Champagne vines given room to grow as rule demanding distance between plants is scrapped

Grape expectations! Champagne vines given more room to grow as century-old rule demanding five-foot distance between plants is scrapped to cut emissions Champagne growers scrapped a rule governing the distancing between plants For 100 years, the maximum allowed has been 5ft to force the vines to compete But a study has found larger spaces would … Read more

Champagne vines given room to grow as rule demanding distance between plants is scrapped

Grape expectations! Champagne vines given more room to grow as century-old rule demanding five-foot distance between plants is scrapped to cut emissions Champagne growers scrapped a rule governing the distancing between plants For 100 years, the maximum allowed has been 5ft to force the vines to compete But a study has found larger spaces would … Read more

Queen’s lawyers lobbied Scottish government for her land to be exempt from new climate change law

The Queen‘s lawyers secretly lobbied the Scottish government for her private land to be exempt from a new climate change law, it has been revealed. The monarch, whose Balmoral Estate makes her a major landowner in the country, is the only person not required to use renewable energy to heat her buildings. In documents unearthed … Read more

Queen’s lawyers lobbied Scottish government for her land to be exempt from new climate change law

The Queen‘s lawyers secretly lobbied the Scottish government for her private land to be exempt from a new climate change law, it has been revealed. The monarch, whose Balmoral Estate makes her a major landowner in the country, is the only person not required to use renewable energy to heat her buildings. In documents unearthed … Read more

Get ready to fry! UK summers are to hit 104F within the decade, forecasters warn

Get ready to fry! UK summers are to hit 104F within the decade as scorching weather becomes our new ‘normal’ by the end of the century, forecasters have warned Scientists fear the rate of global warming is spiralling out of control, saying that ‘climate change is happening and it’s happening now’ Experts warn that temperature … Read more

Get ready to fry! UK summers are to hit 104F within the decade, forecasters warn

Get ready to fry! UK summers are to hit 104F within the decade as scorching weather becomes our new ‘normal’ by the end of the century, forecasters have warned Scientists fear the rate of global warming is spiralling out of control, saying that ‘climate change is happening and it’s happening now’ Experts warn that temperature … Read more