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The Lincoln and the damage done
Tom Peck: Neil Young's memorabilia warehouse burns down – and adapted eco-car that inspired album is to blame.
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Few companies meet carbon reporting norms
Monday, 8 November 2010
Most British businesses fail to comply with government guidance on reporting their carbon footprints, a Deloitte survey of 100 listed firms reveals.
Simon Usborne: 'Eric Barone hit 107mph on the slopes of Cerro Negro, before his bike broke in half and he nearly died'
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Going down Westerham Hill recently, which winds down from the North Downs in Kent, I grabbed my drops, stood on my pedals, lowered my head and resisted the urge to brake. Eyes watering, face flushed and heart racing, I looked at my cycle computer as the road flattened out. I had peaked at 51mph.
Dartford's Green Army march on to new ground
Friday, 5 November 2010
Paul Newman: Britain's first eco-friendly arena will be in the FA Cup spotlight when Port Vale arrive at Princes Park tomorrow.
Protest at Anglo's Alaskan quest
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Nikhil Kumar: Top jewellers are refusing to use gold from a proposed mine because it threatens a major fishing ground.
'Daddy, where will the polar bears live?'
Monday, 1 November 2010
Nick Duerden: When it comes to getting parents to go green, pester power is a force to be reckoned with.
Cyclo-therapy: 'Boris bikes have blown fresh air into the gloom of a city renowned for its moody commuters'
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Anyone living outside London is probably fed up of hearing about the infernal failures of the city's transport network. We do like a moan. But, while the arteries of our road, rail and tube systems develop an acute case of angina, a two-wheeled success story has given us cause for cheer.
Cash incentives for councils that sign up for wind farms
Friday, 29 October 2010
Oliver Wright: Extra funding for those that give go-ahead to new wind farms under plans to stop local communities sabotaging renewable energy projects.
UK's wind farm plans in disarray
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Oliver Wright: Local revolts against wind farms have jeopardised the plan to use them, figures reveal.
Wind energy? No thanks – we want to keep our nuclear option
Thursday, 28 October 2010
As soon as residents living near Hinkley Point, on the west Somerset coast, were told that a 12-pylon wind farm was planned for their rural idyll, opposition was quick to grow.
Green lessons are wasted on parents
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Parents are undermining schools' efforts to educate children about being green, a poll found. More than a third (37 per cent) of parents with children of school age acknowledge they do not set the best example when it comes to being energy efficient.
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