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Detroit sows the seeds of recovery
11th July 2010 Detroit was once the engine of America's automotive industry. Today it is a symbol of urban decay. But a daring bid to return the land to farming is sowing seeds of recovery – and could be a template for cities across the worldStrolling around his inner-city Detroit neighbourhood, Mark Covington pauses to take in the view. The houses and shops that...
11th July 2010 Detroit was once the engine of America's automotive industry. Today it is a symbol of urban decay. But a daring bid to return the land to farming is sowing seeds of recovery – and could be a template for cities across the worldStrolling around his inner-city Detroit neighbourhood, Mark Covington pauses to take in the view. The houses and shops that...
Readers' pond life photographs
15th June 2010 We asked readers to send in their photos of water boatmen, beetles, snails, alderflies, frogspawn, damselfly larvae and other pond wildlife. Here's a selection of the bestGuardian readers
15th June 2010 We asked readers to send in their photos of water boatmen, beetles, snails, alderflies, frogspawn, damselfly larvae and other pond wildlife. Here's a selection of the bestGuardian readers
Police taskforce to tackle theft in London
15th June 2010 Team of 30 officers will disrupt organised bike crime and work with websites to stop stolen goods being sold onlineImagine leaving your expensive mobile phone or laptop secured to a lamp post by the side of the road for eight hours a day. People would think you had lost your mind. But this is exactly what cyclists do daily with their bikes, and it's...
15th June 2010 Team of 30 officers will disrupt organised bike crime and work with websites to stop stolen goods being sold onlineImagine leaving your expensive mobile phone or laptop secured to a lamp post by the side of the road for eight hours a day. People would think you had lost your mind. But this is exactly what cyclists do daily with their bikes, and it's...
EDF is not asking taxpayer to subsidise nuclear
15th June 2010 We've been open. We expect to pay the full costs of decommissioning power stationsYour article on the costs associated with nuclear reactors addresses a fundamental question about how we de-carbonise our energy supply, and who pays (Nuclear waste offer 'has hidden subsidy', 3 June). But the suggestion that EDF Energy was engaged in "behind-the...
15th June 2010 We've been open. We expect to pay the full costs of decommissioning power stationsYour article on the costs associated with nuclear reactors addresses a fundamental question about how we de-carbonise our energy supply, and who pays (Nuclear waste offer 'has hidden subsidy', 3 June). But the suggestion that EDF Energy was engaged in "behind-the...
Carbon emissions fall as aircraft grounded
19th April 2010 Cooling effect from volcano ash cloud will be 'very insignificant', but flight ban stops emission of estimated 2.8m tonnes of CO2• Scientists call for research on climate link to geological hazardsThe eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano is unlikely to have any significant impact on climate but has caused a small fall in carbon emissions, experts...
19th April 2010 Cooling effect from volcano ash cloud will be 'very insignificant', but flight ban stops emission of estimated 2.8m tonnes of CO2• Scientists call for research on climate link to geological hazardsThe eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano is unlikely to have any significant impact on climate but has caused a small fall in carbon emissions, experts...
Carbon Positive: a chance to protect children affected by climate change | Paddy Ashdown
8th April 2010 Unicef's new scheme urges businesses to go beyond simply reducing their emissions and to take a lead in tackling climate changeThe era of all-night illuminations in shop windows and the open-door policy favoured by shops to help entice you in as you walk by, could well be over.From the beginning of April, 5,000 organisations in both the public and private...
8th April 2010 Unicef's new scheme urges businesses to go beyond simply reducing their emissions and to take a lead in tackling climate changeThe era of all-night illuminations in shop windows and the open-door policy favoured by shops to help entice you in as you walk by, could well be over.From the beginning of April, 5,000 organisations in both the public and private...
Scientists must be ruthlessly honest about data
4th March 2010 If we want the public to continue to trust us as scientists, we must be absolutely open and never resort to spin or PRI'm not a climate scientist, but I am concerned about the reputation of science and scientists. One motive for going into science for me was that it is one of the few jobs where you get rewarded for telling the truth.So it was painful...
4th March 2010 If we want the public to continue to trust us as scientists, we must be absolutely open and never resort to spin or PRI'm not a climate scientist, but I am concerned about the reputation of science and scientists. One motive for going into science for me was that it is one of the few jobs where you get rewarded for telling the truth.So it was painful...
Deep-sea trawling is destroying reefs and pristine marine habitats
18th February 2010 A survey of the world's reefs and submerged mountains has revealed widespread damage from deep-sea trawlingDeep-sea trawling is devastating corals and pristine marine habitats that have gone untouched since the last ice age, a leading marine biologist has warned.A survey of the world's reefs and seamounts – giant submerged mountains that rise more...
18th February 2010 A survey of the world's reefs and submerged mountains has revealed widespread damage from deep-sea trawlingDeep-sea trawling is devastating corals and pristine marine habitats that have gone untouched since the last ice age, a leading marine biologist has warned.A survey of the world's reefs and seamounts – giant submerged mountains that rise more...
Water vapour caused one-third of global warming in 1990s, study reveals
29th January 2010 Experts say their research does not undermine the scientific consensus on man-made climate change, but call for 'closer examination' of the way computer models consider water vapourScientists have underestimated the role that water vapour plays in determining global temperature changes, according to a new study that could fuel further attacks on the...
29th January 2010 Experts say their research does not undermine the scientific consensus on man-made climate change, but call for 'closer examination' of the way computer models consider water vapourScientists have underestimated the role that water vapour plays in determining global temperature changes, according to a new study that could fuel further attacks on the...
Greenpeace to build Rainbow Warrior III
17th January 2010 The Rainbow Warrior III mega-yacht will be one of the greenest ships afloat, complete with satellite video system and a helipadMany navies are shrinking as defence cuts bite, but environment groups are renewing their fleets in response to growing ecological pressure on oceans and losses of their vessels at sea.German and Polish shipyards will shortly...
17th January 2010 The Rainbow Warrior III mega-yacht will be one of the greenest ships afloat, complete with satellite video system and a helipadMany navies are shrinking as defence cuts bite, but environment groups are renewing their fleets in response to growing ecological pressure on oceans and losses of their vessels at sea.German and Polish shipyards will shortly...
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