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Governments ecotowns shortlist announced
The governments ‘ecotowns’ shortlist was released today amidst controversy about their suitability and sustainability.
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| Date:
03/04/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Loopholes and scams dog ‘green’ energy
Green energy is coming under pressure to clean up its act after severe criticism of the Government’s attempts to change the rules on how renewable energy
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| Date:
01/04/2008 |
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Author:News |
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British nuclear waste goes on sale
Last night British nuclear assets went on sale to the private sector to help the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority raise cash to help pay for its £72bn
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| Date:
07/03/2008 |
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Author:News |
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WWF-UK wins funding halt to Sakhalin II oil and gas pipeline
Lobbying by WWF UK to protect Artic wilderness from a £11bn ($22bn) oil and gas project that threatened the Western Gray Whale with extinction has been
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| Date:
06/03/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Only 4% of untouched ocean left: global report on oceans shows devastating damage
The North sea is amongst the worst affected seas in the world a global investigation into the impact of human activities on marine ecosystems revealed
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| Date:
15/02/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Diet drinks linked to increase in metabolic syndrome
Study shows drinkers of diet drinks 34 percent more likely to suffer from disease.
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| Date:
14/02/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Global palm oil demand linked to human rights abuses
Growing demand for palm oil is resulting in wide spread human rights abuses in Indonesia, claims a new report.
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| Date:
13/02/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Campaign to save British Bees launched
The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) will this week call for for a five-year £8m research programme to save the insect from colony collapse disorder
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| Date:
12/02/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Tesco announce £1.99 chicken
The supermarket chain has reached a new low with a special offer chicken sold whole for £1.99.
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| Date:
07/02/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Government cuts DEFRA funding - climate change departments at risk
Environment department ministers will meet today to discuss funding cuts of almost £1bn over three years.
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| Date:
06/02/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Energy companies profit from wind farms without building many more windmills
Subsidies paid to electricity generators through users bills are generating profits for the companies without translating into many new turbines.
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| Date:
04/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Antarctic carve up begins
The jostle is beginning for the Antarctic, a potentially lucrative source of oil, gas and tourism.
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| Date:
31/01/2008 |
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Author:News, UN |
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Tourists bring threat of Antarctic ‘lawns’
Increasing numbers of tourists and research centres in Antarctica are bringing with them seeds, spores, lichens and mosses alien to the continent.
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| Date:
29/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Californian farmers abandon crops to sell water
As water shortages, and water prices, rocket farmers are leaving fields fallow to sell the irrigation water to cities where it is illegal for restaurants
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| Date:
28/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Government refuses to create clean technology fund
The Treasury signalled yesterday that money raised from the sale of carbon credits will not go into a clean technology fund as the EC had requested but
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Author:News |
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US wind power generation grows 45% in 2007
The American Wind Energy Association has announced that 2007 US wind power generation made up 30 per cent of all new power generation in 2007 with 5,244
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| Date:
23/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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50 coal-fired power stations cancelled in US during 2007
Over 50 coal-fired power stations were cancelled or delayed in the US during 2007 according to Global Energy Decision, a consulting firm employed by the
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| Date:
23/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Rainforest destruction set to rise
Deforestation of the Amazon is set to rise for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials have admitted this week.
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| Date:
17/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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EU to tell UK to increase renewable energy production ‘six-fold’ by 2020
Britain has the lowest share of renewable energy of any major EU country: only Malta and Luxemburg have less. The EU is set to change this next week when
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| Date:
16/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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EU claim cloned food is safe
European food safety officials have given their public backing to cloned food, claiming it is safe to eat.
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| Date:
14/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Dark Days for Low Energy Light Bulbs
This month shops in the UK will begin to phase out traditional tungsten bulbs as part of a government plan to replace them completely by 2011 and save
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| Date:
07/01/2008 |
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Author:News |
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US wants to cut 2020 emissions target
The United States is reported to be behind moves to drop tough targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts, according to Reuters.
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| Date:
10/12/2007 |
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Author:News |
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UK public failing to pay for pollution
The general public is failing to pay the true cost of the pollution it is causing, according green campaigners.
