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The week in wildlife
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Barack Obama unveils 'historic' agreement
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Polar bear scientist is suspended
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Money blog 19hr 12min ago
I'll take our 'throwaway society' over the days of the dodgy twin tub washer
29 Jul 2011: It is easy to reminisce about a time when goods were built to last – but remember breakdowns are rarer than ever now -
Environment blog 1 day ago
Jon Huntsman may be setting himself up as Republican green kamikaze
29 Jul 2011:Suzanne Goldenberg: Republicans running for the White House in 2012 are running as fast they can to discard their reputations as environmentalists. But not Jon Huntsman
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Environment blog 2 days ago
Canadian campaign puts the spin on 'ethical oil'
28 Jul 2011:Leo Hickman: Tar sands website promotes a binary world where Canadian oil is 'ethical' and the rest is produced by 'oppressors'
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Damian Carrington's blog 2 days ago
In defence of the IPCC: critics ignore the real scandal
28 Jul 2011:Damian Carrington: In the greatest ever feat of global scientific cooperation, the IPCC showed the world the reality of climate change. But recent controversies hopelessly ignore the real scandal
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Mother Jones: The heat wave hitting the east coast of the US is a reminder for Congress of the future temperatures in store for Washington if it continues to fail to act on climate change
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How is Obama doing? Yale Environment 360 asked a group of experts for their verdicts on the president's performance
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Co-operative living offers a not-for-profit way to avoid the property casino - here's how one group did it
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Ros Coward: Amid the war of words taking place in Congress, nothing is said of the environmental cost of overconsumption
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Built Environment 1 day ago
Green government promise: house of cards or a winning hand?
The built environment is earmarked to play a critical role in the coalition's ability to deliver on carbon targets, says Paul King -
Sustainable business blog 1 day ago
Making an ocean of difference: restoring life to the seas
Overfishing and pollution have led to the rapid decline of one of our greatest resources. But there are solutions at hand, says Diana Verde Nieto
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Carbon emissions
UK CO2 emission from transport in 2007
By 2050, transport will have to decarbonise by over 50% to meet UK carbon targets
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Recycling
Recycling rate in East Lindsey district council for 2007-08
This is more than twice the rate of the UK's worst-peforming local authorities
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Penguin that strayed 2,000 miles from Antarctic to New Zealand beach can be returned to the wild in a few weeks
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Officials give go-ahead for work on site in Somerset for first new plant in 20 years, despite strong opposition
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Carapax sanctuary, which gave new home to UK's abandoned terrapins, in disarray after legal battle and neglect claims
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Mayor announces scheme's extension to south-west and west boroughs within two years, funded partly by £25m from Barclays
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Between 2006 and 2009 carrier bag use was down by 40% but in 2010 the downward trend was reversed
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Heaviest rainfall in a century causes landslides that have killed dozens of people and engulfed homes and military installations
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John Vidal: Decoding the news: Work on the UK's first nuclear power station to be built in 20 years has got the green light, but there is still strong opposition
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Isabel Hilton: High-speed rail has come to symbolise the cost-cutting and corruption that plagues China
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Simon Jenkins: The government's 'sustainable' new planning policy invites corruption and will sink us in urban sprawl
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Terry Macalister: Decoding the news: The profits of British Gas's parent company appear to be healthy at £1.3bn, so how can such a rise in household bills be justified?
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San Cristobal drinking chocolate
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Ecobutton for PCs
Place your PC or laptop into 'Eco Mode' and save energy without losing data. Just £15.75.
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Councils pioneer energy-efficient straw homes - in pictures
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