Building, Building Design and Housing Today have today launched the inaugural Built Environment Netball World Cup, with teams across the industry invited to sign up for the tournament. The competition will take place on Wednesday 3 June at Score Leisure Centre, 2 Coronation Square, London E10 5UN. Delivered in partnership with Property Sports Network, the event will bring together professionals from…
The Houtman Abrolhos Islands, off Western Australia, where corals appear to be exceptionally heat-tolerant Bill Bachman/Alamy Coral reefs on a chain of islands off Western Australia were almost untouched by a prolonged heatwave that devastated corals in other regions in early 2025. Researchers hope that learning the secret of extreme heat tolerance in these corals…
Natural England describes the condition of the River Wye as “declining”. Source link
Date published: 27 April 2026 The Assembly’s approval of legislation to establish a Just Transition Commission was today hailed by DAERA Minister Andrew Muir as a significant milestone for climate action in Northern Ireland. Welcoming the passage of regulations establishing the Commission, the Minister said the body would have a key role in ensuring greenhouse…
Forty years after the nuclear disaster, questions remain about fallout, farming and public reassurance THE CHERNOBYL nuclear disaster is usually remembered as something that happened far away. The explosion at reactor four in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, took place on April 26, 1986. It caused devastation close to the plant, forced mass…
Shifting away from fossil fuels “vital” for energy independence, says EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra Source link
It was during her first winter in Orkney that the nature writer Victoria Bennett experienced the joy of baying into the sea during a storm. “There’s something very physically releasing about howling,” she says. “It’s quite animalistic and powerful.” On a stormy beach, when waves are crashing on the rocks, “you can really let rip”,…
International derivatives marketplace CME Group has informed EBS Workstation users that they must migrate to the new per-region cloud environment. This change will streamline operation, supportability and resilience of EBS Workstation. Clients using managed leased lines to access EBS Workstation must make the following required changes by May 29: Allow new listed 208.x subnets through…
Flemish minister for the Environment Jo Brouns has issued a planning permission for the controversial Ventilus project, the construction of a high-voltage power line through West Flanders designed to transport electricity from offshore wind farms overland. Grid operator Elia has thus been given the green light to commence work on the site and plans to…
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