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Posted on 4th September 2019
For more than two hundred years, since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, Western economies have been built on the premise of “take, make and dispose”. However, the waste this created in 20th-Century Europe and America was nothing compared to the rubbish that is now produced by emerging economies such as China.
Posted on 26th July 2019
1976 was the second hottest summer since records began for Britain. Heathrow experienced 16 consecutive days of hot weather above 30°C, the rest of Britain experienced temperatures of 32.5°C. On June 28th, Southampton experienced 35.6°C and on July 3rd, Cheltenham saw temperatures of 35.9°C.
Posted on 8th July 2019
Deep-sea mining has the potential to create the largest footprint of any single human activity on the planet. An area closer than, yet less well mapped than Mars, the Earth’s seafloor is rich with creatures and eco-systems. However, it is also rich with minerals. As the demand for such grows larger, and terrestrial sources become harder to mine, the materials that reside deep in the ocean are becoming more and more attractive to countries and companies.
Posted on 5th July 2019
Following a record-breaking one week of coal-free electricity generation earlier in the month, Britain managed another 18 days of coal-free generation during the last few weeks of May and the first week of June 2019 – the longest period since the 1880s.
Posted on 8th May 2019
The deadline for the permitting of Tranche A 5-50 MW generators with emissions of NOx above 500mg/m3 which operate for more than 50 hours a year is the 1st October 2019.
