Russia is considering a “rescue” plan to send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home three stranded crew members after…
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Soyuz temperature rising but crew not in danger, says Russian space agency
The temperature in the Soyuz capsule, which is docked with the International Space Station, has risen but the crew is not in danger, the Russian…
View More Soyuz temperature rising but crew not in danger, says Russian space agencyRussian oligarchs and companies under sanctions are among lobbyists at Cop27
Russian oligarchs and executives from multiple companies under international sanctions are among the lobbyists currently attending Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Among those at the pivotal…
View More Russian oligarchs and companies under sanctions are among lobbyists at Cop27‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study finds
Hundreds of coal companies around the world are developing new mines and power stations, according to a study. The researchers said the plans were “reckless…
View More ‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study findsToxins in soil, blasted forests – Ukraine counts cost of Putin’s ‘ecocide’
The woods outside Chernihiv were quiet in late August when Anatoliy Pavelko scrambled into a 10-metre bomb crater with a trowel and an icebox full…
View More Toxins in soil, blasted forests – Ukraine counts cost of Putin’s ‘ecocide’UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows
US and UK financial institutions have been among the leading investors in Russian “carbon bomb” fossil fuel projects, according to a new database of holdings…
View More UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data showsRussia says it will quit International Space Station by 2024
Russia will pull out of the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s space chief has…
View More Russia says it will quit International Space Station by 2024How to keep the lights on – UK gears up for worst-case energy scenarios
He is the man charged with keeping the lights on this winter. A seasoned civil servant, Jonathan Mills was last month named director general for…
View More How to keep the lights on – UK gears up for worst-case energy scenariosJohnson issues open invitation to Russian scientists ‘dismayed by Putin’s violence’
Boris Johnson has issued an open invitation for disaffected Russian scientists to defect to the UK, as he used the G7 summit to argue that…
View More Johnson issues open invitation to Russian scientists ‘dismayed by Putin’s violence’Why do petrol and diesel prices keep climbing when oil has fallen?
The invasion of Ukraine has upended already-turbulent energy markets and now diesel has hit record highs of 180p a litre – 36% up on January…
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