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23rd August 2005

Green Roofs Across The US

As temperatures soared and New York City broke records for electricity use at the end of July, landscapers were installing a "green" roof at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, where the television series "The...

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23rd August 2005

German Environment Minister asks RWE to justify high energy prices

Germany's environmental minister Juergen Trittin said RWE AG may be using rising prices in CO2 emissions certificate trading as a pretence to hike electricity prices, Financial Times Deutschland said, citing a letter Tri...

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23rd August 2005

El Ni�o Forecasts Help Farmers

African farmers who use weather forecasts based on El Ni�o data are likely to see an increase in crop yields, according to a new study.

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23rd August 2005

Sceptical US Senator Now Sounds Alarm on Global Warming

Sen. Lindsey Graham has never been known as a friend of the environmental movement. The League of Conservation Voters, for example, gave the Seneca Republican failing grades on its 2003 and 2004 report cards.

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23rd August 2005

Global warming forces Britain's birds to take flight

The Scottish crossbill may be going; the black kite may be coming. Climate change appears to be widely affecting Britain's wild birds, a study shows.

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23rd August 2005

Africa's Big 5 on the Plains of North America

If a group of US researchers have their way, lions, cheetahs, elephants and camels could soon roam parts of North America, Nature magazine reports.

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23rd August 2005

Scottish Exec Publishes Integrated Transport and Land Use

The Executive's updated policy for integrating land use and transport planning was published today.

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11th August 2005

WWF Say Temperatures Soaring Across Europe's Cities

Forest fires are ravaging Portugal. Spain is hit by droughts, suffering severe water shortages.

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11th August 2005

The Ministry of Defence's Sustainable Development Report

MoD's first stand-alone Report aims to provide an overview of the Department's work on Sustainable Development issues in the areas of UK-based estate management and development, civilian personnel management and equipmen...

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11th August 2005

Renewable energy going to waste, Reports The Guardian

A million hectares of countryside could be used for sources of biomass, helping to create a cleaner, greener Britain and avoid 20m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year, says a government report to be published in Oc...

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