Fox Hunt on the edge of Wales crosses through a nature reserve

Fox hunting was banned in the UK a substantial time ago. In theory people do not hunt foxes anymore, the traditional hunting organisations now follow a trail set down. 

This is, I am sure, great fun, however there are significant numbers of people who dislike it, as it is not uncommon for a fox to accidentally be killed on these trips.

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Ant farming of aphids appears more complex than once thought

 Recent analysis has shown that there is another species of farmed animals in the UK. The giant aphid is farmed by brown ants actively on oak trees. Not only do they milk the aphids by removing the sugary watery substance from them but they also herd them between high and low feeding areas. They even create shelters for them (barns in humans terms) from moss lichen and the exoskeletons of Beetles.

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P&O have ordered two new ferries which reduce carbon emissions by 40% being partially battery-powered

While some short distance Ferries have have already gone battery-powered these were across short strips of water. The British channel is a slightly different magnitude of issue. Although the crossing is only 20-30 miles wide (at its shortest) this is still an order of magnitude larger than on pure battery powered craft that have been used in the past.

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The individual footprint people in Britain reach the annual carbon footprint of the people from Rwanda and Burundi in as little as two weeks

There are 7 countries in Africa whose citizens emit less CO2 in a year hear them Britons will have done by the 14th of January. By the end of January this has risen significantly, and the average uk citizen will have emitted more CO2 than people living in the majority of the countries in africa

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Trump’s EPA chief hints that the fuel efficiency requirements are going to rise

Generally any changes in rules to do with cars subsidies electric hand fuel efficiencies have only been to reduce requirements.

It is therefore interesting to see the current EPA chief Andrew Wheeler hinting that the trump administration is going to tighten the standards required to meet. Given this is only undoing a relaxation of these standards made by Trump, we can’t give him much credit- furthermore the confusion that he will have caused can the very best have confused the market and therefore will likely slow the improvement in standards.

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