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Britain gave the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations on Thursday, setting no limits on nuclear expansion and adding momentum for a worldwide renaissance of atomic energy. The ruling Labour government considered nuclear power unattractive as recently as 2003 but now says it will help Britain meet...

After just two early contests in the 2008 US presidential campaign, some environmental groups are already declaring a winner: the issue of climate change. "Four candidates, two states, one winner," was how the League of Conservation Voters put it after Tuesday's New Hampshire primary victories for Democrat Hillary...

WASHINGTON - A handful of the world's biggest banks are starting to look at the risk that climate change poses to their businesses, but investors say they need to do more. Necessary measures for the banks include raising targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at companies in their portfolios, according...

Rising production of biofuels has distorted government budgets, helped to drive up food prices and led to deforestation in south-east Asia, the chief scientist of Britain's farm ministry said on Friday."The way we are currently producing biofuels is not the way to go," former World Bank chief...

A huge cargo ship is set to cross the Atlantic Ocean this month with some help from a massive kite-like sail that could offset up to 15 percent of its fuel use on the journey. It's hardly a return to purely wind-powered shipping, but it's a start for the hugely polluting...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that man is the driving force behind global warming. It found with "very high confidence," a 90 percent chance, that the effect of human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and changes in land use, has been global warming. The warming,...

2007 will be remembered as the year "green" went mainstream. No longer just the province of "treehuggers" — consumers, corporate America, and politicians from both red and blue states embraced "green" initiatives and ideas. Whether the motivation was to save money, save the earth, or...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world on Wednesday to agree to work out a new climate treaty by 2009 but said it might be "too ambitious" to set goals for greenhouse gas cuts in Bali.China said it was disappointed by a lack...

Britain unveiled plans Monday to generate enough electricity through offshore wind farms to power every home in the country by 2020, increasing production more than 60-fold and changing the look of its coastlines. Britain's wind-swept coasts and shallow waters are ideal for offshore turbines, but wind generated power currently accounts for...

OSLO (Reuters) - Climate campaigner Al Gore collected the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday and said it was time to stop waging war on the earth and make peace with the planet.The former U.S. vice president shared the 2007 peace prize with the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

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Pupils from Thornhill primary school in Islington got the chance to meet Sophie Ellis-Bextor this morning, when she went along to launch npower's Greener Schools programme.She joined Andy Duff, npower's CEO, to announce the £20 million, five year initiative, designed to make schools more sustainable.Thornhill is one of...

Ikea has teamed up with the Woodland Trust, to grow its family forest.Every time customers swipe their Ikea Family loyalty card, 10p will be donated to Woodland Trust, which is the equivalent of a square foot of woodland. So by shopping for interiors you can make the outside world...

Earth Positive has launched a range of ‘climate neutral’ T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts.The classic range is climate - or carbon - neutral due its environmentally responsible production and gives a new meaning to a ‘clean T-shirt’. This is achieved by using organic cotton, which is planted and...

Climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre say storm surges may become higher and more frequent this century. Studies of climate change at the Met Office Hadley Centre suggest that in the future the height of coastal floods is likely to increase, potentially causing more damage. "It is...