Pumpjacks operate in the snow in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, U.S, on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Matthew Busch | Bloomberg via Getty Images When a raging snowstorm and frigid temperatures hit Texas last month, oil and gas behemoths responsible for producing the lion share of the nation’s reserves, including Exxon, Occidental and Marathon
Month: March 2021
On National Solar Appreciation Day, Georgia Power announced that it is adding 2,260 megawatts (MW) of renewables to its energy mix by 2025. The company noted that solar is expected to make up a majority of its renewable resource growth and that currently it has more than 2,500 MW of renewable resources online. Georgia Power
Boris Johnson will meet senior police officers on Monday as the UK’s largest force continues to face criticism over its handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard, with the prime minister “deeply concerned” about what happened. The Metropolitan Police has come under fire from across the political spectrum and beyond after the ugly scenes on
After a decade of war, you might expect every city in Syria to be in ruins, and many are. Aleppo, Idlib, Homs, Raqqa, the places which have become synonymous with the horror of this past 10 years, are all in pieces. But while the disintegration of a country at war begins with the deaths and
Mini will stop selling gas cars by 2030, according to a report by Der Spiegel. The brand also plans to introduce its last gas model in 2025 and for half its sales to be electric by 2027. The official roadmap will be presented next week, according to Spiegel’s report. The plan would make Mini the
An online platform that connects entrepreneurs to internationally renowned figures in fields such as business, sport and politics is seeking £20m to finance its global expansion. Sky News understands that Vintro, which counts former chancellor Lord Hammond among its advisory board members, has embarked on a funding round that is expected to close in the
Brandi Susewitz founded Clear Office, a website that lists and sells high-end furniture leftover from office buildings. Brandi Susewitz When Oracle announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Texas, it needed to clear out multiple floors of furniture sitting inside its office. Instead of putting it in a landfill, the company
Labour has revealed it will vote against the government’s flagship crime legislation, branding it a “mess” that could lead to tougher penalties for damaging a statue than attacking a woman. Shadow justice secretary David Lammy said the suspected murder of Sarah Everard had “instigated a national demand for action to tackle violence against women”. In
Wind is now America’s top renewable source of electricity generation. 2020 in particular was a banner year for wind power in the U.S., with more capacity installed in the final quarter of 2020 alone than in all of 2019. Now, the total capacity exceeds 120,000 MW, enough to power about 38 million homes. Essentially all
The suspected kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard has sent shockwaves throughout the country and fuelled demands for change in tackling violence against women. A vigil to mourn the 33-year-old on Clapham Common close to where she was last seen was marred by clashes and condemnation of the police response, with images of women being
Ireland should temporarily halt its use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab after some reports of blood clots in vaccinated people, health authorities say. The call came after a review from the Norwegian Medicines Agency showed four new cases of “serious blood clotting in adults” had occurred after the jab. Ireland’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan
Jennifer Lopez and her fiance Alex Rodriguez have responded to reports that they have split up, calling them “inaccurate”. Rumours swirled on US gossip sites such as Page Six, People and TMZ on Saturday, after an anonymous source told them the power couple had “hit a rough patch” and had unofficially split up. However, in
In a tiny cul-de-sac in Brixton, less than two miles from the violent scenes on Clapham Common, three households stood on their doorsteps in silence. Their heads bowed, their faces blank, and their hands all holding a candle. This unified pose had not been planned in advance. The only thing that had been was the
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Bitcoin has surged to a new all-time high – with prices breaking £44,000 for the first time. Saturday’s spike came exactly one year after the volatile cryptocurrency lost 50% of its value in the space of two days and fell to £2,873. It has risen 1,431% in the past 12 months. Bitcoin now finds itself
South Africa’s grid is dominated by coal. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), published in its latest “Statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa in 2020″ report, coal still accounts for a whopping 83.5% of power generation. South Africa’s coal power plants provided 184.4 TWh of electricity in 2020. Nuclear
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