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UK Power Networks launch greener, cleaner, hybrid generators

Stuart Mitchell

UK Power Networks is investing in a new fleet of nine hybrid battery-engine generators supplying cleaner and quieter power supplies to homes during electricity maintenance. The company’s unique design, developed in partnership with Aquafuel Research, is programmed to charge in the daytime, when background noise is higher, and run silently at night, lowering carbon emissions, noise pollution, particulates and the need to refuel. The innovative battery engine hybrid generators emit 71% less carbon dioxide compared to diesel generators and reduce fuel consumption by 71%. The company projects this initial investment…

Global survey finds 8 out of 10 people support taxing oil and gas companies to pay for climate damages

Stuart Mitchell

In the United States, 75% of people surveyed support taxing oil and gas companies for climate damages — including 63% of Republicans A majority of people believe governments must tax oil, gas and coal companies for climate-related loss and damage, and that their government is not doing enough to counter the influence on politics of the super-rich and polluting industries. These are the key findings of a global survey, which reflects broad consensus across political affiliations, income levels, and age groups. Today’s study, which was jointly commissioned by Greenpeace and…

Mis/Disinformation Survey Highlights Urgent Need for Stronger Alliances while 81% oppose Platforms Dropping Independent Fact-Checkers

Stuart Mitchell

ICCO’s latest Mis/Disinformation Survey, conducted under the Media Information and Education Pledge, has revealed a growing demand among communications professionals for unified action against information pollution. Drawing insights from respondents across +20 countries[1], the survey shows increasing concern and a clear call for collaboration, upskilling and responsible technology use. The research comes at a time when misinformation and disinformation have been named the most significant short-term global risks in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025. Developed under the Media Information and Education Pledge by: International Communications Consultancy Organisation…

Fashion waste from top UK brands found polluting endangered turtles’ habitat in Ghana

Stuart Mitchell

Clothes discarded by UK consumers and exported to Ghana have been found in a huge new dumpsite growing inside internationally protected wetlands, an Unearthed and Greenpeace Africa investigation reveals.  Unearthed reporters have found garments from UK high-street brands Next, George at Asda, and Marks & Spencer inside the protected nature site home to rare birds and three species of turtles. The clothes were located at or close to two open-air waste dumps that have recently appeared inside the wetlands. Clothing items from M&S, Zara, H&M, and Primark were also found at a…

Banks fossil fuel finance totals $869 billion in 2024, a dramatic increase in financing

Stuart Mitchell

The 16th annual Banking on Climate Chaos (BOCC) covers the world’s top 65 banks’ lending and underwriting to over 2,700 fossil fuel companies. Backgrounder of the report’s key findings can be found here. While the world’s top scientists from the International Energy Agency (IEA) repeatedly state that there is no need for a single new oil field, tanker, pipeline, or any fossil fuel expansion whatsoever, banks ignore climate risk and increase finance for dirty energy companies expanding their sector. This is amidst a rapid retreat from climate commitments many of…