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  • Hundreds killed by Burma cyclone

    Hundreds killed by Burma cyclone

    May 5, 2008 4:12

    BBC News | A tropical cyclone has killed at least 351 people in Burma and damaged thousands of buildings, according to state...

     
  • Bush backs modified crops

    By Andrew Ward and Daniel Dombey | George W. Bush on Thursday stepped up pressure on the European Union and other governments...

     
  • We Must Imagine a Life Without Oil

    By Mark Hertsgaard - The Nation | It used to be that only environmentalists and paranoids warned about running out of oil....

     
  • Green Scare State Terrorism

    By Stephen Lendman – RINF | In May 2005, FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism John Lewis told a Senate...

     
  • US air force calls for mission to combat climate change

    By David Adam | The US air force will this week call for the world’s top scientists to come together in a 21st-century...

     
  • ‘Sustainable’ bio-plastic can damage the environment

    ‘Sustainable’ bio-plastic can damage the environment

    Apr 26, 2008 6:40

    By John Vidal | The worldwide effort by supermarkets and industry to replace conventional oil-based plastic with eco-friendly...

     
  • The Biofuels Scam and Food Shortages

    By Mike Adams | It was one of the dumbest “green” ideas ever proposed: Convert millions of acres of cropland...

     
  • Earth Day: Is the impact worth the build-up?

    By Heather Clancy | At the high-tech industry conference where I spent most of my day holed up in meetings on Monday, there...

     
  • Exposed: the great GM crops myth

    By Geoffrey Lean Major new study shows that modified soya produces 10 per cent less food than its conventional equivalent. Genetic...

     
  • VIDEO: Real alternative energy

    Is there an alternative to petroleum? Here’s one possibility: Bio-diesel. The raw material – used cooking grease...

     
  • NZ becomes first country for Earth Hour lights out

    WELLINGTON (Xinhua) — New Zealand and Fiji on Saturday became the first countries to take part in Earth Hour, an event...

     
  • Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot

    Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot

    Mar 20, 2008 3:37

    Evening Standard condemned by press watchdog for coverage of the Camp for Climate Action’s Heathrow protest. Claim...

     
  • Budget Falls A Long Way Short On Green Action

    Environmentalists are calling Alistair Darling’s first Budget as Chancellor a ‘green smokescreen’, accusing...

     
  • Drug traces found in U.S. water supply

    Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville’s drinking water, including one used to treat people...

     
  • Day of Action: Refuse to Pay – 20th April

    The Student Climate Project All are invited to take part in a mass action against soaring public transport prices on Sunday...

     
  • NO STRAIN NO GAIN

    NO STRAIN NO GAIN

    Mar 3, 2008 18:29

    SchNEWS looks at how corporations and governments are limiting and controlling the varieties of crops grown… Last...

     
  • US to set ‘binding’ climate goals, finally

    By Richard Black The US is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions,...

     
  • Energy rip-off exposed

    Steven Swinford and Jon Ungoed-Thomas BRITAIN’S biggest energy companies have stifled competition to raise prices and make...

     
  • First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions by Next Summer

    By Matt Sullivan India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle....

     
  • How To: Install micro wind turbines and solar panels

    £25 million in grants issued for micro wind turbines and solar panels Small scale renewable energy grants worth some £25...

     
  • How to make a 100 Watt wind turbine‏

    This page is all about a rather silly, quick project where in about 1 day I built a small wind generator using the following...

     
  • Low-energy bulb disposal warning

    The Environment Agency has called for more information to be made available on the health and environmental risks posed by...

     
  • Did White House Censor Science?

    CLAYTON SANDELL House Democrats and Republicans traded rhetoric Monday over a new report claiming White House officials sought...

     
  • Spy warns there could be a war over water

    HE is the spy who came in from the cold, endured the heat, experienced the chill and was burned in the process. Little wonder...

     
  • Cannabis lowers greenhouse emissions

    Hemp helps with green movement Lucas Coppes As environmental consciousness increases, a plant with great potential to accommodate...