December 9, 2023
North Macedonia is bathed in sunlight, so, phasing out dirty coal should be easy. But because of the energy crisis, the exact opposite is currently happening: ancient coal-fired power plants are blowing huge amounts of toxic emissions into the air and new lignite mines are even being opened up! ADVERTISEMENT Despite a pledge to become
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Sky News host Caroline Di Russo raises questions over whether Royal author Omid Scobie’s new book ‘Endgame’ is simply a personal “money spinner” or if it was published with the Sussexes blessing. “The public are becoming increasingly tired with the airing of the Royal Family’s dirty laundry,” Ms Di Russo said. “We understand Omid Scobie
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Yves here. This is a useful, non-technical description of the blue and green hydrogen schemes and why their effect is to extend rather than end the use of fossil fuel. While much of the information in this post may be old hat to readers who keep close tabs on various “energy transition,” carbon capture, and
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More than 21 million Americans are living in counties where air pollution is being kept dirty by a little-known legal loophole. A provision in the Clean Air Act has allowed local regulators in 70 US counties to claim the air was cleaner than it really was The ‘exceptional events rule’ allows pollution caused by ‘natural’ or
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Colorado State senior safety Henry Blackburn has reportedly been receiving death threats that university police and local authorities have been looking into following his hit on University of Colorado star Travis Hunter during their game on Saturday, Rams’ athletic director Joe Parker told ESPN. Blackburn was called for an illegal hit on Hunter in the
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IN their upcoming film, The Bikeriders, Tom Hardy and Austin Butler are teaming up to take viewers on a thrilling journey into the tumultuous world of a 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club. The film’s trailer offers a tantalising glimpse into the lives of Hardy and Butler’s characters as they embark on a wild ride through Chicago
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When journalist Anne-Marie Schiro reviewed the arrival of Zara International on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 1989 she used the phrase “fast fashion” to describe its approach. The new shop offered fresh styles that only 15 days earlier had been dreamt up at the company’s headquarters in Spain. Zara, Schiro wrote, was speaking a language
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Lionesses coach Sarina Wiegman has denied that she instructed her team to target Sam Kerr, with the Matildas’ talisman bearing the brunt of a brutal barrage from the English midfield and defence. England conceded nine fouls to Australia’s one in the first half, with Alex Greenwood copping a yellow card in the 10th minute for
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Melanie Dinjaski is an experienced sports journalist at the Canberra Times with a genuine love of all sports. She’s covered every code from NRL to NFL, and has experience in print, digital, podcasting, TV and video journalism, having spent time working in newsrooms at Nine, Fox Sports and Seven before moving to the capital. Melanie
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Most mornings, Ariette Oto clambers up a winding, precipitous path to the top of a ravine on the periphery of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s sprawling capital. There, the mother of five fills her 25-litre (6.5-gallon) jerrycan with water, pays 150 Congolese francs (six US cents) and hauls the precious load back home. Just a
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