Privacy measures currently being rolled out, such as end-to-end encryption,
Witnesses described hearing a loud blast and seeing large plumes of black smoke on Tuesday morning as a building under construction in Halifax’s north end caught fire.
A group of tech companies in the north of England have called for the creation of a Manchester-based digital investment fund to help challenge the “dominance of London and the South East”. Industry body Manchester Digital and several tech firms based in the north or with a significant northern presence – including Auto Trader, BT […]
By imposing restrictions on emissions from coal-fired plants, the government is signaling a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and safeguarding public health and the environment.
Falls, slips and trips accounted for 865 worker fatalities in 2022 – more than 400 of whom worked in constructionWooden planks with nails covered the site where Antonio, a construction day laborer in Houston, Texas, was helping clear fencing last December. The contractor that hired him provided no protection, he said – so when he slipped, and a nail struck him just above the ankle, it became “really swollen”.Antonio was given hydrogen peroxide, and the contractor promised to get him medical...
New EPA directive will cut pollution equivalent to the emissions of 328m cars, but industry group decries it as a ‘reckless plan’Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s...
Green NGOs have accused the Asian Development Bank of indirectly financing coal plants in Indonesia through a $600 million loan despite promises to no longer fund projects tied to the fossil fuel, according to a new report.The report by four NGOs alleges the ADB loan given in 2021 to Indonesia's state power company to fund its ten-year business plan and "promote the use of clean energy" has no clause blocking spending on new coal facilities.The Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) plan contains more...
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A vacant restaurant at the end of a Southern California pier caught fire Thursday, sending smoke billowing into the sky onto the beach as firefighters battled the blaze from boats. The pier in Oceanside, about 40 miles (64.4 kilometers) north of San Diego, stretches more than 1,900 feet (579 meters), allowing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration's most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the []
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants
The decision to end Young Sheldon has rubbed “Meemaw” the wrong way. In a new interview with our sister site Variety, Annie Potts says that she was “shocked” by CBS‘ call to bring the Big Bang Theory spinoff to a close after seven seasons. “I still don’t understand why they cancelled it,” she says. “It […]
Republicans called for removing federal funding from National Public Radio, after a top liberal editor in the company expressed his frustration with the left-wing bias of the news outlet.