内容摘要：The risk lay in overloading the system by turning everything on at the same time and triggering another massive outage.

The risk lay in overloading the system by turning everything on at the same time and triggering another massive outage.

Two years later, they announced a plan to tackle those issues, including:At the time, frontman Chris Martin said he was prepared for a "backlash" over areas like air travel, where the band were still having a negative environmental impact.

"The people that give us backlash for that kind of thing, for flying, they're right," he said. "So we don't have any argument against that."However, he did pledge to take public transport to gigs when possible - and arrived for their shows in Cardiff last year by train.An interim report, released last July, suggested the band had fallen short of their goals, achieving a 47% reduction in carbon emissions.

the tour has become more efficient as it progresses.Among the developments, 72% of tour waste was diverted from landfill and sent for reuse, recycling and composting - up from 66% in 2023.

And the band said the energy produced by in-venue solar installations, kinetic dancefloors and power bikes has increased from 15 to 17 KwH per show - enough to power one of the smaller stage areas each night, and provide the crew with phone, laptop and tool-charging stations.

They said the figures had been assessed and verified by the environmental solutions initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).The grey seal pups at Donna Nook are normally born white and shed their fur at about two to three weeks to expose a grey coat underneath.

However, about one in 400 grey seals reveal a velvety black coat instead and visitors in recent days have reported seeing at least two of these.As of 20 December, the Donna Nook warden reported that 1,647 pups had been born so far this season.

Street-food vendors have said they can "finally relax" after it was confirmed that their electricity supply will remain on.Taunton Town Council said it will invest in infrastructure to allow traders to measure and pay for their own electricity output on Fore Street.