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Las últimas cifras de la ONS también sugieren un crecimiento poblacional menor en las próximas décadas de lo esperado anteriormente. Se proyecta que las muertes superarán a los nacimientos en el Reino Unido cada año a partir de 2026 y se espera que la población crezca a un ritmo más lento durante las próximas décadas de lo informado anteriormente, según la Office for National Statistics (ONS). Se prevé que alrededor de 1,7 millones de personas se sumen a la población entre 2024 y 2034, elevando el total en un 2,5 %, de 69,3 millones a 71,0 millones, antes de que comience a disminuir a mediados de la década de 2050. Seguir leyendo...

Los representantes de EE. UU. Jared Huffman y Jamie Raskin calificaron a principios de este mes los acuerdos de indignantes e ilegalesRegístrese en el correo electrónico de Breaking News US para recibir alertas de boletines en su bandeja de entradaLa administración Trump bloqueó esta semana el desarrollo de dos proyectos de energía eólica autorizados en EE. UU., con un acuerdo para pagar millones de dólares en reembolsos a las empresas detrás de ellos si esos fondos se reinvierten en petróleo y gas.Funcionarios del US Department of the Interior presentaron los acuerdos cancelados como una forma de “promover la seguridad y asequibilidad energética de EE. UU.” al canalizar fondos “lejos de fuentes de energía intermitentes y de mayor costo hacia soluciones convencionales probadas”, en un anuncio emitido el lunes. Continuar leyendo...

• Elon Musk announced that Tesla will utilize Intel's advanced 14A process technology for its Terafab chip manufacturing project at Giga Texas, representing a major partnership between the two companies. • The complex will produce semiconductors for Tesla vehicles, Optimus robots, and AI data centers, with initial research fab construction already underway on the Giga Texas campus. • This initiative signals Tesla's push toward vertical integration in chip production to support its expanding autonomous and AI capabilities.

Thousands of research papers have been published based on participants’ data, but there are questions over protection of private informationWith the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been put up for sale on a Chinese website, we take a look at what the UK Biobank project has achieved – and why concerns have been raised. Continue reading...

The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projectsA federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by the interior secretary, Doug Burgum.Denise J Casper, chief judge of the US district court for Massachusetts, ruled that a coalition of plaintiffs representing wind and solar developers were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the administration’s actions violate federal statute and will cause irreparable harm if the court did not intervene. Continue reading...

Advocates expressed alarm as new project drills deeper into ocean bed, pointing to company’s failures at Deepwater Horizon spillSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxEnvironmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s huge new ultra-deep oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 years to the day since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster caused the worst oil spill in US history. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Experts say scheme will help repair damaged marine ecosystems while sequestering large amounts of carbonMore than 15m juvenile oysters are to be released into the North Sea in one of the biggest rewilding projects in UK waters.The scheme, which will use a unique rearing process, hopes to re-establish a huge oyster bed around Orkney that experts say will create a “trophic cascade” of climate and ecological benefits. Continue reading...