Nov 22, 2024 · Coal projects to be banned in the UK . Six weeks after it became the first nation to quit burning coal for electricity, the UK is to ban all future coal projects.The government there announced this week that it would introduce legislation “as soon as possible” to ban new licences for coal mining. “The canary stopped singing a long time …

Nov 1, 2024 · “Each year, entries get better and better,” said Rob Lloyd, chair of the organisation’s trustees. “ With more submissions than ever, and of such a high standard, this year’s finalists have really highlighted the excellent work they are all doing in their local communities.” Categories are health and wellbeing impact of the year, shed partnership of the year, shed volunteer of the ...

Dec 23, 2024 · 2. Not even a ‘greenlash’ could stall surging renewables. A poor show for green parties in the EU elections and incoming US president Donald Trump’s promise to “drill, baby, drill” could not take the wind out the sails of the green energy revolution in …

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Nov 6, 2024 · It’s all over our homes, in the clothes on our backs, and is vital to the operation of global trade, including the food system. Yet plastic – once hailed as a miracle material – is now causing enormous damage to the environment, not only through the carbon required to produce it, but also via the pollution it creates.

Jan 29, 2024 · Lived experiences chronicling everything from pain management to drug addiction abound online, but do they really aid recovery? New research led by experts at the University of Nottingham and published this week in World Psychiatry proves definitively that – in mental health settings at least – they do.. The team painstakingly curated a digital library of hundreds of audio, video, written ...

Nov 5, 2024 · Fellow Bookbanks director Hattie Garlick opened an outpost in Wymondham, Norfolk, the same month. A second in the county is slated for November, along with a site at Hammersmith and Fulham food bank in London, but Rhodes needs more funding to realise the charity’s potential.

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