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‘British food will disappear’: trade deal after Brexit is hitting UK farmers hard

Home-grown food may become a niche product for wealthy in our supermarkets as British farmers’ incomes plummetFor Liz Webster, who farms 647 hectares (1600 acres) in Wiltshire, south west England, the latest impact of Brexit has been particularly brutal. About £400 per animal has

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Cost to rewire Great Britain’s electricity network could reach £90bn in 2030s

Energy system operator says sum needed to deliver clean power targets while meeting rising demand is up by 50%The cost of rewiring Great Britain’s electricity networks through the 2030s is now 50% higher than before the Labour government came to power, and could reach almost £90b

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Delhi plans to ban petrol rickshaws and scooters in effort to cut toxic fumes

Government hopes for 30% of city’s fleet to be electric by 2030, in move hailed as ‘gamechanger’ on air pollutionThe unruly chaos of Delhi’s roads would be unrecognisable without the rickshaws and scooters that zip through India’s capital in their millions, emitting toxic fumes i

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Farming worries after India records driest June in over a decade

Weaker monsoon rains are likely to impact farm output but the government says it has enough grain stocks to deal with any shortages.

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Climate scientist who “proved” humanity is warming Earth says government report got it wro

A pioneering climate scientist is challenging a U.S. government report that cited his research while reaching what he says is the exact opposite conclusion. Benjamin Santer and his colleagues say decades of satellite data clearly reveal the atmospheric “fingerprint” of human-caus

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Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says

Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024The UK government breached environmental law on several occasions when granting farmers permission to use a bee-killing pesticide, a watchdog has found.In 2023

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Postwar research compact fueled U.S. prosperity for eight decades, argues commentary

As the United States celebrates 250 years of independence, Science has published a commentary by Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels highlighting the impact of the reimagining of the American university pioneered by Johns Hopkins in the late 19th century—and how the be

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The battle for access to Jamaica’s billion-dollar beaches

In this week’s newsletter: Activists are accusing the government of privatising the coastline to support the country’s thriving tourism industry, at the expense of locals• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereEvery year, millions of visitors from across th

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Farnham backs public ownership of golf course site

Campaigners want Les Mielles to be bought by the government and returned to nature. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Agro.

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Africa's wildlife laws follow a colonial model that separates people and animals: Why it's

Africa is home to many iconic national parks and marine reserves, such as Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niokolo-Koba in Senegal, Kruger National Park in South Africa and Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Many of them were established during the colonial era,

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What does China’s long-range missile test in the South Pacific mean for Australia? | David

The timing – on the day the Ocean of Peace Alliance treaty was signed with Fiji – reads as provocation at best, coercion at worstChinese government tells critics not to ‘overinterpret’ missile test in Pacific as criticism growsAt 12.01pm on Monday, a People’s Liberation Army Navy

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Low-cost loans for solar panels could save households hundreds on bills – thinktanks

New Economics Foundation and Finance Innovation Lab suggest loan scheme backed by Bank of England could benefit up to 8m homesMillions of UK households could save hundreds of pounds a year on their energy bills if the government were to approve low-cost loans for solar panel inst

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