China Eastern Airlines said on Wednesday it has signed a $15.8 billion deal to buy 101 Airbus A320neo planes, a decision it said was “driven by belief in the future of (China’s) civil aviation industry”. The aircraft made by Europe’s largest aerospace company are set to be delivered from 2028 to 2032, according to a…
EVs adoption in the bloc is about three years behind Beijing, the green organisation Transport and Environment said Source link
The re3 Partnership – a waste disposal partnership between Bracknell Forest Council, Reading Borough Council and Wokingham Borough Council, working with FCC Environment – has presented a cheque for £5,807 to Thames Valley Air Ambulance in support of the charity’s lifesaving work across the region. The total was raised through a combination of community and…
Public Accounts Committee claims Environment Agency and Natural England do not have powers and resources required to combat illegal waste dumping and sewage spills Source link
Sulmara’s answer was Sulmara Discover: a bespoke technology stack combining a high-resolution 3D Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) sub-bottom system with inertial navigation and positioning sensors. This was mounted on a remotely operated uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to acquire data, with in-house software packages for processing, interpretation, and delivery. It’s the only system of its kind. “Seaforth selected…
Brussels has proposed a ‘targeted revision’ of the Water Framework Directive to help domestic mineral producers Source link
“The worst part of it was the smell,” says Audrey Crook, 58. A full-time carer who lives with her 20-year-old son, Crook woke up at 11pm one night to find a foot of flood water on the ground floor of her home. “It was like black water. It had sewage and everything in it, it…
A major clean‑up is under way after a spill from a farm near Tiverton enters the River Exe. Source link
Fiona Smyth and Alex Laurenson Architecture and Design Scotland discusses the influence of landscape design on the built environment in its latest Value of Design podcast. ‘How our landscape can shape learning, living and the design of our buildings’ brings together designers, architects, landscape architects and a school headteacher to explore the spaces between and…
For the 16th consecutive year, the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) has secured top place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for Geography. Professor Giles Wriggs said: “Topping the QS World Rankings for Geography for an incredible 16th successive year is a remarkable achievement by everybody at the School of…
