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Excessive Foraging for Wild Mushrooms and Garlic a ‘Risk to Wildlife’ in UK

Excessive Foraging for Wild Mushrooms and Garlic a ‘Risk to Wildlife’ in UK

In the UK, experts have expressed concern that some foragers for wild mushrooms and garlic have been taking too many ingredients from protected sites, putting wildlife at risk, reported The Guardian. The National Trust is concerned that people have been gathering foraged foods to sell them, damaging delicately-balanced ecosystems. “Foraging brings us closer to nature […]

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    Recycled Turbine Blades to Join One of the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farms

    Recycled Turbine Blades to Join One of the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farms

    One of the greatest environmental challenges of the renewable energy transition is ensuring that the new energy-generating devices themselves — from solar panels to wind turbines to lithium batteries — are made and disposed of sustainably.  That’s why it’s promising that recycled turbine blades are catching wind. Major turbine maker Siemens Gamesa announced Thursday that […]

    Forever Chemicals Contaminate More than 17,000 Sites in Europe and UK, New Map Reveals

    Forever Chemicals Contaminate More than 17,000 Sites in Europe and UK, New Map Reveals

    There are more than 17,000 sites across Europe that have been contaminated with toxic forever chemicals and another more than 21,000 sites that have likely been polluted. That’s one main finding from “The Forever Pollution Project,” a month’s-long collaboration between 18 European newsrooms to investigate and map the extent of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution across […]

    Fruit and Vegetable Shortage in UK Leads Supermarkets to Ration

    Fruit and Vegetable Shortage in UK Leads Supermarkets to Ration

    Fresh produce shortages have prompted UK supermarkets — including Asda, Morrisons and Tesco — to ration their fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes, lettuce and peppers were being limited to three per customer at Asda, reported BBC News. Tesco, the latest store to implement buying limits, had a maximum of three per customer for cucumbers, tomatoes and […]

    UK Energy Prices Will Stay High, Equinor Boss Says

    UK Energy Prices Will Stay High, Equinor Boss Says

    UK residents should not expect their gas and electric bills to return to pre-pandemic levels, the chief executive of one of Europe’s largest energy companies told the BBC in a widely reported interview.  Speaking ahead of the World Economic Forum, which began Monday in Davos, Equinor leader Anders Opedal said that both the energy crisis […]