Top Stories for the tag "environment" voted on by you! RSS feed July 6, 2008

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Methane rise points to wetlands

Science – Higher atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas methane noted last year are probably related to emissions from wetlands, especially around the Arctic.

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Surgeries shown live to gathering

Health & Fitness – Delicate surgeries being carried out across the world are being beamed live to Dundee to help train the next generation of health experts.

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100 MPG Car....The Future Is Oh So Near!

Autos – Forget this 40-50 MPG peanutsââ;¬Â¦..The real news is that the X PRIZE Foundation has offered a $10 million prize for the first production vehicle to break that golden 100 Mile Per Gallon barrier.

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A teenage drug dealer has died four days after being shot…

News – Sharmaarke Hassan, 17, was found with a gunshot wound in Gilbeys Yard, Camden, at about 2300 BST on Saturday.

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Green end to Chelsea flower show

News – Leftovers from the 86th Chelsea Flower Show that cannot be recycled are being offered to community groups and charities so they do not go to waste.

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Poorer drivers 'hit hard' by tax

News – The government is coming under mounting pressure from hauliers and its own MPs to change its mind on measures that threaten to raise the cost of driving.

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Horse plunge tradition to go on

News – The controversial tradition of immersing horses in a river is to continue at a Cumbrian horse fair.

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Surviving on the best things in life

Politics – With food and fuel prices and utility bills going up and more than a million households facing more expensive mortgage deals, this year is being dominated by talk of the squeeze on household finances.

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French fishing strike to continue

Food – French fishermen have voted to continue blockades of several ports and fuel depots for two more days in protest at fishing quotas and rising diesel costs.

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Crime's growing perception gap

News – The government has unveiled a Ã;£3m advertising campaign against knife crime, using graphic images of real injuries inflicted amid growing fears about the problem and a spate of recent deaths of young people.…

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Boy held over teenager shooting

News – A 16-year-old boy has been arrested over the murder of a teenager who was shot in north London.

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Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than…

Science – Archaeologists have said the cremation burials found at the site might represent a single elite family and its descendents - perhaps a ruling dynasty.

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Rising fuel prices: European views

News – BBC News website readers across Europe have been reacting to the continent's surging fuel prices, which have prompted blockades and strikes in Spain, France and the UK. Read some of their comments below and…

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Dibnah widow's anger at vandals

News – The widow of famous steeplejack Fred Dibnah said she was "devastated" at a vandal attack on a statue erected in his memory in his home town.

Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth
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Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth

Science – A simple change to the design of the gallon milk jug, adopted by Wal-Mart and Costco, seems made for the times. The jugs are cheaper to ship and better for the environment, the milk is fresher when it arrives in…

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A County Antrim man who makes tombstones says he has accidentally…

Science – Basil Haslett, from Bendooragh near Ballymoney, says he transforms the molecular structure of toughened glass when he carves designs into it. As a result of this etching, less heat passes through the pane.

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BREAKING: 320,000 Acres of Forest Protected in Landmark…

News – In one of the most significant conservation sales in U.S. history, The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of pristine forest in western Montana that provide valuable habitat…

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The Environmental Technology of Wall*E

Movies – In the movie, the Earth is abandoned in about 2110...about 100 years from now. In that time, we've made some good advances in renewable energy, and even efficiency, but it wasn't enough.

Top 10 Most Environment Friendly Cars
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Top 10 Most Environment Friendly Cars

Autos – There are already a lot of environment friendly cars developed by a number of car manufacturers. These are Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Ford, Chevrolet, GMC and Lexus and etc...

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Surfer dog

Pets – A dog participates at the 3rd Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort surf dog competition at Imperial Beach.

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Zoology: 10 New Species Discovered Again

Science – Can't believe that there are still a lot of species that have not been discovered.

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NYC says 'Bag It' to state recycling bill

Science – Have opponents of New York City's plastic bag recycling law found a way to subvert it?

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Firefighters Battling More Than 1,000 Wildfires In California

News – Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said dangerous conditions would not relent anytime soon.

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Dylan to be Released Today After 9 Years in Captivity

Do No Evil – Weighing 150 pounds and taking five men to wrestle her out of her saltwater tank, Dylan the sea turtle is set to be released into the sea today.

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G8 may invest billions to cut CO2

Science – The Group of Eight wealthy nations are looking at investing more than $10 billion a year to support new technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, including carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a Japanese…

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