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| Date:
04/12/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Asian countries face water crisis
The twin affects of climate change and rapid industrialisation has left developing countries in Asia facing an “unprecedented” water crisis.
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| Date:
29/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Government’s chief scientist calls for nuclear power and GM
The Government should push ahead with nuclear power and GM technology, according to the UK’s chief scientist.
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| Date:
28/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Governments accused of ignoring ocean study
Marine scientists have called on Governments to invest more in studying threats such as over fishing and climate change to the oceans.
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| Date:
26/11/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Figures expose UK’s recycling gap
Rates of recycling in England and Wales differ markedly from region to region, with some city areas faring particularly badly, according to new figures.
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| Date:
23/11/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Britain to build world's biggest biomass plant
The Government has given the go-ahead for the biggest biomass plant in the world to be built on the South coast of Wales.
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| Date:
22/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Europe’s richest farmers face subsidy cut
Subsidy payments to Europe’s wealthiest farmers are set to be cut under plans unveiled by EU officials yesterday.
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| Date:
21/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Brown sets carbon-free electricity target for 2020
The UK will aim to meet all its electricity needs from low carbon sources, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday.
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| Date:
20/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Supermarkets caught up in GM label row
Supermarkets have been accused of misleading consumers by not labelling food produced from genetically modified crops.
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| Date:
19/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Wild birds blamed for deadly disease
Bird conservation groups have reacted strongly to suggestions that wild birds may be responsible for the latest outbreak of avian influenza on a free-range
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| Date:
16/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Proposed trading in aviation emissions 'doesn't go far enough'
The European Union has been accused of letting the air industry off the hook in tackling carbon dioxide emissions.
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| Date:
15/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Weather forecast
Catastrophic wildfires, hurricanes and intensive rainfall will increase in frequency as climate change takes hold, warned a respected scientist last night.
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| Date:
14/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Black Sea
Russia was facing up to a ten-year clean-up operation after a major oil spill in the Black Sea region.
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| Date:
13/11/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Study shows definite health benefits from organic milk
Drinking organic milk can cut the risk of childhood eczema by a third, a new study has shown.
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| Date:
09/11/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Shell slapped down for flower refinery advert
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint by Friends of the Earth against Shell over the oil company's claims that it uses its waste
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| Date:
07/11/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Carbon footprint of IT the same as aviation
Concerns are mounting as awareness of the carbon footprint of IT equipment grows.
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| Date:
06/11/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Using Sellafield to bury nuclear waste could be 'illegal'
Using the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria for long-term nuclear waste disposal could be illegal, a leading academic has said.
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| Date:
02/11/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Nuclear power leads us into winter energy crisis
Failings by the nuclear power industry are putting the UK at risk of power shortages this winter, the Guardian has revealed.
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| Date:
31/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Chinese children suffering more birth defects
Nearly 40 per cent more Chinese children are being born with birth defects than in 2001, a new report by the World Health Organisation has shown.
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| Date:
30/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Lambs to be made into fuel, not meat
A quarter of a million healthy lambs are to be incinerated or turned into biofuel because of fears over the market price for lamb meat and rises in the
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| Date:
29/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Has the Environment Agency obstructed the course of justice?
A ruling in the US courts at a meeting which the Enviroment Agency claims never took place has dashed all hopes of making Monsanto pay up for polluting
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| Date:
24/10/2007 |
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Author:Jon Hughes |
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Half of the UK's reactors offline
The nuclear industry continues to show failings in reliability by shutting down nearly half of the UK’s reactor fleet for maintenance this week, even as
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| Date:
25/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Government's Planning White Paper 'could be illegal'
Friends of the Earth has threatened the Government with legal action if it fails to re-examine the forthcoming Planning White Paper.
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| Date:
23/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Ocean CO2 'sponge' effect slowing down
A ten year study by scientists at the University of East Anglia has concluded that the ocean is absorbing less CO2 than it was ten years ago.
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| Date:
22/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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US greenhouse gas bill proposed
Two US Senators have proposed a bill which would force the country to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60 percent by 2050.
