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Apr
06

Why wasn't early Earth frozen? Thank the oceans

With just 70 to 75 per cent as much sunlight hitting the Earth in its early days four billion years
2 min read
Apr
06

New breakthrough could revive promise of better solar cells

Researchers in Canada say they might have found a way to overcome the cost and technology problems that have kept
2 min read
Apr
02

Study: US setting cost of carbon perilously low

The US government is hurting its efforts to regulate carbon dioxide emissions by using flawed economic models that grossly underestimate
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Apr
02

Jurdy: Past peak

Jurdy realises that what goes up must eventually come down …
Apr
02

'Entrepreneur Heroes' trading cards support micro-finance

What a cool idea: have some of the ‘net’s top bloggers choose their favourite entrepreneur, feature those entrepreneurs on
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Apr
01

Where does your recycling go? The sight can be 'soul destroying'

With groggy eyes and messed up, bed-head hair I stumble down the stairs of my studio flat in central London,
3 min read
Apr
01

The Magic 8 Ball explains new US move to 'Drill, baby, drill'

So US President Barack Obama has decided to open vast new stretches of the nation’s coastline to oil and
2 min read
Mar
31

On energy: Focus on the scalable, not the possible

There’s a lesson the would-be architects of our clean, renewable-energy future can take from the international response to the
2 min read
Mar
31

Scientists seek climate secrets buried in NZ peat bogs

Ancient conifers buried in the peat bogs of New Zealand could hold the key to a better understanding of changes
2 min read
Mar
31

Britain sees busy week for low-carbon, climate plans

Energy- and carbon-minded British officials are keeping busy this week: on the eve of a rollout of new feed-in tariffs
2 min read