Environment

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Making It Personal

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Environment
Recently the launch of the second IPCC report on the impacts of climate change coincided with a bout of smog hitting London. Although strictly more an ‘air pollution’ than a…
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Time to Get Tough on Plastic

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Environment
Plastic has become an essential but disposable part of our lives particularly over the festive season. Whatever your choice of fayre or gift it’s difficult to avoid and, although recycling…

New EU Law: Penalties for Eco-crimes

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Environment
Deepwater Horizon, Fukushima, the Niger Delta or Canadian tar sands – these are just some examples of environmental disasters caused by humans. The large-scale destruction of our planet’s ecosystems threatens…

The Science of Informed Uncertainty

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In this age of big data and constant information you might think scientific knowledge would bring more certainty to our lives, but greater insight can paint a more complex and…

More Than Honey

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Environment
One in every three bites of food we eat comes from a pollinated plant or an animal that depends on bee pollination. So bees are absolutely essential to human beings…

Fast Track

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Environment, Lifestyle
To put things in perspective, journeys by train produce 70-90% less carbon than flying and research indicates that when released higher in the atmosphere the contribution to global warming at…
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Green City, Blue Trees

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Environment, Lifestyle
As part of the City of London Festival, which took place earlier this week, Trees for Cities, a charity concerned with deforestation, set up an art installation in collaboration with…