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Charged up: breakthroughs in battery technology are rapidly draining demand for fossil fuelsAt the outset of the millennium, evidence-based hope for a rapid energy transition was consistently challenged by the critical matter of storage. Generating...
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Giving rivers rights: a rapid solution to pollution?In March 2023, councillors in the picturesque town of Lewes in the south east of England successfully passed a motion that recognises the legal rights of...
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London’s ‘Great Stink’ of 1858: how a rapid policy response stopped the stenchIn 2022 raw human waste was pumped into the United Kingdom’s rivers and seas 825 times per day on average. Modern Britain has a big, steaming sewage...
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Accelerating recovery of wild European mammals brings hope of wider nature regenerationIn 2022, something happened in Britain for the first time in 6,000 years. Deep in the Kent countryside, a wild European bison calf was born as part of the...
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Heat pumps in cold weather? Snow problem!When Europe and the United Kingdom brace for cold weather, it’s a good time to explore the potential for a rapid transition from fossil fuel energy to...
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A sobering shift: what can the declining rate of alcohol consumption among the young tell us about rapid transition?In the wake of ‘Dry January’, the nearly one in five British people who shunned alcohol for the first month of the new year may be weighing up which...
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Viet Nam’s rapid rise to becoming a solar powered stateOne of the many benefits of solar power is the speed and scale at which it can be deployed. But, despite this, some states still manage to exceed...
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Bengal Tigers bounce back rapidly in NepalThe survival of charismatic animals like the tiger, a so-called ‘apex predator’, is an indicator of a habitat’s health but, more than that, it is a...
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A win-win four day week – the rapid rise of shorter working time to benefit people and planetAcross the United Kingdom (UK), a hundred companies are permanently moving over to a four-day working week with no loss of pay. These companies, which...