The number of birds involved in collisions with turbines at a Scottish wind farm is “far smaller” than was predicted as part of the scheme’s environmental impact assessment (EIA), according to a study commissioned by the scheme’s owner. Source link
The Druzhba pipeline is ready to bring Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia through Ukraine again, possibly ending a major political spat that saw Budapest and Bratislava at odds with Kyiv, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Tuesday. The Soviet-era pipeline that the Ukrainians said was put out of service by Russan bombs in late…
The Iran conflict is expected to lead to higher material costs, delays in material delivery, higher energy costs, and higher interest rates. Construction businesses should therefore be mindful that while project procurement may run smoothly today, projects will be impacted at delivery later as economic pressures feed through. Parties negotiating construction contracts today should consider…
WTO Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang opened the WTO’s workshop on incentives for technology transfer to least-developed countries (LDCs) on 21 April 2026, drawing attention to the conditions necessary for technology transfer to take root and deliver results in LDCs. Source link
When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more complex. Radioactive materials move, change and sometimes disappear faster than people expect. The Chernobyl accident in 1986 and the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 released radioactive materials into the air, soil and water around those two nuclear power…
The British recipe: long-term fixed-price contracts instead of windfall profits Source link
EU leasing scheme aims to cut fuel costs for poorer households Source link
Today, WildFish has joined environmentalists, academics and veterinary professionals in writing an open letter to the Environment Minister, Baroness Hayman of Ullock, to warn that two pesticides commonly used in pet flea and tick treatments – fipronil and imidacloprid – are contaminating the UK’s rivers, lakes, ponds and wildlife. Although these two pesticides are banned…
The CAre project: vision and ESG strategy For Canali, sustainability is a daily responsibility – a way of doing business rooted in its Italian manufacturing culture, in the care for people, and in a deep connection with the territory. This approach finds expression in the CAre project, through which the company translates ESG principles into…
Restoring landscape means restoring communities Just as people are essential to the concept of landscape, they are also essential to landscape restoration, not least because fundamentally, landscape supplies the needs of the recovering communities, sometimes while hostilities continue to rage around them. In Gaza, driven both by necessity and as an expression of connection with…