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| Date:
19/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Concerns raised over Scottish hydropower
Public bodies in Scotland are agonising over the expansion of hydroelectric power schemes, weighing the benefits of clean power against the environmental
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| Date:
18/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Big Coal sent packing in Iowa
Campaigners in the US are celebrating a victory against a proposed coal power plant in Iowa, Environmental News Services reports.
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| Date:
17/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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London bottom for household energy efficiency
When does Hull score top and London score bottom? When you're ranking towns in terms of their energy efficiency, according to a new survey by British Gas.
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| Date:
16/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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UK trying to wriggle out of renewables commitments
A leaked document revealed by the Guardian over the summer showing how the Government was preparing to dodge its EU commitments on renewable energy has
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| Date:
15/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Brits have biggest air travel footprint in world
Britons are the world's worst polluters in terms of emissions from aviation, a new study has revealed.
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| Date:
11/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Greenpeace shut down coal-powered monster in Kent
Greenpeace campaigners yesterday shut down Kingsnorth coal power station in Kent to send a message that expansion plans for coal power in the UK are outdated
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| Date:
09/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Biofuels drive could cause more harm than good
China has announced a major drive towards the use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel - just as another report pours more water on the idea that
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| Date:
08/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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A following wind for clean energy
The UK is now the second most attractive place in Europe in which to invest in renewable energy, and has attracted the attention of Californian power giant,
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| Date:
05/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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'Stitch-up' nuclear consultation exposed in new video
Greenpeace has released a video detailing the Government's continued mishandling of the nuclear consultation process.
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| Date:
04/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Reef protection stepped up a gear
The Government of the Phillipines has tightened regulations to stop fishing on the country's largest coral reef, Reuters has reported.
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| Date:
03/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Government's advisors give thumbs up to Severn Barrage
The Government's Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) has given the nod to a huge barrage across the Severn estuary which will result in the loss of
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| Date:
02/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Nearly 500 US cosmetics 'unsafe'
478 cosmetic products on sale in the US contain doses of toxic chemicals which are unsafe, even when used as directed on the bottle, the US NGO the Environmental
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| Date:
01/10/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Howard downplays climate risks to farmers
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed off the risks posed by climate change to the continent's farmers, saying that a 'sense of proportion'
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| Date:
27/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Biotech lobbies against environmental protection laws
The GM industry is lobbying against EU directive which would make polluters pay for damage caused to biodiversity and Sites of Special Scientific Interest,
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| Date:
26/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Low cost solar on horizon
A US scientist has developed a low-cost solar panel produced through an efficient manufacturing process, newswire service EDIE has reported.
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| Date:
25/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Energy 'too cheap', says Scottish & Southern
It’s not what you'd expect to hear from a player in the fiercely competitive utilities sector, but Brian Smith, head of projects at Scottish and Southern
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| Date:
24/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Milk cartel accused of price fixing
The Office of Fair Trading has accused the big four supermarkets of colluding with dairies to artificially increase the cost of dairy foods.
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| Date:
21/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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No more greenwash, groups tell Government
The government's own quango, the Energy Saving Trust, and centre-left think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research have accused the government of
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| Date:
20/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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EU policy puts us all at risk from particulates
Limits set by the EU on the maximum amount of particulate matter allowed in our air could be in adequate, a report by the European Respiratory Society
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| Date:
19/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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GM set to make comeback
The impact of climate change on world food production will make the public more accepting of genetic modification, the industry believes.
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| Date:
18/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Wave hub good to go
The infrastructure for Britain’s first wave farm is set to be given the go-ahead today, paving the way for a new generation of renewable energy technologies.
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| Date:
17/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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US Chief Scientist says world could become 'unliveable' under global warming
The US Government's chief scientist Professor John Marburger has admitted that the world could become 'unliveable' if CO2 emissions are not checked.
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| Date:
14/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Adriatic sea could become a dead marine island
A cold current which normally allows the waters of the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas to mix has disappeared as a result of global warming, scientists
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| Date:
12/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Scrap biofuels target, say Friends of the Earth and OECD
The backlash against large scale biofuel production continues to build as Friends of the Earth urges the European Union to scrap its target for 10 per
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| Date:
11/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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'Sham' consultation records 46 per cent in favour of nuclear power
The Government’s ongoing consultation on nuclear power, which late last week was described as ‘a sham’ by environmental groups, has recorded preliminary
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| Date:
10/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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New nuclear consultation a 'sham'
The Government’s second attempt at a fair and legal public consultation on nuclear power has been declared a ‘sham’ by leading environmental groups.
