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Grand Design for Climate Changed Garden
Visitors to the 'Grand Designs Live' show at the NEC, Birmingham (5-7 October 2007) are visiting the ultimate Green Garden and learning how to transform their own gardens stylishly while helping to tackle climate change,...
Climate Change in the Garden
The British don't normally need an excuse to talk about the weather, but after an unusually wet and stormy summer, the country has had more to discuss than usual. But what if, rather than being a seasonal one-off, such a...
M&S Store Green Makeover
IT was opening day at the Marks & Spencer store in Bournemouth, and a throng of elderly ladies with curled perms and smart handbags were cheerfully clamouring to grab free glasses of buck's fizz.But for Richard Gilli...
Climate change disaster is upon us, warns UN
A record number of floods, droughts and storms around the world this year amount to a climate change "mega disaster", the United Nation's emergency relief coordinator, Sir John Holmes, has warned.
All Countries Need to Take Major Steps on Climate Change
Large majorities around the world believe that human activity causes global warming and that strong action must be taken, sooner rather than later, in developing as well as developed countries, according to a BBC World S...
Coal output to exceed 2.5b tons in 2007
China is likely to produce over 2.5 billion tons of coal in 2007, up five percent from last year, said Wang Xianzheng, deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety.
Deforestation Worsens Flood Risk
Deforestation increases the frequency and severity of flooding in developing countries, according to a recent study.
Water companies need to adapt to climate change: experts
Water management companies will face huge challenges due to climate change and need to start adapting their strategies, experts warned in Amsterdam on Friday.
'Green' has found an unusual mate in the housing market.
While they may seem like an odd couple, prefabricated housing -- in which most of a home's structure is pre-built in a factory then assembled on-site -- is an oddly natural partner for the green movement. Prefab or modul...
Polar Bears Safe – Bjorn Lomborg
Polar bears would stand a greater chance of avoiding extinction if people stopped shooting them than if they reduced greenhouse gas emissions, according to a book by a leading environmental sceptic.