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Man dead and three others rushed to hospital after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a Mount Gambier home
A man has died and three other people have been taken to hospital following a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Mount Gambier, in South Australia. The incident is significant as a potential accidental poisoning affecting an entire household, highlighting the dangers posed by the colourless, odourless gas within domestic settings. Beyond the…
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Kemi Badenoch vows to challenge foreign court ruling which could leave Britain facing £4trillion eco damages for greenhouse gas emissions going back to Industrial Revolution
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to challenge a foreign court ruling that could, in principle, expose Britain to as much as £4 trillion in environmental damages linked to its greenhouse gas emissions. The claims reportedly stretch back to the Industrial Revolution, raising the prospect that the UK could be held financially liable for…
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Trump’s EPA chief pushes back on climate skeptics being labeled ‘science deniers’
Lee Zeldin argues climate projections for 2050 and 2100 represent a range of outcomes, not certainties, and warns against labeling skeptics as deniers.
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Datacentres drive up carbon emissions of Microsoft, Amazon and Google to a third of those of France
All three companies say they still aim to achieve net zero carbon output despite construction boom Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction. In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of…
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El Niño Is Already Wreaking Havoc on Pacific Fisheries
As the climate phenomenon sends warm water surging across the eastern Pacific, some parts of the fishing industry are suffering—but other regions are seeing a windfall.
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Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions
Data centers are driving up the company’s use of electricity—and carbon pollution.
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‘TV and sex are the two things I can do without’: How Ann Widdecombe never met ‘Mr Right’, condemned sex before marriage and refused to answer ‘impertinent’ questions about virginity
On same-sex marriage, abortion and climate change Ann Widdicombe never faltered in speaking her mind. But when it came to discussing more personal affairs, she remained tight-lipped.
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Microsoft’s AI drive saw its carbon emissions grow by 25 percent in 2025
Microsoft pledged to be carbon negative by 2030, but its AI push has wrecked its goal.
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Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year
Microsoft’s 2026 sustainability report indicates that the company’s carbon emissions rose by 25 percent in 2025, reaching 34 million metric tons “without select interventions.” The increase, attributed largely to the rapid expansion of its data centre infrastructure, suggests Microsoft is again struggling to meet its pledge to become carbon negative by 2030, a target that…