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Ascot Racecourse's 'substantial' solar system completed
Ascot Racecourse says a solar installation built on its grandstand roof is one of the 'most substantial' in UK sport. It said all power generated by the solar panels will be used by the racecourse and it is expected to be the equivalent of about 9%…
Tibet quartz discovery boosts China's self-sufficiency push for hi-tech materials
China has discovered a new source of high-purity quartz in its western Tibet autonomous region, potentially reducing its reliance on imports of the critical material to make solar panels and semiconductors. High-purity quartz is a gold standard…
Remember How Sucking Carbon Out of the Air Was Going to Save the Planet? We Have Terrible News
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The idea of sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere to combat climate change might be a necessary intervention, but it always sounded like a longshot. Unfortunately, it seems like the…
Wiltshire's first land-based salmon farm to go ahead
A land-based salmon farm is set to go ahead after planning permission for a building to cover the fish tanks was approved. The site, near Downton in Wiltshire, used to be a huge trout farm which drained into the local river, but as a salmon farm…
10 Simple Ways To Protect Planet Earth
From bringing down your plastic waste output to conserving water, every little bit helps. When small actions are taken by many and millions sign on there's powerful impact. This World Environment Day 2026, adopt 12 effective habits to ensure the…
5 Outdoor Gadgets Worth Packing for July 4th
The best outdoor gadgets for July 4th 2026 aren't the flashiest releases. They're the gear built for a real weekend outdoors. Independence Day means the same routine for most of us. We haul a cooler to the park and spread a picnic blanket before…
Major step forward on new Leicestershire school
Leicestershire's newest primary school has taken a major step forward, with hundreds of pupils set to grace its corridors in the future. Construction is set to begin this week on the 420-place school at Garendon Park in west Loughborough. The…
Iran is 'Trump's Vietnam' - and it's going to get a lot worse
Leon Panetta has been in politics as long as any of us can remember. He started out as a Republican, working in the office of Sen. Thomas Kuchel, R-Calif., in the late 1960s. (Kuchel belonged to the now-vanished species of moderate Republican and…
Why Europe should erect high and hard trade barriers on China
As regular readers of this blog know, I'm pretty ambivalent about trade barriers as an economic policy. On one hand, I think targeted tariffs and other trade barriers can be used to protect strategic industries from surges in underpriced import…
Clean Energy Is Outspending Fossil Fuels Nearly Two To One
Fossil fuels still dominate the system we have. But increasingly, the world's capital is building the clean system of tomorrow. According to the International Energy Agency's new World Energy Investment 2026 report, global energy investment is set…
Ground broken on new supermarket in East Yorkshire town
Construction has begun on a new Lidl in Market Weighton. The supermarket giant says it is transforming the site in York Road to meet “significant” local demand between York and Hull. Speaking about this, regional head of property at…
China's renewable push is about energy security
Until recently, China's green energy push was usually explained through two familiar lenses: economic transformation and environmental improvement. The first emphasized industrial policy defined by Beijing's drive to dominate the technologies of…
Inside This SpaceX Billionaire's Mission To Build A Fleet Of Outer Space Taxis
T om Mueller is driving his candy green Porsche Taycan Turbo S the way he builds rocket engines: with a terrifying amount of instantaneous thrust and little regard for the local speed limits of El Segundo. He is headed west on Marine Avenue…
Upgrading the grid risks ending up like HS2
Upgrading the UK's electricity grid is a vastly complex project. I hope the government's learned from HS2, writes John Lazar The GB electricity system is being upgraded in line with the UK's Clean Power 2030 target to accommodate a vast increase in…
A Personal TomDispatch Farewell (of Sorts)
There are so many people to thank, including all the remarkable authors I've published. I couldn't even begin to list them here, though I'd love to thank each of them from the bottom of my heart. And what a mess their pieces might have been if…
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