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| David Thorpe is a prize-winning novelist and environmental writer. His book series Hybrids - for teens and young adults - is published by HarperCollins. He is the Director of Cyberium. He co-edits a journal on sustainable development for business and local government in the UK. Formerly, he was a publisher of books about sustainable technology and renewable energy, and remains a writer on these issues. | ||||
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Planet burning: Russia fires threaten climate19 Aug, 2010 11:19 am Besides causing 700 extra deaths a day in Moscow alone - due to the smoke from forest fires, according to its top health official - the smoke has quickened... | ||
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Battle rages in British Isles over offshore drilling23 Jul, 2010 02:23 pm Here's a question: in which country do you imagine that a police officer might say to a protestor who is trying to prevent an offshore gas/oil drilling... | ||
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How green is the green flagship city of the developing world?11 Dec, 2009 08:47 pm During the COP-15 negotiations, where can we find an example of a sustainable city in the developing world? Google the question and you get an answer:... | ||
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The undiscussed supply chain9 Dec, 2008 11:56 am The extraction of uranium is dangerous, leaves a toxic legacy for millions of years in vulnerable parts of the world, and is hardly conducted in an ethical... | ||
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Top companies' peak oil warning24 Nov, 2008 11:38 am Leading UK companies have launched a report, The Oil Crunch: Securing the UK?s Energy Future, warning that cheap, easily available oil is likely to end... | ||
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Energy and climate change department's first tasks7 Oct, 2008 06:48 pm The creation of a new Department for Energy and Climate Change is welcomed in all quarters: by environmental campaigners, CBI,... | ||
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Carbon capture and storage is an end-of-pipe dream15 Sep, 2008 12:34 pm The Government is basing its enthusiasm for new coal-burning power stations on the notion of retrofitting CCS (carbon capture and storage) in the future... | ||
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Tidal vs Nuclear4 Jul, 2008 10:41 am Even as Gordon Brown gives support for more nuclear newbuild, tidal stream energy makes big strides forwards while nuclear costs rise and problems continue | ||
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Will Nuclear Power Stations be Insurable?11 Jan, 2008 10:42 am The Government has announced its decision on nuclear power, which is SUCH a surprise! | ||
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That Geoclimatic Studies Hoax and What It was About13 Nov, 2007 11:33 am Are there only opinions about reality, that we can only trade insults about, or is it possible to refer to independent, or 'objective' correlations for... | ||
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