2019

Cranberry farmers want to build solar panels over their bogs

Plummeting cranberry prices and the country’s ongoing trade wars have America’s cranberry industry eyeing a possible new savior: solar power. Some cranberry farmers in Massachusetts, the nation’s second largest grower after Wisconsin, are proposing to build solar panels above the bogs they harvest each fall. It’s a novel approach to blending renewable energy technology with […]

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General election 2019: Adam Price on Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn

Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price answered BBC Radio 5 Live listener’s questions on a special General Election Your Call, hosted by Nicky Campbell. Among questions on Brexit, the environment and Welsh independence; Mr Price was asked who he would rather go for a pint with out of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. He responded: “It

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Survey finds more North Sea firms looking to diversify

Image copyright Getty Images A growing number of North Sea oil and gas operators are looking to diversify into “less traditional activities” such as decommissioning and renewables, according to a survey. A total of 86% of firms expressed “some likelihood” of doing decommissioning work in the medium term. The survey also showed the highest proportion

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FEMA’s Hurricane Aid to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Has Stalled

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands — More than two years after back-to-back hurricanes ravaged this tropical island, medical workers are still treating gunshot wounds in hallways and kidney failure in a trailer. They ignore their own inflamed rashes that they say are caused by the mold that has shut down an entire hospital floor below

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