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Key road projects that have spent years in planning may be at risk as higher inflation has sent cost estimates soaring, according to Labour figures. “Many of these schemes are unfunded,” said one source.
A final decision on the Stonehenge tunnel may not arrive until a ruling on the project by the court of appeal in the early autumn. The Thames crossing’s future is also uncertain after a decision on its future was delayed by six months because of the general election.
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The protesters have repeatedly said their reasonable excuse is they are drawing attention to their fears for the planet, but judges say this is not a legal defence - as sitting in the road is not necessary to do this.
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Environmental groups are among 92 civil society organisations who have warned Yvette Cooper against “the steady erosion of the right to protest” in the UK, and called on her to reverse the previous government’s crackdown on peaceful protest.
“The right to protest is a vital safety valve for our democracy and an engine of social progress,” the letter, delivered on Friday, said. “The achievements of peaceful protest are written on the labour movement’s own birth certificate.”
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The ‘Future of Egypt’ envisages turning tracts of desert into farmland to grow crops for export. But with sky-high food price inflation and a water deficit, critics doubt it is viable
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According to its champions, the benefits that flow from this system are numerous: fuel poverty is reduced or eradicated with those on the lowest incomes getting affordable energy to cover the essentials – from heating to cooking and light. Excessive consumption – overwhelmingly linked to wealthier households – is charged at a higher rate, subsidising the cheaper tariff. And everyone is incentivised to reduce consumption and improve their homes through insulation, smart technology and other energy efficient measures in an effort to stay within the cheapest block.
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Government shelves £1.3bn UK tech and AI plans…
“Exascale will help researchers model all aspects of the world, test scientific theories and improve products and services in areas such as artificial intelligence, drug discovery, climate change, astrophysics and advanced engineering,” it says on its website.
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The cognitive dissonance of driving your campervan all the way across Europe and back, twice, and the disappearing glaciers. What could be the cause?
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They appear to be surprisingly happy in the newer photograph.
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“The Scottish Government has failed to meet nine out of the last 13 annual climate targets. To make up for this, the immediate roll out of policies such as cleaner heating is crucial. That’s why the Heat in Buildings Bill must be introduced no later than the autumn this year to make sure it can regulate for cleaner heating and energy efficiency later this decade."
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This is what the utopian vision of the future so often misses: if and when change happens, the questions at play will be about if and how certain technology gets distributed, deployed, taken up. It will be about how governments decide to allocate resources, how the interests of various parties affected will be balanced, how an idea is sold and promulgated, and more. It will, in short, be about political will, resources, and the contest between competing ideologies and interests. The problems facing the world – not just climate breakdown but the housing crisis, the toxic drug crisis, or growing anti-immigrant sentiment – aren’t problems caused by a lack of intelligence or computing power. In some cases, the solutions to these problems are superficially simple. Homelessness, for example, is reduced when there are more and cheaper homes. But the fixes are difficult to implement because of social and political forces, not a lack of insight, thinking, or novelty. In other words, what will hold progress on these issues back will ultimately be what holds everything back: us.
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It describes itself as ‘a long-term strategic approach to manage, restore and enhance the urban landscape. It highlights opportunities to take action across the city, using natural solutions to address the threats of biodiversity loss and climate change.
‘It focuses on creating a well-connected, healthy, resilient ecosystem whilst enhancing the ability of the city to adapt to climate change, providing multiple benefits to wildlife, human society and the economy.’
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https://www.scottishbeacon.com/news/solutions/green-ways-to-improve-spurtleshire/
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He paints a picture of an unregulated free-for-all for well-meaning, middle-class people with lots of time on their hands but little appreciation of the work that’s required and the jobs involved in maintaining the city’s parks – especially in working-class areas. “The volunteers are putting people out of jobs,” he says.
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This will keep getting worse unless we stop burning fossil fuels
Maybe sending the airline, automotive and fossil fuel industry executives to jail for these deaths would help focus minds
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Trump would pull out of Paris climate treaty again – and Harris faces tough choices
If elected, the Democrat is likely to face a trade-off over manufacturing jobs and economic independence from China
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They/ve joined CCE, you should ban them.
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