Ever since negotiations for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol begun last year, we’ve been waiting to hear about progress. But as Yu Qingtai, China’s special representative for climate change talks, says, things are looking a little gloomy. …
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Brighton bids to become first urban biosphere reserve
Brighton and Hove is bidding to become the first city in the world to become a Unesco 'biosphere reserve'…
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UK Outlines Aggressive Plan to Cut Water Use 20% by 2030
Metering, tariffs, efficiency, and technology at center of new plan Environment Minsters in the United Kingdom want households to cut their water consumption 20 percent by 2030. The announcement comes as the UK Environment Agency prepares to release its study on water resource management, which …
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Flame Retardant Furniture Gives Californians Twice National Average Of PBDEs
Flame Retardant Furniture Gives Californians Twice National Average Of PBDEs Submitted by News Staff on 6 October 2008 - 12:00am. Environment Efforts to make furniture less flammable have given residents of California higher blood levels of potentially toxic flame retardants called PBDEs (polybrominated …
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Hurricane Ike Ravaged The Environment: Investigation
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. …
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Climate change and energy policies lack cohesion, says Oxfam report
New energy and climate change secretary faces calls to unify government approach to environmental problems…
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The Brighton biosphere - Sussex's green message for the globe?
City joins race to be first urban reserve on Unesco environmental register…
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Unilever comes out against worldwide rush to biofuels
Consumer goods group concerned that demand is causing food shortages in developing world…
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