Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. . The exit decision was popular in a country with a powerful anti-nuclear movement, stoked by lingering fears of Cold War conflict and atomic disasters such as Chernobyl in Ukraine.
SpaceX plans to carry out its first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and eventually beyond.. Starship is both bigger and more powerful than SLS. It generates 17 million pounds of thrust, more than double that of the Saturn V rockets used to send Apollo astronauts to the Moon.
It was once touted as a miracle solution to Japan's energy problems: creating a "hydrogen society" by sharply ramping up use of the fuel for vehicles, industry and housing.. - 'Grey' area - Energy experts were sceptical of Japan's hydrogen strategy from the start, because it was launched without creating a reliable supply chain for environmentally friendly "green" hydrogen, produced from renewable energy sources.
G7 climate ministers kick off two days of talks in northern Japan on Saturday, with campaigners warning the world's leading developed economies against backtracking on their fossil fuel commitments.. Ministers pledged at the last G7 climate meeting in Germany in May 2022 to largely end fossil fuel use in their electricity sectors by 2035.
A severe tropical cyclone lashed northwestern Australia Friday bringing the strongest winds the country has ever recorded, but officials said towns and cities appeared to have escaped the worst of the storm.. The Bureau of Meteorology's Todd Smith said the cyclone brought a wind gust of 289 kilometres (179 miles) per hour -- believed to be the strongest on record in Australia.
Assailed by mosquitoes and wary of snakes, Jorge Lengua walks watchfully through the Bolivian Amazon collecting Brazil nuts from the forest floor.. He places them in a basket on his back before dumping them on a collective heap on the forest floor.
The new chief executive of Mars, maker of M&M's sweets, chewing gum and pet food, says companies have a "moral" duty to reduce their environmental footprint as the world battles climate change.. The family-owned multinational, whose brands include the Mars and Snickers chocolate bars, Pedigree pet food and Wrigley's chewing gum, aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Another four French villages lost their fresh water supply on Friday, local authorities told AFP, as a winter drought causes disruption and serious concerns about shortages this summer.. The water level in the well that supplies the villages "is at its lowest level, just 30 centimetres (12 inches) above the pump," head of the local water board, Jean-Pierre Saurie, told AFP. Another well used by local farmers is being tested, but in the meantime local authorities have stockpiled enough bottled water for 10 days.
The European Space Agency's JUICE mission to explore Jupiter's icy, ocean-bearing moons will again try to blast off on Friday, a day after the first launch attempt was called off due to the threat of lightning.. On Friday, the threat of lightning will be monitored "until the last moment," he added.
A "horrific" explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the southern US state of Texas killed about 18,000 head of cattle and injured one agricultural worker, authorities said on Thursday.. The explosion and fire ripped through the Southfork Dairy Farms near the town of Dimmitt in the Texas Panhandle on Monday night.
