PM Julia Gillard has introduced a third attempt to legislate a price on pollution
The Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, has introduced her government's controversial carbon tax plans into parliament in a third attempt to legislate a price on…
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--Will the artist need to get out his brushes - and iPad - again, to record a startling change on the skyline of the Wolds?
Yorkshire has been presented with an enormous bouquet by its artist son David Hockney in the last week, with preview publicity…
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--A praticamente desconhecida ilha de Toquelau, no território da Polinésia, será abastecida com eletricidade gerada por 93% de luz solar e o restante com óleo de coco. O plano, anunciado pelo governo local, deve ser colocado em prática até meados de…
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--Influential investor group outlines new guidelines on company reporting to encourage disclosure and improve sustainability
Businesses should have to disclose much more information about their environmental performance, social impact, and how they…
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--Facility will recycle absorbent hygiene products to recover plastic and fibre that can be used to make products such as roof tiles
The UK's first ever plant for recycling nappies is to open today.
The facility, which will also recycle feminine…
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--After an outburst from a journalist, a demonstration took place to raise awareness of the difficulties cyclists face
Last month a journalist in Mexico City called on motorists to squash cyclists and rid the city of a plague.
The outburst from Angel…
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--Huge loans from the Chinese Development Bank are helping Chinese solar companies push American solar firms out of the market
Armed with tens of billions in loans from the Chinese government, Chinese solar companies have scaled at a rate unthinkable…
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--One worker reported dead in blast at Marcoule nuclear waste processing site in southern France
An explosion at a French nuclear waste processing plant that killed one person and injured four others sparked fears of a radioactive leak on Monday.
An…
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--A grua do navio levanta e despeja no convés uma rede em formato de cone. A oceanógrafa inglesa Clare Miller, porém, sabe o que procura ali --e não são peixes. Ela logo esvazia a ponta da rede dentro de um balde, revelando algas, plâncton e...…
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