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Street lighting is changing insect ecosystems, study claims
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Street lighting is changing insect ecosystems in towns and cities, a study has found.
UK pollution 'outsourced overseas'
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Carbon emissions from goods imported and consumed in the UK are rising more quickly than greenhouse gases are being cut domestically, MPs warned today.
UK 'saturated' by light pollution
Wednesday 11 April 2012
The UK's night skies are still "saturated" with light pollution, campaigners warned today after a survey suggested half the population cannot see many stars.
The gospel church that's so noisy it 'drowned out traffic'
Saturday 07 April 2012
A gospel church has been fined after neighbours complained about its services being too noisy.
All fuel is drained from stricken 'Concordia'
Sunday 25 March 2012
Authorities say they have removed all the fuel that was left aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off Italy.
Summer's officially here (and so's the sun)
Saturday 24 March 2012
British Summer Time kicks off this weekend with the first summery weather of the year, with bright sunshine and temperatures in some places expected to reach 21 or even 22C.
Look what’s struggling to swim the Thames now… trout
Friday 23 March 2012
Previously filthy watercourses are now teeming with fish, a new book reveals
Naked ambition: the porn stars dancing into Italian politics
Wednesday 14 March 2012
After months of sobriety in Italian politics since Silvio Berlusconi stepped down as prime minister, it's back to business as usual as three porn stars battle it out in mayoral contests.
Protesters try to stop Malaysian rare-earth plant
Monday 27 February 2012
Up to 3,000 Malaysians staged a protest against a rare-earth refinery yesterday over fears of radioactive contamination.
Olympic clean-up is complete, says Environment Agency
Monday 06 February 2012
Work to clean up the Olympic site and create the largest urban park in Europe for more than 100 years has been completed, the Environment Agency said yesterday.
Bird numbers plummet around stricken Fukushima plant
Friday 03 February 2012
Researchers working around Japan's disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant say bird populations there have begun to dwindle, in what may be a chilling harbinger of the impact of radioactive fallout on local life.
Polluted air could put Olympic athletes at risk, warn scientists
Monday 16 January 2012
Olympic athletes could suffer impaired performance times and become ill as a result of London's unacceptably high levels of air pollution, leading respiratory scientists are warning.
Tom Bawden: Cheap gas – the benefits and dangers
Monday 16 January 2012
Every week somewhere in the world new evidence surfaces that confirms our worst fears about the environmental dangers of fracking.
Polluted air 'puts Olympic athletes at risk'
Monday 16 January 2012
Olympic athletes could suffer impaired performance times and become ill as a result of London's unacceptably high levels of air pollution, leading respiratory scientists are warning.
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