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Is the Rio Earth Summit destined to fail?
The world's problems are growing critical, so why is so little expected from the summit, asks Geoffrey Lean
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White Cliffs of Dover need protection
The White Cliffs of Dover are at risk of being blighted by development unless £1.2m is raised to safeguard land and wildlife, the National Trust says.
26 Jun 2012
| Comments'Lonesome George' the Galapagos tortoise dies
Lonesome George was the last remaining giant tortoise of its kind.
25 Jun 2012
| CommentsGiant pylons for planned for National Parks
Hundreds of miles of giant electricity pylon lines planned in Britain’s finest landscape - including two national parks - to serve wind farm industry.
23 Jun 2012
| CommentsThe world's fattest countries: how do you compare?
The average weight of an adult human is 137 pounds (62 kg) according to a league table of the world's 'fattest' nations from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Find out how you compare to other adults using our interactive graphic.
21 Jun 2012
Dinosaur 'to be sent back to Mongolia'
A dinosaur skeleton is scheduled to be taken by US authorities on Friday from the custody of an auction house after a judge permitted its seizure for its likely return home to Mongolia.
21 Jun 2012
| CommentsSeals and polar bear escape from zoo
Heavy rains pounded northern Minnesota on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes, causing mudslides and sinkholes, and swamping a zoo where several animals died and a polar bear briefly escaped, officials said.
21 Jun 2012
| CommentsRio +20: Natural assets will be recorded as part of GDP to measure how quickly they are being lost, Nick Clegg announces
British businesses have called for a cut in ‘green taxes’ after Nick Clegg announced that the UK will be the first country in the world to force major companies to measure their carbon footprint.
20 Jun 2012
| Comments'Pessimistic forecasts scaring tourists away'
BBC weather forecasters accused of "deliberately pessimistic" warnings.
20 Jun 2012
| CommentsRio+20: chance to secure our future
Paddy Ashdown argues that Rio Earth Summit offers an opportunity for co-operation on sustainability that we cannot afford to miss.
20 Jun 2012
| CommentsRio+20 agree to ‘development goals, says Spelman
The world has agreed to a set of new ‘sustainable development goals’, according to Caroline Spelman, the UK’s Environment Secretary.
20 Jun 2012
| CommentsAcid rain all but eliminated over Britain
Acid rain over Britain has been all but eliminated 25 years after Margaret Thatcher launched a major bid to cut sulphur emissions, a study has found.
20 Jun 2012
| CommentsIs the Rio Earth Summit destined to fail the world?
The environmental problems facing the world are growing critical, so why is so little expected from the summit, asks Geoffrey Lean
19 Jun 2012
| CommentsRio +20: World faces mass extinction of wildlife, UN warns
The world faces a mass extinction of wildlife, according to the latest assessment of endangered animals by the United Nations.
19 Jun 2012
| CommentsEdward Burtynsky's OIL at The Photographers' Gallery
The inaugural exhibition from London's reopened Photographers' Gallery examines the pervasive ways oil has impacted upon our lives and altered our landscapes
19 Jun 2012
| CommentsI'm not worried about sea levels, says climate change expert
Climate change expert James Lovelock, who once predicted the death of billions of humans due to global warming, has now performed a remarkable u-turn to criticise the green movement as a “religion” using “guilt” to forward their cause.
19 Jun 2012
| CommentsRio+20: The world is getting too heavy finds new league table of fattest countries on Earth
The human population is getting too heavy for the Earth, according to the first study to calculate the impact our growing waistlines are having on the environment.
18 Jun 2012
| CommentsOnshore wind farm subsidies 'axed by 2020'
Ministers are preparing to scrap subsidies for onshore wind farms in a major victory for campaigners against the energy source.
16 Jun 2012
| CommentsCrime on the high seas - committed by the Common Fisheries Policy
The BBC has just woken up to the scandal of 'discarding' – where fishermen are forced to chuck millions of dead fish back into the sea, says Christopher Booker
16 Jun 2012
| CommentsRio+20 Earth Summit Q&A
Everything you need to know about the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development but were too afraid to ask.
16 Jun 2012
| CommentsFlatulent cows' gas emissions measured by scientists
Government scientists have been commissioned to measure exactly how much methane a cow releases in the hope of making Britain’s livestock less flatulent.
15 Jun 2012
Earth’s life support is in their hands
Rio+20 Earth Summit is a chance for the world to hit the climate 'reset' button. Instead, governments have their fingers on pause, says Geoffrey Lean
15 Jun 2012
| CommentsWhat you can do to make Rio+20 Earth Summit matter?
The big draw in Rio de Janeiro next week is not a glittery carnival spectacle but a major UN summit on how to tackle the dangerous threat to our planet’s life support systems.
15 Jun 2012
| CommentsAnimal photos of the week
All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery.
15 Jun 2012
| CommentsCountry Life marks the Glorious Sixteenth a day early
Country Life, the rural magazine, has sent the angling world reeling after an over-excited correspondent got the most anticipated date in the calendar wrong.
15 Jun 2012
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