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Council agree to spend £3.5 million on solar panel inspections after school fire
Northumberland County Council is set to spend millions of pounds inspecting its stock of solar panels on both homes and commercial buildings after fires at two buildings including a first school. A fire at Northburn Sports and Community Centre in…
The world is hungry for copper, so why aren't we looking for it?
Copper reset its record high for the second time this week, bolstered by the rise of artificial intelligence and US President Donald Trump's trade war, which is expected to exacerbate a shortage of the metal used in everything from data centres to…
Why Gold Will Outperform Silver in 2027
With just four months remaining in 2026, now is a fine time for investors to prepare for 2027 by establishing some new positions or, at a minimum, building watch lists. Hey, it pays to be organized. Part of that exercise should include examination…
Collector inaugurates TN Green School scheme in Salem
District Collector K. Elambahavath launched the Tamil Nadu Green School scheme at the government higher secondary school at Sandhaithanapatti in Nangavalli Panchayat union in Salem on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) and inspected the saplings planted…
Can the EU get rid of 'double illusion' in its green transition?
EU Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra recently said in an interview that Europe must accept higher short-term costs to 'reduce its dependence on China for clean-energy technologies,' describing the current situation as a 'dangerous and…
10 major projects shaping Rwanda's energy future
The government plans to more than double Rwanda's electricity generation capacity by 2034, driven by major investments in hydropower, solar energy and emerging technologies such as nuclear power, according to the Rwanda Energy Group (REG). The…
Author fined for destroying bat roosts during 19th-century church conversion
A children's author who documented his project to convert an old church on social media has been convicted of destroying bat roosts after being caught out by his own Instagram posts. Jonathan Wedge bought the Grade II-listed Church of St Thomas in…
What Jobs Will Americans Be Doing in the Next Decade? BLS Has Some Surprising Answers.
Many Americans get a much-deserved day off for Labor Day, but others can't or don't. It's a good time to thank the ones who don't, and it's also a good time to speculate about what the American job market might look like in the near future. While…
China should not be criticized for making what Western leaders in the last decade asked for: former UN official
Visitors view a robotic dance show in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province on September 4, 2026. Photo: VCG The popularity of Chinese high-tech is related to the fact that high-quality products are available at a low price. China is a leader…
Betrayal' and 'scaremongering' in political row over council farms
A political war of words has broken about between Conservative councillors and Cornwall Council's Liberal Democrat / Independent cabinet over plans to assess renewable energy opportunities across the council's estate, including its farms. The…
Rehousing model gains investor interest in Kigali
A 14-storey apartment building with solar panels on its rooftop is being constructed in Kiyovu on land previously occupied by two households, highlighting how the rehousing model could help address Kigali's unplanned settlements while creating…
Heckmondwike bus station to open as first of its kind in West Yorkshire
A new bus station is set to open in Heckmondwike later this month, and will be the first to carry the name of the county's new transit system. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced Heckmondwike 's new bus station will open on Sunday…
'So big and so close': going on a bear hunt in northern Spain
Once upon a time, in the woods outside Pola de Somiedo, lived a family of Cantabrian brown bears. The villagers reported sightings of a mother bear who had lost a leg to a hunter's trap, her two cubs and two adult males, either of which might have…
Gift will free boatbuilding school from $1.3 million debt
PORT HADLOCK — The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building received a $1.3 million gift from the Camila Chandler Foundation which will allow it to fully retire the debt accrued on updates to its campus. The gift, announced last week, is the…
The state is America's biggest venture capitalist. Tesla and Solyndra prove it
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) issued nearly identical loan guarantees to Tesla ($465 million) and Solyndra ($500 million), a solar panel manufacturer. While Tesla succeeded, Solyndra declared bankruptcy just two years later…
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