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• I’ve been thinking a lot about dog poo | Adrian Chiles

  14-01-2026 18:52 via theguardian.com
  There was a time when nobody picked up after their dogs – and it would have been considered disgusting to do so. What caused the change in attitude?A PE teacher from Cardiff called Tony is frozen solid after being caught in an avalanche in 1979. There he remains until global heating sees to his thawing and he pops up in the present day, exactly as he was back then. Comedy ensues. This is make-believe, by the way; it’s the premise of Mike Bubbins’ BBC series Mammoth. In the mast
  
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• Labour still faces risks on energy despite ‘record’ wind power auction | Nils Pratley

  14-01-2026 17:44 via theguardian.com
  Government hails step towards clean power in Great Britain by 2030 – but the auction shows trade-offs are now neededOffshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auctionEd Miliband: With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrongThe government has defied gloomy price expectations for its latest auction for offshore wind capacity. The worry a few months ago was that bill payers would be forced to pay more than £100 a m
  
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• BP to take hit of up to $5bn on green energy as it refocuses on fossil fuels

  14-01-2026 13:57 via theguardian.com
  Energy company also under pressure from worse oil trading performance and weaker oil pricesBusiness live – latest updatesBP has said it expects to write down the value of its struggling green energy business by as much as $5bn (£3.7bn), as it refocuses on fossil fuels under its new chair, Albert Manifold.The oil company said the writedowns were mostly related to its gas and low-carbon energy divisions in its “transition businesses”, but added that wiping between $4bn and
  
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• UK secures record supply of offshore wind projects

  14-01-2026 13:08 via bbc.com
  The government says the projects will bring down bills but the Conservatives say it is locking in high wind prices.
  
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• Solar grazing: ‘triple-win’ for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies?

  14-01-2026 11:52 via theguardian.com
  For Hannah Thorogood, a first-generation Lincolnshire farmer, grazing her sheep on solar land gave her a leg-up in the industryOn a blustery Lincolnshire morning, Hannah Thorogood paused between two ranks of solar panels. Her sheep nosedived into the grass under their shelter and began to graze.“When I first started out, 18 acres and 20 sheep was as much as I could afford,” said the first-generation farmer. “Now, because I can graze this land for free, I have 250 acres and over
  
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• With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrong | Ed Miliband

  14-01-2026 10:30 via theguardian.com
  The only way that Britain’s energy bills can come down is if we are no longer reliant on fossil fuels. Today marks a big step towards that goalOffshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auctionIn the 18 months since I became energy secretary, the government has made a simple argument: that if we want to bring down energy bills for good, Britain needs to get off the rollercoaster of fossil fuels and instead build up clean homegrown power that we control.We k
  
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• Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction

  14-01-2026 08:25 via theguardian.com
  Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projectsA make-or-break auction for the UK government’s goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030 has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power a record 12m homes.In Great Britain’s most competitive auction for renewable subsidies to date, energy companies vied for contracts that guarantee the price for each unit of clean electricity they generate. Continue r
  
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• Birdwatch: Cold snap brings fieldfares and redwings to the fore

  14-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Britain’s winter thrushes, the swallows and swifts of the season, were strangely absent until recentlyJust as swallows and swifts are the constant sight and sound of spring and summer, so our two winter thrushes – fieldfares and redwings – are usually ever-present during the autumn and winter months.Last autumn, however, the fields and hedgerows around my Somerset home were unusually devoid of these birds, while their favourite food – the hawthorn’s bright scarlet b
  
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• Country diary: Which is the ‘fast sinker’ out of me and the grebe? | Nic Wilson

  14-01-2026 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Waresley, Cambridgeshire: In a near-freezing lake, I’m treated to an up-close view of one of my favourite birdsThe spring-fed lake is a picture of tranquillity this morning. On the far side, ivy-clad trees touch trunks with their watery counterparts, creating an image of a child’s mirror painting folded along the shoreline. Only the soft blurring of branches distinguishes reflection from reality.The scene might look serene, but I must focus on my breathing to stay calm as I lower mys
  
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• Global temperatures dipped in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warn

  14-01-2026 04:44 via bbc.com
  The last three years were Earth's hottest on record, as humanity's carbon emissions continue to heat the planet.
  
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• Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

  14-01-2026 04:00 via theguardian.com
  Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C‘dead in the water’Last year was the third hottest on record, scientists have said, with mounting fossil fuel pollution behind “exceptional” temperatures.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said 2025 had continued a three-year streak of “extraordinary global temperatures” during which surface air temperatures averaged 1.48C above preindustrial levels. Continue readin
  
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