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    Why responsible AI is everyone’s priority

    Governments are scrambling to encourage investment in the AI sector. In the US, President Trump is pushing for a ten year pause on AI regulation. Meanwhile in the UK, the government plans to establish “AI growth zones”, which include the data centres needed to store […]
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    The Chancellor needs growth – the green economy is where she’ll find it

    It’s not easy being Chancellor when the economic mood is so glum. Rachel Reeves faces low growth and stagnating productivity. Meanwhile, the cost of servicing the national debt is rising. All this suggests that the Chancellor’s second Budget won’t bring sunshine in the autumn. Rachel […]
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    How tackling throwaway culture could help Labour win back its voters

    Since the 2024 election, we’ve heard a lot about how the government will need find new votes to maintain if it is to retain its majority beyond this term. No sooner had the dust settled on the victory than More in Common identified Labour’s “electoral […]
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    Tax changes are on the way: don’t forget the environment

    The government needs to raise more money and newspapers are reporting that Rachel Reeves is considering tax reform. This is welcome. The UK’s tax system is a mess, “a precarious assemblage of misdirection and untruth” in the words of the New Statesman’s Will Dunn. The […]
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    The government’s new climate action plan is due this autumn: here are our five big tests

    Energy Secretary Ed Miliband faces a legal deadline to publish a new climate action plan by the end of October after the High Court ruled last year that the previous government’s strategy was unlawful. The plan will chart a path to meet the UK’s carbon […]
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    Industry Knew About Gas Stoves’ Air Pollution Problems in Early 1970s

    At the end of December 2022, when Americans were getting ready to spend hours indoors with family and friends — often in their kitchens, preparing holiday meals on the stovetop — a new study reignited a decades-old debate. The peer-reviewed research by the environmental think tank RMI (formerly...
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    Going ‘Net-Zero’ Will Boost Oil Sands Production, Industry Tells Canadian Government

    Oil sands producers plan to spend billions of dollars on emissions-reducing technologies so that they can boost production and sell more of their climate-warming products overseas, an industry lobby group explained to Canada’s federal government on multiple occasions. “As our sector...
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    Liquid Gas Industry Fights to Weaken EU Climate Plans Ahead of Key Vote

    This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu Liquid gas companies are casting themselves as champions of rural communities in a bid to weaken proposals to slash the carbon emissions produced by...
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    Following Ohio Derailment, Concerns Arise Over Expansion of Rail and Pipeline Transport of Hazardous Material

    In the aftermath of last month’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, questions and concerns about the adequacy of rail safety regulations have resurfaced. The train, owned by Norfolk Southern, was transporting chemicals and other hazardous materials when an overheated wheel bearing...
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    Major Gas Utility Is Pouring Money Into Reversing an Oregon City’s Electric-only Mandate

    Oregon’s largest gas utility has funneled nearly a million dollars of cash and in-kind contributions into a campaign to overturn a new electrification mandate in the state’s second-largest city. Just days after the Eugene City Council voted on February 6 to ban gas hookups in new low-rise...
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    The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t

    National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy concluded that the East Palestine, Ohio, rail disaster was “100% preventable.” The certainty of this statement raises the obvious question: Why did this happen? The answer was actually provided by one of Homendy’s predecessors...
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    Top U.S. Law Schools Accused of Creating a Student ‘Pipeline’ into Firms Serving Fossil Fuel Industry

    Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. The Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) report finds that the top 20 schools have produced fossil fuel lawyers...
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    Series

    NW Natural is the largest gas distribution company in Oregon, serving 2.5 million people. As the climate crisis worsens, NW Natural, like many utilities, has come under increasing pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The company positions itself as a climate leader, but critics argue that...
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    Potential financial losses from a renewable energy transition are concentrated among the wealthy

    One common rationale against climate action is that the resulting fossil fuel investment losses could impact people’s retirement or long-term savings. However, researchers report in the journal Joule on June 22 that the loss of fossil fuel assets would have a minimal impact on the general...
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    Ask us how to build the circular economy, say scientists

    Governments and companies planning to pursue the circular economy need to involve scientists more directly, states a new report published by the International Society for Industrial Ecology, and led by UCL’s Dr Stijn van Ewijk. The report, published today, draws attention to the weight of...
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    How to grow Cassava plant | Growing Cassava | tapioca woody shrub

    The post How to grow Cassava plant | Growing Cassava | tapioca woody shrub appeared first on Naturebring. Cassava plant (mandioca) The cassava plant (Tapioca) possesses conspicuous, nearly palmate leaves, which look like those of nearby castor-oil plants but are divided into approximately five...
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    How to grow Fava Beans Plant | Growing Broad Beans in the garden

    The post How to grow Fava Beans Plant | Growing Broad Beans in the garden appeared first on Naturebring. Fava Beans Plant (Vicia faba) Known in the culinary sense as the Broad Beans, fava bean, and faba bean, Vicia faba is a species of vetch that belongs to the pea and bean family Fabaceae...
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    How to Grow organic Cherry Tomato Plants | Growing Cherry Tomatoes

    The post How to Grow organic Cherry Tomato Plants | Growing Cherry Tomatoes appeared first on Naturebring. Cherry Tomato Plants Cherry Tomato is well known that tomatoes are a source of umami. There are many ways to consume tomatoes, raw or cooked, in soups, sauces, salads, and drinks. In...
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    Growing Brussels sprouts | How to Grow and care Brussels Plant

    The post Growing Brussels sprouts | How to Grow and care Brussels Plant appeared first on Naturebring. Brussels Plant (Brussels sprouts) Brussels plant is a form of cabbage in the mustard family Brassicaceae that are grown in Europe and North America for their edible buds, called sprouts...
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    Growing asparagus in home | How to Grow Asparagus Plant

    The post Growing asparagus in home | How to Grow Asparagus Plant appeared first on Naturebring. Asparagus Plant (Asparagus officinalis) Its scientific name is Asparagus officinalis, a perennial flowering plant in the genus Asparagus. It is also known as garden...
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