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Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops

Written by Alok Jha
09/02/2008
Vast greenhouse installations using sea water could turn deserts into lush patches of vegetation Read more...

Food safety: Scientists warn of health risks in salad packs

Written by Press Association
09/02/2008
Growing popularity of pre-packed salads is likely to lead to an increase in food poisoning cases Read more...

M Cist: Iran's lights are going out

Written by M Cist
09/02/2008
M Cist: The country believed to have the world's third-largest oil reserves is in the grip of power cuts – a result of bad planning and corruption Read more...

We need to reduce, not adapt, our carbon footprint

Written by Leo Hickman
09/02/2008
A new scheme to help the people most at risk from climate change to adapt and survive, not just cut emissions, is admirable but ultimately unconvincing Read more...

Open thread: The MoD wants to use fake fur – what do you think?

Written by Open thread
09/02/2008
Open thread: The Ministry of Defence wants to stop using animal fur in its uniforms: can you think of better alternatives? Read more...

Seawater greenhouse project could turn deserts into fertile land for food and water

Written by Alok Jha
09/02/2008
The planned project would use solar power to evaporate salt water, generating cool air and pure water thereby allowing food to be grown Read more...

Boris Johnson finally appoints an environment adviser

Written by Dave Hill
09/02/2008
Dave Hill: So many senior personnel have left Boris Johnson's mayoral team during his brief time in power it's been easy to forget that some have still to arrive Read more...

Blackberry picking in decline

Written by Jon Dennis
09/02/2008
Is there anything more joyful than foraging for blackberries, the juice running down your fingers? Read more...

Country walk to mark the launch of A Good Year for Blossom

Written by guardian.co.uk Environment
09/02/2008
Country walk to mark the launch of A Good Year for Blossom Read more...

Greenwatch: Beyond carbon scientists worry about nitrogen's effects

Written by Environment editor
09/02/2008
Today's top green stories from websites around the world Read more...

Where whale steak goes well with greens

Written by Gwladys Fouché
09/02/2008
In Norway there is no contradiction between eco-consciousness and eating whale meat Read more...

George Monbiot: Yes, I'm a fructivist. My mission is to show you what you're missing

Written by George Monbiot
09/01/2008
George Monbiot: We have lost the sweetest of our native fruit: the only way to get it back is to grow it - even if that means guerrilla grafting Read more...

Country diary: Kilpeck, Herefordshire

Written by Roger Redfern
09/01/2008
Roger Redfern: Kilpeck, Herefordshire Read more...

Kingsnorth protest: Activists to use climate change as defence for £30,000 tower damage

Written by John Vidal
09/01/2008
Greenpeace protestors expected to argue that they acted to prevent lives being lost by global warming Read more...

Gustav does its worst, but New Orleans survives

Written by Ed Pilkington
09/01/2008
Relief for residents as storm weakens but authorities still have questions to answer over the city's flood defences Read more...

Louisiana authorities prepared for 'mother of all storms'

Written by Suzanne Goldenberg
09/01/2008
With tobacco, beer and a sense of hope, boarded-up town braces for the worst Read more...

New Orleans spared repeat of Katrina's devastation

Written by Ed Pilkington
09/01/2008
Relief for residents as storm weakens but authorities still have questions to answer over the city's flood defences Read more...

Effort to reinforce New Orleans' flood defences fraught with obstacles

Written by Andrew Clark
09/01/2008
Only a quarter of $15bn operation has been completed since Katrina engulfed the city three years ago Read more...

People of southern Louisiana more prepared than ever before

Written by Suzanne Goldenberg
09/01/2008
With tobacco, beer and a sense of hope, boarded-up town braces for the worst Read more...

Tensions rise over Indian flood relief

Written by Randeep Ramesh
09/01/2008
Rows erupt between aid agencies and Indian authorities over inadequate food supplies and medicine Read more...

New Orleans: High winds, high anxiety - but this time the Big Easy is spared disaster from...

Written by David Smith
09/01/2008
Flood defences working well as few who remain hole up and wait Read more...

Gustav downgraded to category two storm

Written by Ian Sample
09/01/2008
Winds from the category two storm are still expected to reach 110mph Read more...

Energy: RWE spends £6m on stake in Quiet Revolution

Written by Ashley Seager
09/01/2008
German energy company to buy a minority holding in the British wind turbine maker Read more...

Scotland hopes for big increase in hydro power

Written by Severin Carrell
09/01/2008
Ministerial taskforce estimates half of Scotland's homes could be fuelled with clean energy by 2020 Read more...

Björn Lomborg and Gary Yohe: The climate change debate is not the place for hyperbole and...

Written by Björn Lomborg, Gary Yohe
09/01/2008
Björn Lomborg and Gary Yohe: The climate change debate, while very public and very political, is not the place for hyperbole and hysteria; it's time to move on Read more...

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