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City's lights out for environment
Some of Liverpool's most iconic landmarks will be plunged into darkness to raise awareness of climate change.
Climate change: we have the power
Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish chemist, suggested in 1936 that carbon dioxide from burning coal could create an atmospheric greenhouse effect and warm the planet.
Risking the Weather: The Insurance Sector Faces Climate Change
A new report sponsored by Ceres and written by Evan Mills, one of the recipients of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, highlights new products offered by the insurance sector in response to the changing climate.
Israel's first 'green' city
Kfar Saba is planning to become the first city in Israel to be recognized by the United Nations as a "green city," and has presented comprehensive plans that will affect every sphere of life in the municipality, reports ...
Builders must increase sustainability efforts
The house building industry will have to raise its game if it is to meet Government targets on sustainability, according to a new survey.
Scotland's bid to cut carbon emissions by 80% 'bound to get harder'
Scotland's target to cut greenhouse gas emissions is "incredibly ambitious" and will get harder as the years go by, a senior Scottish Government official has warned.
Tigers driven to edge of extinction by poachers
The disastrous impact of poaching and the destruction of the natural habitat of one of the planet's most threatened animals will be made clear tomorrow when the Indian government is told that its remaining tiger populati...
Sarkozy's green revolution in danger of producing nothing more than hot air
President Nicolas Sarkozy promises to add a green stripe to the French tricolour today in a speech which will place France at the cutting edge of the fight against global warming.
Scientists say Kyoto protocol is 'outdated failure'
The international effort to curb man-made emissions of greenhouse gases � as enshrined in the Kyoto protocol � is a miserable failure that needs to be swept away and replaced, according to a new report.
Europe's environment: 'major concerns remain', says EEA report
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released its fourth assessment report on the environmental situation in 53 European countries, highlighting significant air pollution, biodiversity loss and poor water quality ac...