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GT Voice: UK's low-carbon push hinges on pragmatic cooperation
Global Times
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Illustration: Liu Xidan/GTChris Stark, head of UK's Mission Control for Clean Power 2030, said that the UK needed to match the speed of electrification seen in China in order to become a new global superpower as the world moves toward net zero,...
Row over pylon plan escalates
Rutland Times
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August 13, 2025
Plans to develop solar farms and pylons across Lincolnshire are dividing opinion. Academics argue that the proposals are of ‘national significance’ if the UK is to produce more sustainable green energy, while others describe them as a blot on the...
Elon Musk prepares major Tesla launch that could impact all UK households
GB News
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August 10, 2025
Tesla is preparing to challenge Britain's established energy providers by launching its own electricity supply service in the coming months. The electric vehicle manufacturer submitted an application to the regulator Ofgem at the end of July for a...
Gulf Connections: When water is more precious than oil
The National News
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Earlier this summer the UAE began to export the technology required to extract one of the essential commodities in the world we live in today. Not oil or gas but water. In May it was announced that the country would send 14 mobile desalination...
Graham Wants to 'Crush' Russian Oil Customers: 'Putin Could Give A Damn'
Newsweek
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August 10, 2025
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina during an appearance on NBC's Meet The Press urged the U.S. to target nations who buy Russian oil, even those with whom the U.S. has strong ties, such as India. "The one thing I can tell you: Putin could...
UK unveils plans to 'transform' the consumer smart meter experience
The Register
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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero plans "tough new obligations" for energy suppliers to boost the long-delayed and heavily over-budget UK rollout of smart meters, while promising better support for those who have already received...
Ukraine says it hit Russian oil refinery in drone exchanges; key talks loom
Al Jazeera
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August 10, 2025
Ukraine’s military has said it struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov region in an overnight drone attack, causing explosions and destruction, according to an army statement, as daily aerial exchanges intensify with diplomatic momentum to end...
Overheated homes: why UK housing is dangerously unprepared for impact of climate crisis
The Guardian
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August 10, 2025
Wondering what future British summers will be like, as the climate crisis unfolds? Clue: put away visions of sipping Yorkshire champagne on a Barcelona-style balcony. Think instead of stuffy, overheated homes making sleep impossible, droughts and...
From shutters to reflective paint: how to prevent UK homes overheating
The Guardian
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August 10, 2025
Extremely hot days in summer are becoming more normal across the globe, but in the UK and other typically mild countries, our homes are not prepared. A third of UK homes are susceptible to overheating, and research shows that renters, people with...
Yes, We Need Serious Economic Data. And No, We Don't Have It
Zero Hedge
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By Michael Every of Rabobank In British English there’s a pejorative noun, “jobsworth”, for those who uphold petty rules at the expense of effectiveness. It’s my job’s worth to share that with you today in the wake of a US CPI report we went into...
Elon Musk’s Tesla applies to supply electricity to households in Great Britain
The Guardian
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August 10, 2025
Elon Musk’s Tesla is gearing up to launch a household electricity supplier in Great Britain in the coming months. The US electric car manufacturer run by the world’s richest man has formally applied to the energy regulator for Great Britain,...
European powers tell U.N. they are ready to reimpose Iran sanctions
The Hindu
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August 13, 2025
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Britain, France and Germany have told the United Nations they are ready to reimpose UN-mandated sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme if no diplomatic solution is found by the end of...
Cheapest premium gas in cities across Bucks County in week ending Aug. 2
Lower Bucks Today - Pennsylvania
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August 10, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Bucks County selling...
England's four Ashes wildcards ready to blow Australia away: A 92mph Dale Steyn clone, Hampshire's teenage superstar, a data darling and Jimmy Anderson's pupil
Daily Mail
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August 9, 2025
Particular attention has been paid to England’s bowling stocks ahead of this winter’s Ashes and the plan to hit Australia with pace runs deeper than the full tour. A group of emerging fast bowlers will also be on hand down under to bolster the...
UK govt increasing maximum price it's prepared to guarantee companies generating power from new wind farms
Manx
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Picture credit: Jesse De Meulenaere via Unsplash Move comes ahead of latest auction for contracts this month The UK government is taking action to increase the maximum price it's prepared to guarantee companies generating electricity from new wind...
Pea crisis looms as hot weather cuts yields by 30% across UK fields
The Scottish Farmer
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August 10, 2025
Pulses One crop that suffered from the hot dry weather this year is peas which have seen the earliest harvest in 14 years. Supermarkets are concerned there could be a shortage later this year as the volume of picked and processed peas has fallen...
Venture Global emerges as winner in LNG arbitration case with Shell
Offshore Energy
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August 13, 2025
Venture Global, an American producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from North American basins, has secured a win in the arbitration process with the UK-headquartered Shell over the U.S. player’s delay in kicking off full commercial...
Most firms in Northern Ireland trading well, report finds
Belfast Telegraph
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August 7, 2025
But the NI Chamber and BDO NI quarterly economic survey for April to June said business needs clarity on new trading arrangements with the US, and more action on red tape between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. One in five of those surveyed...
Cecil Newton obituary
The Guardian
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August 13, 2025
My father, Cecil Newton, was one of the last surviving British Army Sherman amphibious tank soldiers who landed in Normandy in the first assault on D-day, 6 June 1944. Two years previously, he had joined the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards as a gun...
Warning Scotgov seabird plan 'like plaster on gaping wound'
The Herald (Scotland)
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August 13, 2025
But the RSPB described is as a “sticking plaster to a gaping wound” - as it comes two weeks after a controversial offshore windfarm was approved. The Berwick Bank farm is predicted to have 4.1 GW of installed capacity and be capable of generating...