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| Date:
07/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Scientists show E-numbers link with hyperactivity
A major new study has shown a link between additives in children's food and hyperactivity.
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| Date:
06/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Arctic ice cover at new low
Levels of sea ice around the North Pole now stand at their lowest ever levels, the Guardian has reported.
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| Date:
05/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Europe threatens to sue UK over sulphur dioxide levels
The Government is facing legal action from the European Commission over levels of sulphur dioxide pollution in East England, the Campaign for Clean Air
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| Date:
04/09/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Floods could be even worse with climate change
Experts may have underestimated the risk of flooding as temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and sea levels rise, a new study shows.
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| Date:
30/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Brits holiday closer to home
Britons are increasingly choosing healthy holidays in the UK, according to recent surveys
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| Date:
29/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Tuna stocks at record low
The Indian tuna fish haul is at its lowest level for twelve years, Reuters has reported.
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| Date:
28/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Government pulls plug on local renewables policy
Environmental groups and local authorities are dismayed by Government plans to drop a key local policy to promote renewable energy, following pressure
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| Date:
24/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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US accused of suppressing climate change reports
A federal judge has reprimanded the US Government for failing to release two overdue reports laying out plans for climate change research and mitigation
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| Date:
23/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Embracing the waters
Sustainable cities will welcome floods rather than building defences, say futurologists at the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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| Date:
21/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Arctic sea ice free by 2030, say scientists
Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models predicted and there is less sea ice in the Arctic now than at any time since records began, scientists
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| Date:
20/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Judicial review launched as oil project threatens whales
Environmental groups have launched a judicial review into the UK’s support for an oil and gas project that threatens an endangered whale species.
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| Date:
17/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Biofuels not the answer, conference told
Large-scale biofuel production will cause water and food shortages, delegates at the World Water conference will be told this week.
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| Date:
16/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Giant solar power plant to tap Sahara sunshine
Algeria switches from oil production to harnessing the power of the Sahara sun
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| Date:
15/08/2008 |
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Author:News |
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Trees shouldn’t be sold as carbon offsets, says study
Trees planted in drought-prone or nutrient poor areas don’t store enough carbon dioxide to offset emissions, a new study by Duke University in North Carolina
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| Date:
14/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Plane Stupid protestors board Airbus barge
Having been banned from the fields of Heathrow by a court injunction last week, protest group Plane Stupid have set up their own climate camp – under the
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| Date:
13/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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Canada and Russia are leading the stampede for a wealth of oil and gas exposed as climate change melts the Arctic sea-ice.
Russia last week planted a flag on the Arctic seabed while the Canadian Prime Minister announced $57 million plans to establish military control over a
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| Date:
13/08/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Plastics chemical found in human tissue at high levels
A key chemical used in modern plastics has been found in human tissues at 10 times the concentration considered safe, new research has found.
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| Date:
10/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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A fresh start
Teaching children to eat a well-balanced diet is better at stopping adult obesity than diet foods, suggests study
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| Date:
09/08/2008 |
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Author:news |
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Little ‘green’ men
Could ‘environmentally friendly’ flying saucers save the aviation industry?
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| Date:
08/08/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Corked?
Eco-labelled wine corks have just hit the market in a move to protect cork forests, which are threatened by a switch to metal screw top and plastic stoppers
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| Date:
07/08/2007 |
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Author:news |
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'One-box' recycling doing more harm than good
Throwing all your recycling in one box may seem like a good idea, but it is threatening the future of European-based paper recycling, according to a leading
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| Date:
07/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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BAA win limited injunction
The High Court today rejected BAA’s call for a broad injunction against the Camp for Climate Action, instead granting a limited court order preventing
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| Date:
06/08/2007 |
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Author:news |
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Brown demotes Energy and Environment Committee
Gordon Brown will no longer chair the high-level Ministerial Committee on Energy and the Environment, the Independent has reported.
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| Date:
06/08/2007 |
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Author:News |
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