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Jan22021 by adminNo Comments
Bird charity warns of harm from new wind farm

Bird charity warns of harm from new wind farm

Science
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May202020 by adminNo Comments
Glastonbury fans urged to ‘stay away’ from Worthy Farm

Glastonbury fans urged to ‘stay away’ from Worthy Farm

Entertainment
Glastonbury organisers are urging people to stay away from the site in Somerset during the coronavirus lockdown.In a statement on its website, it says Worthy Farm and its surrounding farms are "private property", and that "given the current circumstances", the site is closed to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. It continued: "Despite this, we have seen increasing numbers of visitors attempting to access the site used by the festival. Image: The world famous event attracts crowds of around 200,000. File pic "For the sake of those who continue to work and live on the site, we would ask that you please do not consider visiting."Those who do attempt to access the site will be asked to leave." ...
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Dec142018 by adminNo Comments
E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce traced to California farm

E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce traced to California farm

Health
The E.coli outbreak in romaine lettuce has been linked to a single water reservoir on a farm in California. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration identified sediment from a farm as being the source for the November outbreak. The CDC reported that the farm in question is owned by Adam Bros. Farming Inc., located in Santa Maria, California, about 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Santa Barbara County is one of three California counties, along with San Benito and Monterey, that the CDC is advising consumers to avoid when choosing romaine lettuce. Some romaine products are now being labeled with their harvest regions. In addition to romaine, the farm's website notes that it produces red and green leaf lettuce, celery, cauliflower and brocc...
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Jul52018 by adminNo Comments
Clock starts for Germany's next wind farm

Clock starts for Germany's next wind farm

Business
July 5 (UPI) -- German energy company E.ON said Thursday the start of turbine installation at the Arkona wind farm in the Baltic Sea sets the clock ticking for a 2019 launch. The company said it started installing the first of the 60 turbines planned for the 385 megawatt facility in the German waters of the Baltic Sea. Once completed, Arkona will have enough power to meet the annual power demand of around 400,000 average households. "We are confident that we will soon be producing clean and sustainable electricity with the first turbines," Holger Matthiesen, the facility's project director, said in a statement. The transformer station for the Arkona wind farm was installed on its foundation in April. It represented one of the largest lift projects of its kind in the industry at more than...
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