UK fires up coal plants to keep country’s lights on amid cold winter snap March 7, 2023 National Grid is relying on coal to keep the lights on as a cold snap and planned nuclear shutdowns in France put pressure on the UK.
‘Beast from the East’ forces National Grid to call for the firing up of four coal plants as cold snap hits the UK March 7, 2023 National Grid has called for the warming up of four of the UK’s five contingency coal units ahead of a sustained cold snap.
War games: UK pilots to hold joint mission with Germany in Nato member Estonia, right on Russia’s border March 6, 2023 British pilots are set to conduct joint air policing missions in Estonia alongside the German air force for the first time. It comes as the UK prepares take over from Germany to lead the Nato mission in Estonia, which borders Russia. Royal Air Force and German Air Force Typhoon jets will take part in the [...]
The resilience of Ukraine’s businesses proves we still understand too little about geopolitical risk March 3, 2023 Contrary to what many believed, Ukraine's businesses are strong in the face of war. They prove geopolitical risk affecting supply chains is more complex than it can look like, writes Chonchol Gupta
IEA: Global energy-related CO2 emissions rose to record highs in 2022 March 2, 2023 Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide hit a record high last year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed today.
SPOTLIGHT: Estonian Web3 Chamber now turbo charges nation’s blockchain technology March 2, 2023 Crypto AM shines its spotlight on the Estonian Cryptocurrency Association, which has changed its name to the Estonian Web3 Chamber (Eesti Web3 Koda).
The DUP must decide what Brexit they want – or Northern Ireland will be stuck March 2, 2023 The DUP can't have it all - and it's good that Rishi Sunak's deal for Northern Ireland doesn't indulge the unionists' wildest fantasies on a hardline Brexit, writes Will Cooling
Ukraine army could pull back from key eastern stronghold of Bakhmut amid relentless Kremlin offensive March 1, 2023 Ukraine’s military could pull back from the key eastern stronghold of Bakhmut, an adviser to the Ukrainian president said on Wednesday, amid a relentless Russian offensive. “Our military is obviously going to weigh all of the options. So far, they’ve held the city, but if need be, they will strategically pull back,” Alexander Rodnyansky, an [...]
In Defence of Capitalism: Why free markets can keep driving billions out of hunger and poverty March 1, 2023 In the first of an eight part series, the historian and sociologist Dr Rainer Zitelmann writes for City A.M. in defence of capitalism, arguing that freer markets are usually the answer to society’s problems, not the cause. Each week he will ‘myth-bust’ the common complaints about capitalism – and this week, it’s that capitalism is [...]
Lack of government strategy putting UK decarbonisation goals at risk, NAO warns March 1, 2023 The government lacks a plan for all electricity to be generated through clean energy sources by 2035, warned the National Audit Office.