDT Updated: 08/31/2020 02:07 PM EDT The…
Satellite images show rapid growth of glacial lakes worldwide
Glacial lakes have grown rapidly around the world in recent decades, according to satellite images that…
Only one in 10 utility firms prioritise renewable electricity – global study
Only one in 10 of the world’s electric utility companies are prioritising investment in clean renewable…
Scalise on doctored Biden video: ‘It shouldn’t have been edited’
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise. | Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images House Minority Whip Steve Scalise on Monday…
Involve local groups in protecting biodiversity, conservationists urge
The worldwide effort to combat critical levels of biodiversity loss will fail without far greater involvement…
How helpful is the term ‘climate refugee’?
Politicians warn the climate crisis will lead to more people migrating. But experts say this framing…
Hundreds of thousands of chickens to be culled after Covid disruption
About half of staff at poultry plant in Norfolk have had to self-isolate after 75 tested…
Price of single-use plastic bags in England to double to 10p
Exemption for smaller shops to end, and campaigners say ‘bags for life’ are next target The…