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What we're doing Right
Searching for a substitute
15th March 2010
Polycarbonate plastics made with bisphenol-a (BPA) have a myriad number of uses for good reason. Hard, clear, heat and shatter-resistant, they are invaluable – but also controversial. So chemists are cleverly crafting alternatives.
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Better living through green chemistry
10th December 2009
Chemists are coming up with safer ways to manufacture modern comforts, from plastics to pesticides – and it can be much, much cheaper in the long run
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Eco-friendly whisky
27th December 2008
Raise a glass to drinks conglomerate Diageo, which is building a “green distillery” in Speyside, Scotland – one that will recycle its water, produce 15 per cent of the carbon (…)
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Carbon capture rocks
22nd November 2008
“Sequestration techniques are just one in a suite of solutions – there is no silver bullet for solving climate change”
Why it matters
The ultimate ice storm
25th October 2008
Warmer temperatures are not the only reason Arctic sea ice is shrinking: More frequent and intense storms have hastened the breakup of the ice
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Greenpeace wins fight
20th September 2008
A jury cleared six Greenpeace activists last week of causing criminal damage to a coal-fired power plant in southeast England
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The tree solution
24th May 2008
Planting trees would counteract global warming – but only if we plant the equivalent to all the trees cut down in the past century
What we're doing Wrong
Hard rock oil
2nd February 2008
The US may start mining oil shales – and would release up to 350 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
What we're doing Wrong
Model Tata
19th January 2008
The world’s cheapest car is ready to roll off the assembly line to the tune of 250,000 a year
Why it matters
Carbon growth spurt
5th January 2008
Doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide speeds up tree growth by about 20 per cent – but probably not in the long run