Saying goodbye to a 2GW coal plant was strangely moving news.sky.com/story/sombre...
Rain poured down the giant cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant as the last wisps of steam floated away from them. In the control room, the mood was sombre.
"When I started my career 36 years ago, none of us imagined a future without coal generation in our lifetimes" - Ratcliffe plant manager Lovely quote summarises UK's very swift shift from coal ✍️analysis by @t0mclark3.bsky.socialnews.sky.com/story/swift-...
In 2012, coal still supplied nearly 40% of the UK's electricity. Now the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant makes the UK the first major economy to completely phase out coal.
An incredible 3 to nearly 4 feet of rain estimated by Doppler radar over the last 3 days on the peaks of the mountains near #Asheville#Helene#Hurricane Helene Results in the worst flooding there in memory.
Disappearing over the horizon, where they belong, Ratcliffe-on-Soar cooling towers - as seen from a car park today as I tried (unsuccessfully) to imbue a sense of history and progress into my son.
UK govt "head of 'Mission Control' for clean power by 2030" @chrisstark.bsky.social says he is a "passionate believer" in mission thinking for govt Says clean power by 2030 is "possible" but "challenging in the extreme"
Brilliant piece by Mehul Srivastava (which explains, among other things, why Hizbollah used pagers) www.ft.com/content/dbaa...
Israel, blamed by Hizbollah for Tuesday’s attack, has long used telephones and their successors to track and kill enemies
The UK's Foreign Secretary used his first major speech to say he would put climate and biodiversity at the centre of UK foreign policy. I asked him how he could deliver that with so little money: news.sky.com/video/share-...
Speaking at Kew Gardens, David Lammy outlines the importance of climate awareness, while Sky News asks him how he can fund such an agenda.
Hey did you know primary forest loss in Brazil decreased by ***36%*** in 2023 relative to 2022, hitting its lowest level since 2015? See more at WRI's Forest Pulse: research.wri.org/gfr/latest-a...#ShareGoodNewsToo
It's also a good day to remember that Henry Hoovers are made in the UK by a unionised workforce
Dyson drops libel case against Channel 4 programme that alleged it mistreated workers Happy Labor [Labour 🇨🇦] Day! pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/dy...
Technology company Dyson has ended its libel claim against Channel 4 News and the programme's producer ITN after two years of proceedings.
Finally, the inquiry into the Grenfell tower fire is over -- my attempt to sum up its findings: news.sky.com/story/grenfe...
Throughout the inquiry report's 1,700 pages - that drew on 320,000 pieces of evidence, 1,600 witness statements, and over 300 public hearings - there is no overarching conclusion as to who was ultimat...