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26-Feb-09

Carbon capture won't work until 2030, says energy boss

"Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, has warned that coal plants fitted with carbon capture storage (CCS) equipment are unlikely to be ready to make big cuts in Britain's emissions before 2030."

Category: Energy sources

26-Feb-09

Droughts 'may lay waste' to parts of US

"The world's pre-eminent climate scientists produced a blunt assessment of the impact of global warming on the US yesterday, warning of droughts that could reduce the American south-west to a wasteland and heatwaves that could...

Category: Climate Change

26-Feb-09

American taste for soft toilet roll 'worse than driving Hummers'

"Extra-soft, quilted and multi-ply toilet roll made from virgin forest causes more damage than gas-guzzlers, fast food or McMansions, say campaigners"

Category: Climate Change

26-Feb-09

Water 'more important than oil' businesses told

"Dwindling water supplies are a greater risk to businesses than oil running out, a report for investors has warned."

Category: Climate Change

26-Feb-09

To expand knowledge, we must first admit ignorance

"Far more is known about short-lived bacteria than ancient pines - and that reflects one of science's most enduring problems"

Category: Big Science

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