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Rare polar bear shot dead by police in Iceland after being thought a threat

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:45:08 +0000

Environment agency advised that the animal posed a danger to elderly woman in remote summer house in Westfjords

A rare polar bear that was spotted in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities have said.

The bear was killed in the north-west tip of the country after police consulted the national environment agency, which declined to have the animal relocated, according to the Westfjords police chief, Helgi Jensson.

Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:59:21 +0000

Pennsylvania plant was site of most serious nuclear meltdown and radiation leak in US history in 1979

A nuclear reactor at the notorious Three Mile Island site in Pennsylvania is to be activated for the first time in five years after its owners, Constellation Energy, struck a deal to provide power to Microsoft’s proliferating artificial intelligence operations.

Greenpeace activists who scaled Sunak’s roof cleared by judge

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:01:47 +0000

Four protesters against North Sea oil and gas licences have charges of criminal damage thrown out

Four Greenpeace activists who staged a “no new oil” protest on the roof of Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire manor house have had charges of criminal damage thrown out.

The activists said “justice and common sense” had prevailed after a judge on Friday ruled the evidence against them was “tenuous” and they had no case to answer.

European Green Deal: A double-edged sword for global emissions

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:26:31 +0000

The European Green Deal will bring the emission of greenhouse gases in the European Union down, but at the same time causes a more than a twofold increase in emissions outside its borders.

Packaging tax will raise price of many everyday items, say UK firms

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:46:07 +0000

Cost of soft drinks, beer and kettles likely to increase as a result of scheme that shifts recycling fees to producers

Budding market: hopes of a revival in UK cut-flower production

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:00:11 +0000

British growers are taking a increasing share of sales long dominated by imports by focussing on green credentials

From the tip of Cornwall to the far reaches of Scotland, the shoots of resurgence in the British cut-flower market are raising hopes of a fledgling return to home-produced fragrant flowers becoming a bigger part of the £1bn industry in the UK.

How mudlarking on the Thames unlocks London’s secret riches

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:00:12 +0000

As the London Museum announces a mudlarking exhibition, mudlarker Lara Maiklem says combing the foreshore can transport you back in time

Earlier this week, Lara Maiklem climbed down to the foreshore of the River Thames at low tide to spend several hours gently scrabbling at its surface in pursuit of a 20-year obsession.

People rescued from rooftops as flooding hits northern Italy – video

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:10:04 +0000

Firefighters have been rescuing people stranded on their balconies and rooftops after Storm Boris triggered flooding and landslides in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Two people were reported missing in Traversara, a hamlet in Ravenna province, and about 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Storm Boris has battered parts of Italy after causing havoc in eastern and central Europe

‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:00:08 +0000

Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest

The occupants of the vinyl-coated military tents at this remote jungle camp in Brazil’s wild west compare the hellscape surrounding them to catastrophes old and new: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the bombardment of Gaza, the obliteration of Hiroshima during the second world war.

One year of Guardian Europe: different stories through a new lens

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:00:07 +0000

On 20 September 2023, the Guardian launched a new digital edition for a continent in the grip of dramatic political and social change. This is what we’ve learned so far – and how you can help us do more