Essex protest: A shipment of 33,000 tonnes of Russian diesel was blocked from docking (Image: GREENPEACE UK) Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Andromeda ship was forced to change course late last night in waters opposite Gravesend and Northfleet after 12 members from Greenpeace stormed a tanker terminal. Some protestors managed to make their way onto Navigator Terminals, where the tanker was set to stop just before midnight. They then climbed onto it and hung up signs around it which read "OIL FUELS WAR". Related articles Ukraine LIVE: Desperate Putin threatens nuclear weapons Putin humiliated as Ukraine downs £130m worth of Russian jets … [Read more...] about Essex protest chaos as Greenpeace BLOCKS 33,000-tonne shipment of Russian diesel in Grays
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Incredible satellite video shows massive Colorado dust storm more than 10 miles wide collide with three New Mexico wildfires
Incredible satellite imagery from space shows the moment a massive dust storm in the western United States collided with three wildfires. Over a period of two hours on Friday evening, a time lapse video shows the enormous sandstorm, tens of miles wide, descending from southern Colorado as it eventually becomes entangled with the smoke from wildfires burning nearby in New Mexico . When sped up, the mesmerizing video shows the band of sand meeting the thick white smoke blowing eastwards over the mountains. The images were captured by a satellite owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Satellite imagery from space shows the moment a massive dust storm in the western United States collided with three wildfires Colorado dust storm spanned hundreds of miles and travelled at around 60 mph The storm collided with wildfires, some of the largest in New Mexico state history The smoke came from a wildfire outbreak … [Read more...] about Incredible satellite video shows massive Colorado dust storm more than 10 miles wide collide with three New Mexico wildfires
Cost of living: Diesel hits new record high and petrol is not far behind, AA warns
The average price of a litre of diesel has hit a new record high, according to industry data, signalling further financial pressure on households and businesses alike amid the deteriorating cost of living crisis. Motoring group the AA said petrol costs were also now just 1p a litre shy of striking their highest ever level as it revealed the latest set of figures showing prices at levels last seen in March, before action from the chancellor to help bring down pump costs. Data from Experian Catalist showed the average diesel price at 180.29p on Sunday. That was up from the 179.9p seen on the day of the spring statement by Rishi Sunak, which cut fuel duty by 5p a litre for a year. Average pump prices reached 166.65p a litre for petrol at the weekend, just shy of the 167.3p seen on 22 March. Advertisement Another motoring group, the RAC, suggested a link between rising diesel costs and efforts to reduce supplies of Russian diesel due to Moscow's invasion … [Read more...] about Cost of living: Diesel hits new record high and petrol is not far behind, AA warns
The Most Important Alliance You’ve Never Heard Of
In Venezuela, students have been killed while protesting against the government of Nicolás Maduro, who is jailing opposition leaders and just closed a television station that dared broadcast the demonstrations. Argentina is irresponsibly racing toward a dangerous economic cliff. The Brazilian economy is in recession and 2014 will mark its fourth consecutive year of subpar growth, as the country reels from its largest capital flight in more than 10 years. Amid all the bad news in the region, the presidents of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru met with little fanfare in Cartagena last week to seal an economic pact launched in 2012. They call their project the Pacific Alliance, and it will soon include Costa Rica and possibly several other countries. The four founding members are the most successful economies in Latin America; they boast the region's highest economic-growth rates and lowest inflation rates. Together, they represent 36 percent of the region’s economy, 50 percent … [Read more...] about The Most Important Alliance You’ve Never Heard Of