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Cyclo-therapy: 'The Chilterns run begins just after 7am at Finchley Road Tube. By 8.15am, we’re bowling along the remote lanes'

Saturday, 8 January 2011

I've been taking a keen interest in the debate over the high-speed rail link that would cut right through the Chilterns. Not because I live in the Chilterns, but because I go there to cycle, and so magical is the landscape that I can fully understand why the plans have caused such an outbreak of Nimbyism.

UK joins 'gas rush' despite pollution fears

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Andrew Johnson: Controversial new technique for drilling gas wells is to be tried for the first time in Britain.

We chuck out 10 Wembleys of food a year

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Kate Youde: Wales has shown the way by reusing kitchen rubbish, but most UK councils lag behind.

Hi-tech in disarray as China rations vital minerals

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Martin Hickman: China has slashed exports of metals which are crucial for electronics products.

Waste crisis means 80 giant furnaces set for go-ahead in 2011

Tuesday, 28 December 2010

Jonathan Brown: A grassroots revolt is growing over a new generation of incinerators, which would see the amount of household waste sent to be burnt more than double.

IoS Appeal: Solar power frees thousands from risks

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Raymond Whitaker: Instead of turning a tap, imagine walking more than 10 miles for water.

The wad squad: Enterprising experts are on a quest to combat chewing gum on our pavements

Friday, 17 December 2010

Gum freshens our breath but it's a blight on city streets that costs �150m a year to shift. Surely there's a smarter way to chew?

Video: Consumer concern over energy reform

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Consumers have expressed concern over the government's proposed energy reforms which critics warn could add �500 a year to the average household's energy bills.