Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming

A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...

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This stuff really does amount to an intellectual and moral collapse. It’s a rejection of the absolute basics of scientific understanding, risk management principles, economic and technological transitions, and even conservative values, all masquerading as pragmatic realism.

Enjoy some photos of agrivoltaics.

On a Colorado farm, solar panels bring shade for plants, power – and cash: in pictures

More than 3,000 solar panels power Jack’s Solar Garden, cool the land and help it turn a profitThe Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation. The Guardian’s co...

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It is just disgusting ... pigs at the trough! I suppose it was ever thus in the organised crime sector.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3w ago

looks like Thames Water has given a 14% pay rise to its chief executive and a 26% rise to its finance director

Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans

Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...

Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.

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Switzerland put solar panels in the unused space between train tracks. They are removeable, so you can still work on the tracks. And it's working!

Switzerland has turned its train tracks into solar power plants

The patented solar panels use existing unused space to generate clean electricity — without getting in the way of a single train.

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Best three weeks of the year and this blog is the unmissable guide #bicycling

the Inner Ring blog@inrng.com · 4w ago

//INRNG: Tour de France Stage 6 preview inrng.com/2026/07/tour...

Lithuania just launched the world’s first commercial tanker (42 m) to replace diesel with 100% electricity from batteries and H2 fuel cells, where the H2 is produced on the dock from WindWaterSolar Ship can run 10h and is collecting sewage+sludge from other ships www.autonocion.com/us/lithuania...

Lithuania just launched the world's first commercial tanker with zero diesel on board, a 42-meter ship running on green hydrogen made right on the dock, and its job is collecting the sewage and sludge...

Lithuania just christened Rasa, the world's first commercial tanker running entirely on green hydrogen and batteries — here's how the propulsion actually works.

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Nationalisation would / should cost nothing. The equity is effectively worthless and the debt (ie current debt holders) simply remains as a liability attached to the assets. Obvious precedent are the various banking crisis nationalisations.

A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.

"Lightsource expects to deliver a biodiversity net gain of nearly 64% for habitats and 72% for hedgerows across the site." Once again, solar farms can be far better for the environment than monoculture grass fields www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-planni....

Lightsource bp planning approved at 57MW solar-plus-storage site

Located in Wrexham, North East Wales, the company selected the site due to its proximity to a point of connection with the grid at the Legacy Substation.

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When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

Using generative AI for imagery is **directly harmful** to artists, graphic designers, photographers etc. This isn't a vague moral argument: this is just normal, standard theft, except at a completely new scale and social acceptability. We need to reverse that. www.instagram.com/reel/DY2L2-g...

🚴‍♂️Cycling benefits the economy, driving harms it, mainly due to saving health costs. 🌳Also positive benefits to “security, comfort, branding/tourism, transport times”. ☠️In the UK air pollution kills 40,000 people a year, costing the NHS £6bn a year: Royal College of Physicians (2016)

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.

If you want to do something tangible to make the government listen to you about the Dirty Business privatised water scandal, please sign and share. Over 50K have already and we need about 50K more to for a debate, but we want a million. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...

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The system is broken. Public ownership is the only solution. That’s why I’m backing the Sewage Campaign Network’s petition for a referendum on water ownership. If you agree we should all have a say on bringing water into public hands, add your name here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...

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Please please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Feargal Sharkey is absolutely bang on the money. 💩Gov't thinks that if it quotes nonsense figures on costs the water scandal will go away. 🙉It's ignoring public opinion. 📣Time to shout louder. Sign the parliament petition. We want a referendum on public ownership of water. 👇Link in comments

‘Government needs to recognise failure of water privatisation’ – Feargal Sharkey

We spoke to the singer and prominent environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey, and began by asking him to tell us more about the campaign to nationalise water companies

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Perfect succinct reporting

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

April 7, 2026

I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best with volume up.

The events of the last few hours, written down in one place, by the great chronicler of the US @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

April 7, 2026

Morse Code "coin". Not particularly useful for learning but the "receive side" is interesting. See if you can figure it out.

Didn’t want to get affected like this giving evidence. Caught me by surprise. We all lost so much. We have to act on the inquiry’s recommendations. We have to be better now, so that we can be better next time.

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This devastating, emotional, 2-minute clip of the oral evidence from Professor Kevin Fong (@drkevinfong.bsky.social) discussing his hospital visits at the height of the second wave perhaps explains it best. 7/19

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Fish killed off in yet another stream in Oxfordshire.

Most offending sewage site is in Oxfordshire, report reveals

The report shows the plant at South Moreton has carried out 287

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The Government needs to realise more regulation won’t fix our broken water system. We need to kick financial predators out & take it back into public control. But don’t just take it from me. Listen to a sewage campaigner who inspired Channel 4’s ‘Dirty Business’. @windrushwasp.bsky.social

Ticks next to a 5p coin - that’s the scale. Nymphs (poppy-seed sized) are so easy to miss! Check skin after being outdoors, especially hidden spots and remove ticks promptly. Awareness prevents Lyme. #TickAware #LymeDiseaseAwareness

Trump's tireless efforts to destroy the series of alliances forged by generations of American leaders of both parties are as striking as his relentless pursuit of the favor of Vladimir Putin. The story behind this will be told at some point.