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Solar Powered Plane To Take Flight In Switzerland (Again)
Coca-Cola Reveals Lessons Learned from 3 Water Footprints
World's Largest Solar Thermal Plant
Whiskey-Derived Fuel Patented in Scotland
First-Ever Carbon Map Shows Global Warming in Peru's Amazon
Diesels Cleaner Than Electrics Over Lifetime Says One Study
Volt Can Use California's HOV Lanes… In 2012
SKY-powered Mazda3 Gets Over 40 MPG
Green is the New Fast, Part 2: Maybach Lives!
Cult Classic Peel P50 Microcar Returns
Go bald for charity
Arctic ice: Less than meets the eye
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Greenland Ice Melting, Says Recent Visitor
Italy to Install Solar Hydrogen Fuel Pumps at Gas Stations
A Sexy Little Black Dress That Doubles Up as a Cellphone
High on Electric Cars: Canada's Cannabis Cruiser
Electricity Out of Thin Air Could Be The Next Big Power Source
California's smart meter fears
James Cameron Has Choice Words To Say About Climate Change Deniers
New NASA PSAs Feel Like One Giant Advertisement For ‘AVATAR'
Self-Cleaning Solar Panels Beam Down To Earth
How Cell Phones Can Unlock Ride Sharing
NASA Space Settlements
Finland Plans to Build the World's First 'Green Highway'
Rotating Solar Home Generates More Power Than It Uses
Energy Roofing Systems
Where's the World's Most Painful Commute?
Rising Seas Could Dampen Aussie Coastal Building
Climate Corps 2010: When Buildings Go 'Retro'
The Cost of Going Solar and How To Do the Math
NYC Mayor Wants Massive Bike-Sharing Program
Mystery of the vanishing sparrows still baffles scientists 10 years on
Add salt as required: the recipe for fresh water
NASA Searching For Solar Powered Rover That Runs At Night
Scottish whisky biofuel to power cars
Kia Shows Off Electric Pop City Car Concept Ahead of Paris Motor Show
A Bridge to Car 2.0: Kiwi WiFi Device & iPhone Apps
Horned turtles butchered to extinction
Four Electric Vehicles Embark on 80 Day Trip Around the World
Charles to embark on sustainable living tour
Nissan LEAF opens for orders
Fly Fishers Serving as Transports for Noxious Little Invaders
“Living” Dress Made of Recycled Tubes Changes With the Season
Antibacterial socks may boost greenhouse emissions
Augmented Reality iPhone App Points You to Every Nearby London Bike-Share Hub Nearby
Will Berkeley become the electric car capital?
RFID Chips Can Be Made of Wood, to Tag Trees Without Adulterating the Timber
Human-Powered Sno-Cones at Outside Lands Music Fest
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Minister defends cut in Welsh MPs
A government minister has defended plans to reduce the number of MPs, which the opposition claims will hit Wales harder than England...
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Scotland to align green energy laws with England
LONDON (Reuters) - The Scottish government launched two public consultations on Wednesday aimed at bringing its small-scale green project planning and renewable rewards laws in line with those in the rest of the United Kingdom...
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The greenest government ever? Only if the Treasury can be tamed | Michael Jacobs
The silence from Osborne and Cable is ominous. The next few weeks are crucial to keep the low-carbon economy on trackThis would be "the greenest government ever", David Cameron declared in May - easy words in the first flush of office. The difficult thing is making them true. In the next few weeks t..
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Smart meters alone may not save much energy: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Smart meters to boost energy efficiency in homes do not automatically achieve a significant reduction in energy demand, research showed on Wednesday...
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The ethical way to dispose of your bike
It's time for an upgrade. But that's no reason why your current machine, however ancient, should become landfill. So you've reached that stage of your cycling career - you've had your perhaps very elderly bike for long enough that it's time for an upgrade. But what to do with the original..
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Royal Mail goes green in Hebrides
Post vans try out hydrogen-fuelled deliveries in Isle of Lewis. The nation's posties have used the greenest kinds of transport for generations, relying on their feet and their distinctive fleet of red bicycles to make their rounds.Now their delivery vehicles, too, could go green...
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Your Green shoots photographs
We asked for your pictures of trees in leaf to mark the launch of our new nature photography project. Here is a pick of the best..
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How to beat the tube strike by bike
Don't let the tube strike defeat you. Our tips on on how to cycle past the queuesIf you are a London commuter dreading tube strike chaos this evening and tomorrow there is an alternative to fighting your way on to overcrowded buses or a long walk. Whether you are a lapsed cyclist nervous about busy ..
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Country diary: Peak District
In Norfolk I have long grown accustomed to a very patchy distribution in our local swallows. Much of the vernacular architecture has been converted into residences or otherwise made unsuitable for these barn-dwelling creatures. The more pervasive use of insecticides in our arable county has also cut..
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Do we really hate foxes enough to wear them again?
Fur stoles are being snapped up by lovers of vintage fashionBasil Brush beware - fox stoles, once disdained as gruesome artefacts of a crueller era, are back. Trendspotters report seeing increasing numbers on vintage lovers. And it's not just the pelts these are old-fashioned stoles, with little f..
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New facility helps reduce CO2 emissions in the east of England
A European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) grant has lead towards the construction of a new facility in Suffolk which is committed to reducing carbon emissions and landfill waste in the east of England...
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Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project
Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their taskLeading climate scientists will gather in the UK this week to finalise plans for a revolutionary project aimed at transforming their ability to predict meteorological disasters. The goal is to create an international databank that would generate forecasts..
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Rising wheat prices raise fears over UK commitment to biofuels
Converting up to a fifth of UK wheat into biofuel will force prices even higher at a time of food shortages, warn critics. The soaring price of wheat has raised questions about the UK's commitment to biofuels as it attempts to wean itself from its dependence on oil...
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Overhaul factory farming to protect farmers and consumers
Industrial farming causing food prices to rise..
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Bob Watson warns on embedded carbon emissions
Responding to the comments of Professor Bob Watson on the increase in carbon emissions in the UK over the last two decades, Mike Childs, Head of Climate at Friends of the Earth, said: "Professor Watson is right that if we include the import of products the carbon footprint of the UK has been steadily increasing rather than declining...
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Construction begins on south-west's largest wind farm
Construction has begun on south-west England's biggest wind farm project, it has been revealed. The Construction Index explains that work at Goonhilly on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, is under way, with the first of six new Vestas V80 2MW turbines installed at the end of last week. Once complete, the wind farm will supply the whole of the Lizard peninsula with its domestic electricity supply...
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Wind farm construction gathers pace
Scottish and Southern Energy and RWE npower renewables have announced that the installation of all 140 wind turbine foundations is now complete and 30 turbines are now in place at their Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm development...
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The week in wildlife
Mink set free by animal activists and salmon on their arduous journey upstream - the pick of this week's images from the natural world..
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What is the 'environmentalist's paradox'?
Why is human well-being improving globally when our environmental woes appear to be worsening all the timeWe hear lots of concerned chatter these days - not least, here on this site - about peak oil, peak water, deforestation, resource depletion and the like, but a popular riposte offered by those ..
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Country diary: New Forest
Clive Chatters, chairman of the New Forest national park authority, pays tribute to the work of amateur naturalists in the recently published symposium Biodiversity in the New Forest.Their observations and recording underpin the work of the professionals whose research helps to shape conservation policy and practice. The symposium suggests that most species are under great pressure and many are declining. But all is not yet gloom and doom, as pon..
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