Heat pumps and EVs making progress, UK climate advisers say

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More people are buying electric cars and installing heat pumps than ever before, but those numbers need to increase even further, according to the government’s climate advisers. The independent Climate Change Committee said that the government needed to make sure that households benefit from the switch to cleaner technologies through […]

Zimbabwe’s farming fallout 25 years on: Deal or no deal?

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A quarter of a century after their land was seized during a chaotic land reform programme that made global headlines, a small group of white Zimbabwean farmers have accepted a controversial compensation deal from the government. Once the backbone of the country’s agricultural sector, many of them are now elderly, […]

Queen Elizabeth memorial to include Prince Philip

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Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent FOSTER + PARTNERS There will be a bridge with a reinforced glass balustrade, evoking a tiara The winning design for the national memorial for Queen Elizabeth II will feature a bridge with a balustrade made of glass, new gates and commemorative gardens. The design will also […]

How China made electric vehicles mainstream

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Annabelle Liang & Nick Marsh Business reporter & Transport correspondent Getty Images Almost half of all cars sold in China last year were electric “I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor,” says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver, who is at a charging station on the outskirts of […]

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