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Wednesday 10 July 2013
'Built for muddy trails, perfect for tackling potholes'
Plan to make Britain's electricity supply almost entirely green by 2030 narrowly voted down by MPs
Tuesday 04 June 2013
Tim Yeo, who tabled the amendment, left disappointed, but said high level of support would make it harder for coalition to "water down" targets on renewable energy in future
Clean power is good for jobs, bills – and Earth
Sunday 02 June 2013
In the next decade, a quarter of Britain's power supply will be switched off for good. This week MPs will vote on the Government's Energy Bill, which will determine what we replace it with. To tackle soaring energy bills, improve energy security and stop dangerous climate change, we must decarbonise the power sector by 2030.
'Groundbreaking': Scientists capture unseen images of rearranging molecular bonds
Friday 31 May 2013
Scientists using atomic force microscopy unintentionally capture the images
The climate change sceptics are winning - and the environmental lobby only has itself to blame
Tuesday 28 May 2013
For all the Nobel prizes and predictions of global apocalypse and preaching to the converted, climate change remains a niche issue
Coalition faces an exodus of energy experts as funding for renewables is held up on grounds of cost
Saturday 11 May 2013
Blow to fight against climate change as CO2 in the atmosphere hits record high
Why Britain is failing to cut its carbon footprint
Sunday 28 April 2013
When imports are taken into account the UK's emissions are rising. Tom Bawden reports
You've gone too far, UN chief tells North Korea
Tuesday 02 April 2013
Ban Ki-Moon urges restraint as Pyongyang announces plan to reopen nuclear reactor
That's deep: life found 11km below sea level in deepest known point on the surface of the Earth
Sunday 17 March 2013
Bacteria discovered in Mariana Trench, a gigantic chasm in the seabed which is big enough to swallow Mount Everest entirely
Scientists say water on Mars would have been 'pure enough to drink', as presence of oxygen and carbon prove conditions are ideal for life
Wednesday 13 March 2013
New discoveries are the clearest indicator yet that life could once have existed on the red planet
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Wednesday 06 March 2013
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Frame: Aluminium
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Cross-party support for bid to set decarbonisation target
Friday 08 February 2013
The Government faces a cross-party rebellion that could see MPs back a plan to make electricity generation almost entirely green by 2030.
It’s time to offset the UN’s carbon footprint
Thursday 07 February 2013
The UN created the world’s most effective offset mechanism but astonishingly fails to use it for its own carbon emissions. This has to change
What exactly is Mercaptan?
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Mercaptan is also known as methanethiol and is a harmless but pungent-smelling gas which has been described as having the stench of rotting cabbages or smelly socks.
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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