LITTLE PLUMPTON, UK – Not much remains of the UK’s only operable fracking site. knocked out in 2019 caused such strong ground shaking that they were felt from miles away. A pile of flares rises above the green safety fence to burn methane gas, but the drill rig is gone and the plan was to […]
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3,000 Years Ago, Britain Got Half of Its Genes From France, DNA Study
Lara Cassidy, a geneticist at Trinity College Dublin who was not involved in the research, called the work “a triumph”. It takes a step back and evaluates Bronze Age Britain on a macro scale, plotting major human movements over the centuries with major cultural and linguistic consequences.” Dr. Reich said the study demonstrates how archaeologists […]
A New Coal Mine for Britain Mixes Hopes and Fears
WHITEHAVEN, UK – The UK has been out of the coal business for the last 100 years. The fuel that had turned an island nation into a dark manufacturing giant during the Industrial Revolution has been steadily replaced by oil, natural gas, and in recent years, increasingly by offshore winds and solar radiation. So the […]
A New Coal Mine for Britain Mixes Hopes and Fears
WHITEHAVEN, UK – The UK has been out of the coal business for the last 100 years. The fuel that had turned an island nation into a dark manufacturing giant during the Industrial Revolution has been steadily replaced by oil, natural gas, and in recent years, increasingly by offshore winds and solar radiation. So the […]