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New Zealand’s Tūroa – famed for spring skiing – is missing its snow this year.Usually a white wonderland at this time of year, the ski area is largely a barren moonscape. Only tiny patches of snow poke out between vast fields of jagged volcanic boulders.It was forced to close for the season this week, three weeks earlier than planned.A deep snowpack usually supports Tūroa’s spring skiing.However, rain repeatedly washed away the snow, and the ski area’s 50 snowmaking machines proved no match against balmy temperatures. Climate change appears to be a significant factor, after New Zealand experienced its warmest winter on record…

If you stayed up to watch the entire Broncos-Colts game on Thursday night, which agonizingly ended in a 12-9 Indianapolis victory in overtime, you probably deserve an apology. Luckily, sports anchors Troy Renck and Nick Rothschild of ABC Denver7 were there to give it to you, as they laid into the Broncos following another miserable loss. “First off, Troy, I feel the need to just apologize to the viewers,” Rothschild said. “I know we didn’t play, we didn’t really even run this broadcast, but the fact that you had to watch that on our air, I feel bad. I was…

After more than two decades together, Heather Dubrow and Dr. Terry Dubrow’s romance has only gotten stronger. The Real Housewives of Orange County star initially asked her pal’s boyfriend, who was a transplant surgeon, to fix her up with any Jewish doctor he knew. The Botched personality was then called to join the trio for a double date. “He wasn’t really my type, but you know, I was like, ‘We’ll see,’” Heather recalled during a November 2015 episode of her “Heather Dubrow’s World” podcast, noting Terry had “dark hair, didn’t dress well [and] needed help as most men do.” While Heather also wasn’t a…

Residents in Bolton have been left fuming after a “misleading” 6G pole was constructed in their neighbourhood without consultation – with locals now experiencing connection issues because of itDozens of residents have been left fuming after a series of 40ft-high “6G internet poles” appeared “out of nowhere” on their street. Two locals, Pauline Owen, 75, and Dorothy Price, 72, are amongst those in Farnworth, Bolton, who have been left reeling at the fact that the poles – supposedly offering super-fast internet connections – were erected without their consultation. The pair have gone on to claim that warning signs about the…

Auditors were identified as falling down in the disclosure of climate-related risks in a sweeping analysis of companies responsible for 80 per cent of corporate industrial greenhouse gas emissions, as none of the 134 companies assessed passed basic tests.The annual review by independent non-profit Carbon Tracker group found that carbon-intensive companies were not sufficiently disclosing the effects of climate-related risks and net zero emissions plans in their financial statements, an omission that deprived investors of key information.Out of more than 130 industrial companies that account for the bulk of pollution, 98 per cent did not provide evidence that their 2021…

Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest crypto assets manager, has announced the creation of a new entity called Grayscale Digital Infrastructure Opportunities LLC (“GDIO”) that will focus on Bitcoin mining infrastructure investments. In a press release, Grayscale stated that the venture will assist accredited investors to capitalize on the crypto market downturn. In particular, the co-investment vehicle will buy Bitcoin mining equipment at distressed prices with which it will expand its own mining operations.Grayscale is partnering with Foundry Digital, a subsidiary of Grayscale’s parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG), to manage the entity in a first-of-its-kind arrangement in its product line. Foundry, which…

EXCLUSIVE: The White House is slamming congressional Republicans, accusing them of working to “defund the police,” “defund the FBI” and choosing the “gun lobby over the fight against gun crime” by opposing assault weapons ban legislation backed by President Biden and Democrats.The White House told Fox News Digital that they are going on offense in an attempt to hold Republicans accountable for obstructing legislation that would ban assault weapons.The official told Fox News Digital that the American people “know” that the passage of the assault weapons ban legislation is “key to taking on the rise in violent crime,” which the…

X chromosome inactivation occurs on one X chromosome in all human females’ cells, but some genes escape this inactivation and are expressed anyway.Whether or not one of these genes influences the likelihood of developing tau tangles, which are present in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, was the focus of a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.Scientists have proposed a potential underlying mechanism behind why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than men. Women are nearly twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control…

Funds have been promised by France, Germany, EU, UK and US during last year’s COP26 climate talks to wean off coal.South Africa has submitted an investment plan to donors who have pledged $8.5bn to help the country’s transition to renewable energy, according to two sources familiar with the matter. On Thursday, presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya confirmed that the plan was ready but declined to say whether it had been submitted. “A draft of the investment plan, which outlines the investments required to achieve South Africa’s ambitious climate targets … has been finalised and will be shared with key stakeholders before…

Mizuho is not giving up on its seven-year long digital dream. Japan’s second-largest lender will buy almost a fifth of the online securities arm of billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani’s Rakuten Group. After several ill-fated attempts, it is finally on the right path.Mizuho is paying a hefty price — Y80bn ($555mn) — for the minority stake in Rakuten Securities, which has 8mn accounts and managed assets of Y16.5tn as of the end of June. At about 3 times book value, Rakuten Securities’ valuation is more than 4 times that of Japan’s biggest online brokerage SBI.Japanese conglomerate Rakuten needed to be well compensated…