Party spokesperson says policy has ‘clear benefits for securing jobs and energy independence’
Reform UK has promised to reverse the government’s ban on fresh North Sea oil and gas drilling as a “day one” priority if elected to power, with the taxpayer taking a stake in the projects.
Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, has met with senior UK oil executives in recent weeks to pledge the party’s support for the industry, which has been hit hard by the government’s windfall tax and moves to block fresh North Sea exploration licences.
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05/23/2025 - 09:45
05/23/2025 - 09:30
Chris Weston, CEO of Britain’s biggest water company, faces questions over ‘paused’ executive bonus scheme
The chief executive of Thames Water has been ordered to tell MPs whether any executives have received payments from a controversial bonus package taken from a £3bn loan.
Britain’s biggest water company admitted last week that senior managers were in line for “substantial” bonuses linked to an emergency £3bn loan. Thames claimed the payouts were vital to retain staff and prevent rival companies from “picking off” its best employees. The disclosure provoked fury as the company has said its finances are “hair-raising” and that it came “very close to running out of money entirely” last year.
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05/23/2025 - 08:00
Farm country voted for Trump in 2024, but many of his actions – from tariffs to federal cuts – are hurting growers
Donald Trump may have won the votes of the US’s most farming-dependent counties by an average of 78% in the 2024 election. But the moves made by his administration in the past few months – imposing steep tariffs, immigration policies that target the migrant labor farmers rely on, and canceling a wide range of USDA programs – have left many farmers reeling.
“The policies of the Trump administration are wreaking havoc on family farmers. It’s been terrible,” said John Bartman, a row crop farmer in Illinois. Bartman is owed thousands of dollars for sustainable practices he implemented on his row crop operation as part of the USDA’s Climate-Smart program.
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05/23/2025 - 06:38
Mosquito experts say cuts in aid will lead to collapse of crucial surveillance and control in endemic countries
Climate change could make the UK vulnerable to insect-transmitted tropical diseases that were previously only found in hot countries, scientists have warned, urging ministers to redouble efforts to contain their spread abroad.
Leading mosquito experts said the government’s cuts to international aid would lead to a collapse in crucial surveillance, control and treatment programmes in endemic countries, leading to more deaths.
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05/23/2025 - 05:46
Signs more typically seen in Australia aim to raise awareness after more than 30 moorland fires since March
Wildfire warning signs normally seen in the parched Australian outback have been installed on English moorland for the first time.
In a stark illustration of the worsening impact of the climate emergency, signs have been put up in the Peak District and south Pennines, where there have been more than 30 moorland fires since March.
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05/23/2025 - 05:00
Study details evolutionary change of Anna’s hummingbirds and finds ranges have expanded to follow such devices
Which came first: the feeder or the bird?
A seemingly straightforward question, but the answer might not be so simple. According to a recently published study in Global Change Biology, the use of human-made hummingbird feeders has changed the beak sizes and shapes of Anna’s hummingbirds, and spread their range from a narrow pocket of California all the way up the coast to British Columbia.
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05/23/2025 - 01:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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05/23/2025 - 00:00
Guardians will highlight bravery of ‘unseen, unheard and undervalued’ protectors of natural world, prince says
Wildlife rangers perform “one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet”, the Prince of Wales has said at the launch of a docuseries highlighting these “unseen, unheard and undervalued” heroes of the natural world.
William, who presents Guardians, a six-part series launching on Friday, said championing the protectors of the natural world was particularly special as he had met many of them on his travels.
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05/22/2025 - 19:05
Anthony Albanese acknowledges home insurance now a ‘real challenge’ as government announces disaster assistance for 19 local council areas in NSW
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Anthony Albanese says extreme weather events such as the mid-north coast floods are becoming more frequent and intense as a fifth body has been found in the disaster-hit region.
“You are not alone,” was the message from the prime minister on Friday, as he travelled up to Maitland from Canberra to better grasp the scale of the massive flooding and the required emergency response.
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05/22/2025 - 15:27
New research shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging 'chemical warfare' to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming coast.
