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Low allergen design is a whole building approach that aims to reduce and avoid all known allergens, and to minimize the conditions in which they occur...

What marvellous news to learn that the UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon is to launch a thorough investigation into the science behind climate change! It’s the equivalent of Kenneth Lay promising to organise a full and...

What marvellous news to learn that the UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon is to launch a thorough investigation into the science behind climate change! It’s the equivalent of Kenneth Lay promising to organise a full and...

A collection of images that show the beauty of wind power

Our tariff plan is near-identical to Germany's – that's the one that produced woeful amounts of energy, jobs and innovationJeremy Leggett: I accept George Monbiot's £100 solar PV betLet me begin with a plea to tone down...

• Lobby consists of 90 academics, politicians and experts• Claim appropriate information has not been made availablePressure on the government to organise an independent inquiry into a new generation of nuclear power...

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RenewableUK says inconsistencies in tariff favour solar panels, which takes microgeneration business out of UKUK small wind turbine manufacturers say they will lose out to foreign solar panel manufacturers in the race to...

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta by the photojournalist Ed Kashi documents the consequences of 50 years of oil extraction in the Niger delta

I wish to make nine points in my response to George Monbiot's latest round in our disagreement about the importance of solar photovoltaics (PV) and the UK government's upcoming feed-in tariffs...

New machine by Xeros cleans clothes with beads and a tiny amount of water and may cut household bills by 30%"Dry" cleaning is set to become a domestic activity with a washing machine that uses 90% less water than a normal...

Average carbon emissions of new cars reduced by 5.4% in 2009 as drivers trade in their old car for cleaner modelsThe average emissions from a new car dropped at the fastest rate in 13 years last year because of the UK government's...

Last month, inspectors found dangerous chemicals in the groundwater near the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor. The situation demonstrates that from the mining of uranium ore to the storage of radioactive waste, nuclear reactors...

The Environment Agency has identified thousands of potential small-scale hydropower sites in English and Welsh rivers that could power up to 850,000 homes

News has just reached me that the great Professor Ian Plimer, scourge of climate-fear-promoters everywhere, has been suddenly disinvited by the Royal Society of Artists (RSA) from a lecture he was due to give in May before...

Do you really need another plastic go-gaw? How about using the same go-gaw you have again, or how about using a go-gaw that will last many years so you only have to buy one?