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Food packaging chemical linked to heart disease, cancer
18th January 2010
American regulatory agency joins Canada with concerns over safety of bisphenol-A
What we're doing Wrong
Much ado about a napkin
23rd December 2009
A surreal ending to a surreal conference, made all the more bewildering by the most powerful news organisation in the world
What we're doing Wrong
The fuel for our economic exuberance
19th December 2009
A short post for the American documentary Growth Busters about an unprecedented industrial project directly fueled by western consumption and economic growth
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Thoreau’s climate contribution
8th November 2008
Lilies, orchids, buttercups and violets the climate change “losers” in Thoreau’s Walden
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More bright ideas
25th October 2008
Three German towns are piloting a project that keeps streets dark until travellers call into an automated system to switch lights on along their route. Schwelentrup-Doerntrup and Rahden have joined the Dial4Light (…)
What we're doing Wrong
Junking junk mail
6th September 2008
The 100 billion pieces of junk mail sent every year in the U.S. (848 pieces per household) contribute just as much to climate change as nine million cars
What we're doing Wrong
Censored scientists at the EPA
26th July 2008
Almost 60 per cent of American environment department scientists report “political interference in their scientific work”
What we're doing Right
Lava lamps never looked so good
12th July 2008
Alaska could get a quarter of it’s electricity from geothermal-driven turbines
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Nuclear costs climb
24th May 2008
Many support nuclear power as a viable option – but it will only get more expensive, says The Wall Street Journal
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Curse of the white nose
24th May 2008
Up to half a million bats have died, upward of 97-per-cent mortality in some caves.