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What makes a home green?
Green homes are quickly emerging as the homes of the future according to a McGraw-Hill report. The green home market in the United States is expected to grow from $2 billion in 2005 to $20 billion in 2010.
Sumatran Tigers are being sold into extinction
Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being offered on open sale in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report launched today.
Africa's plan to save the elephant
Seventeen African countries, including Kenya, have signed a document for the establishment of a coalition to save the elephant.
Food and petrol push up inflation
Rising food and petrol prices pushed up UK inflation in January, figures show. Last month's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure rose to 2.2%, up from 2.1% in December. The rate is the highest since June 2007.
A Guide to Making Your Next IT Purchases as Green As Possible
Want to make sure that your next IT or computer purchase is environmentally friendly? Unfortunately, there's no equivalent of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for making sure that your hardware is as green as possi...
Scientists identify 'tipping points' of climate change
Nine ways in which the Earth could be tipped into a potentially dangerous state that could last for many centuries have been identified by scientists investigating how quickly global warming could run out of control.
Calls for climate change minister
The Treasury Committee has called for a new ministerial post to co-ordinate the fight against global warming.
Securing water for the future
Climate change means that we will all have to value water more as we find a fairer way of paying for it, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, said today as he launched the Government's water strategy for England, Future Wa...
California Considers Business Fee Based On Emissions
In what could be a U.S. first, California's Bay Area Air Quality Management District is proposing to charge an annual fee to businesses based on emissions, the Mercury News reports.
Biofuels make climate change worse, scientific study concludes
Growing crops to make biofuels results in vast amounts of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere and does nothing to stop climate change or global warming, according to the first thorough scientific audit of a...