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9-Apr-09

Health risks of shipping pollution have been 'underestimated'

"One giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50m cars, study finds" "US academic research which showed that pollution from the world's 90,000 cargo ships leads to 60,000...

Category: Transport

8-Apr-09

One 20-year-old a day diagnosed with dangerous skin cancer

One young woman in her 20s is being diagnosed with the most serious form of skin cancer almost every day, Britain's largest cancer charity warns today. Cancer Research UK says malignant melanoma, which can be fatal, is on the...

Category: Public Health

8-Apr-09

New era for fossil fuels as first carbon capturing power plant begins work

"French power station leading the way in the world's sluggish move towards using environmentally vital CCS technology"


8-Apr-09

Obama climate adviser open to geo-engineering to tackle global warming

"The global warming situation has become so dire that Barack Obama's chief scientific adviser has raised with the president the possibility of massive-scale technological fixes to alter the climate known as 'geo-engineering'."

Category: Climate Change

7-Apr-09

Ecological debt: no way back from bankrupt

"While most governments' eyes are on the banking crisis, a much bigger issue - the environmental crisis - is passing them by, says Andrew Simms. In the Green Room this week, he argues that failure to organise a bailout for...


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