By Dan Nosowitz A hot-button issue in the UK focuses on something most Americans don’t even know about: a particular method of disinfecting raw poultry. In the UK, “chlorine-washed chicken” has become a shorthand for the excesses of American agribusiness; Prime Minister Boris Johnson has even used it as an insult for his political foes. […]
One UK store’s attempt to fight plastic pollution has turned out to be a smashing success. Last year, supermarket chain Iceland became the first UK retailer to install “reverse vending machines” that allow customers to return plastic bottles purchased at the store and receive a 10 pence voucher in return. The program has proved popular, […]
It would appear that the resurgence of fracking in the UK is on very shaky ground. A company called Cuadrilla restarted the controversial technique at a site in Lancashire, in Northwest England, just two months ago after a seven year hiatus. But it spent a month of that time doing tests with smaller volumes of […]
Britain’s electricity grid hit a “major milestone,” as its total renewable electricity capacity leapfrogged fossil fuels for the first time, experts revealed Tuesday. The total available capacity from wind, solar, biomass, hydro and other renewables reached a record 42 gigawatts between July and September, overtaking the 40.6 gigawatts available from fossil fuels, according to a […]
The return of fracking to the UK is off to a truly shaky start. Cuadrilla Resources was forced by law to pause operations at its site in Lancashire, England when a tremor with a magnitude of 0.8 took place in the area Friday morning, The Guardian reported. A map showing the location of Friday’s fracking-induced […]
A little over a week after fracking restarted in the UK, it’s been paused again due to seismic activity, The Guardian Reported. Cuadrilla Resources, the company fracking two wells at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire in northwest England, confirmed Tuesday they had paused operations for the day after a tremor registered a magnitude […]
Since 2015, all large stores in England have been required by law to charge five pence for single-use plastic bags in an attempt to reduce plastic pollution. Now, major UK supermarket chain the Co-op is taking that one step further by phasing out plastic bags entirely and replacing them with compostable alternatives, becoming the first […]
Storm Ali, the first named storm of the UK storm season, killed two and sent several to the hospital as winds of more than 100 miles per hour walloped Ireland, Scotland and Northern England Wednesday, The Guardian reported. More than 250,000 homes and businesses in Ireland lost power and 30,000 lost power in southwest Scotland. […]
Local governments in England and Wales have said that only about a third of the plastic food containers recycled by their constituents are actually able to be processed in recycling facilities, BBC News reported Saturday. The Local Government Association (LGA) found that 525,000 metric tons (approximately 578,713 U.S. tons) of plastic pots, trays and tubs […]
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