5 h. ago Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince

The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public fundingHow green is this? We pay billions of pounds to cut down ancient forests in the US and Canada, ship the wood across the Atlantic in diesel tankers, then burn it in a Yorkshire-based power station.Welcome to the scandal of Drax, where Britain’s biggest polluter gets to play climate hero. The reality is that billions in public subsidies has enabled Drax to generate electricity by burning 300m trees. Now the government is trying to force through an extension that would grant Drax an estimated £1.8bn in public subsidies on top of the £11bn it has already pocketed, keeping this circus going until at least 2031.Dale Vince is a green energy industrialist and campaigner Continue reading...

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68 h. ago 'Absolutely fascinating' Biblical carving finally deciphered and linked to Jesus' death

A team of archeologists cracked the ancient mystery after a tree fell over in Canada and uncovered the 200-year-old stone carving with 255 symbols inscribed on it

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3 d. ago Huge flames leap from cargo ship as ‘dark fleet’ tanker burns after crash in sea

Thick black smoke can be seen pouring from the blazing ship, which is believed to be a “dark fleet” oil tanker which had been making its way through the Persian Gulf

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4 d. ago Forests, fires and footings: Earth Photo award winners – in pictures

From peat bogs to ancient trees via abandoned mining towns, these prize-winning images deliver both a stark warning and a message of hope for the future of our planet Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance

IADB’s proposals involve lenders using public money to buy up renewable energy loans in poor countriesAn innovative plan to use public money to back renewable energy loans in the developing world could liberate cash from the private sector for urgently needed climate finance.Avinash Persaud, a special adviser on climate change to the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), who developed the proposals, believes the plan could drive tens of billions of new investment in the fledgling green economy in poorer countries within a few years, and could provide the bulk of the $1.3tn in annual climate finance promised to the developing world by 2035. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dale Vince’s High Court claim against Daily Mail publisher thrown out

The green energy industrialist said the media organisation misused his personal data.

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves to splash billions of pounds in North and Midlands under major rule change

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to reprioritise funding outside of London and the South East - with tens of billions of pounds of investment in road, rail and green energy projects

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3 w. ago Bringing back the birds: the ‘ghost woodlands’ transforming England’s barren sheep fells

A groundbreaking tree-planting programme is uniting farmers and rewilders, as portions of common ground in the Yorkshire Dales national park are being restored to their ancient gloryPhotographs by Rebecca ColeThe Howgill Fells are a smooth, treeless cluster of hills in the Yorkshire Dales national park, so bald and lumpy that they are sometimes described as a herd of sleeping elephants. Their bare appearance – stark even by UK standards – has been shaped by centuries of sheep grazing. Yet beneath the soil lie ancient tree roots: the silent traces of long-lost “ghost woodlands”.Over the past 12 years, 300,000 native trees have been planted by the project Continue reading...

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