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Elon Musk’s energy revolution – a new home battery
The chief executive of electric car maker Tesla launches a networked battery harnessing solar power, which he thinks could herald the end of the conventional power-sharing grid.
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London: ‘a global haven for criminal financial activity’
London is a global haven for criminal financial activity – with billions of pounds laundered through British banks each day, according to the head of the UK’s National Crime Agency.
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Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae probe lands on comet
“This is a big step for human civilisation” – the Rosetta mission successfully lands the Philae craft on a comet.
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Chile mountain top blown off (in the name of astrophysics)
The top of a Chilean mountain is blown up to make way for a telescope that will look for life on other planets. Channel 4 News speaks to one of the men behind the E-ELT.
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Six projects competing with the big six energy firms
With E.ON joining the list of energy companies having to pay a penalty for mis-selling, many consumers are switching to new providers – but what are the options?
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Met Office to begin space weather forecasts
The Met Office is to offer daily predictions about the weather in space, providing early warnings of solar storms that can disrupt satellites, radio communications and power grids
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Bringing space down to earth: 15 years of the ISS
Fifteen years ago the first module of the international space station was launched on board a Russian rocket. Channel 4 News explores how the ISS has opened the mysteries of space up to the world.
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Can we beat climate change with geoengineering?
Some of them sound like the stuff of science fiction, but can ideas from the brave new world of geoengineering slow or reverse global warming?
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Astronauts take spacewalk to fix space station leak
Two astronauts take an emergency spacewalk to try and fix an ammonia leak in the International Space Station.
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Green light for National Trust ‘eco-castles’
Can a castle or a thatched cottage be eco-friendly? The National Trust thinks so, and is investing £3.5m in a bid to spend less on energy bills and more on conservation.
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How to beat the energy bill hikes
As energy regulator Ofgem warns consumers to brace themselves for yet more price rises, we look at the best ways to stop burning money.
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Met Office: global warming predictions revised down
The Met Office announces the world is not going to warm up as much as previously thought. Surprising news, as last week it said UK rainfall could keep breaking records because of global warming.
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Is climate change to blame for historic US drought?
Freak weather has pushed more than half of all US counties into a state of primary natural disaster, raising questions about whether climate change predictions are now coming true.
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Budget is a ‘polluter’s charter’, green lobby warn
George Osborne infuriates environmental campaigners after he announces £3bn in tax breaks for new drilling in the North Sea. Science Editor Tom Clarke reports.
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What is the UK’s energy future?
How will the UK keep the lights on over the next 50 years, at the same time as meeting renewables targets? Jim Skea, research director at the UK Energy Research Centre, looks at the options.
