Environment

Bins that reward recyclers may help clean up the streets

Matt Chorley: Government review wants household habits to continue when people step outside.

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Dire climate warning locked in ancient rocks

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Carbon is pouring into Earth's atmosphere ten times faster today than during a dramatic event 56 million years ago that raised Earth's temperature by at least five degrees Celsius (nine degrees Fahrenheit), according to a study released Sunday.

'Laughing' insects among new Philippine species

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Laughing cicadas and small "cat sharks" are among scores of species believed new to science discovered by US and Filipino researchers in waters and islands of the Philippines, the team said Wednesday.

Environmentalists and tuna fishers manoeuvering at sea

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Environmentalists on the Mediterranean sent a small launch this morning to inspect a sea cage to determine whether it was holding tuna, but fishermen attacked them with debris, forcing a return to the mother ship.

Extinct sea cow fossil found in Philippines

Saturday, 11 June 2011

The bones of an extinct sea cow species that lived about 20 million years ago have been discovered in a cave in the Philippines by a team of Italian scientists, the expedition head said Monday.

Solar tunnel powers part of Paris-Amsterdam train line

Saturday, 11 June 2011

High-speed international trains linking Paris and Amsterdam as of Monday became the first in Europe to use electricity generated by solar panels installed in a tunnel on the line.

Trains, torches, wasps vs. beetles and other green stories of the week

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Some of the major green and environmental stories of the past week (June 4-10), including the introduction of wasps to save Wisconsin's forests, solar-powered trains, failure to make a low-carbon Olympic torch and cuts to solar funding are rounded up below.

Glastonbury offers green travel initiatives

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Music fans planning to attend this year's Glastonbury music festival are being encouraged to travel in a greener manner as part of a new environmentally friendly scheme.

Deal for EU governments to tax truckers for pollution, noise

Saturday, 11 June 2011

European governments will be able to hit hauliers for air and noise pollution costs after a deal struck in the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Government subsidy cut prompts solar outrage

Friday, 10 June 2011

Sean Farrell: Campaigners said the Government was 'crippling' the solar industry just as other nations were focusing on it.

Carbon credits may be awarded for camel cull

Friday, 10 June 2011

Australia has come up with a way of killing two birds with one stone. Or rather, killing one camel and tackling climate change. The government is considering a scheme that would see "carbon credits" awarded for culling the methane-belching ruminants that roam the outback.

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