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Ministers are preparing to open the way for genetically modified crops to be grown in Britain on the grounds they could help combat the global food crisis according to the Independent.

What happened to eating in season food?
To cutting down on meat?
To growing at home?
To wasting less food?
To eating food that grows in our climate?
To reducing [...]

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Eco-towns are not proving popular with the rural folk whose local areas are about to be developed. This is essentially a case of not-in-my-backyard.
Asked if he is a Nimby, fighting off plans for desperately needed homes, Andrew Otway responds: ‘Yes. It is in my back yard. But our back yard happens to be the most important [...]

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One in six households live in fuel poverty according to the Observer. With rising fuel prices we can probably expect this to be a bigger issue in years to come.

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According to David Whitehouse of the New Statesman apparently so.
‘The fact is that the global temperature of 2007 is statistically the same as 2006 and every year since 2001′
It feels quite risky posting this link as it seems anyone who doubts the science is branded a heretic. Either way its good to challenge your beliefs [...]

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Yesterday brought mixed news on the environmental front. As I read in my Guardian over (a stereotypically vegetarian)lunch that the UK was actually responsible for far more carbon emissions than our good government would have us believe, I was informed by BBC news at 1 that enough wind turbines had been promised to power every home [...]

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I really don’t know the answer to this question.
The advantages it seems are obvious. Quite simply by ensuring there is more passenger space you improve the customer experience and increase the chance that more people will use public transport. Encouraging people to use public transport is a goal in itself what with the increasing threat of [...]

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 I was bored, so I calculated my carbon footprint. Answer questions on your home, appliances and transport habits to find out how you compare to the national average! It’s great, it comes with pretty Flash animations and everything…
 It’s not the most accurate thing in the world, but I clocked in at 1.5 tonnes of CO2 a year- [...]

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… it reminded me of a funny clip from Have I got News for You.

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Aaaaaaaaaaaargh. What on Earth am I going to tell the Tory Housemates now? Since we moved into our new Selly Oak house, I have nagged them, perhaps a little too much, about recycling. And it was paying off; they were starting to get good at it! I dropped gentle reminders about our dying planet into [...]

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