High street stores to advise government on energy and emissions
High street stores will advise the government on energy savings to meet its 10:10 pledge. Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian After the easyCouncil and John Lewis local authority, comes the Marks & Spencer ministry. The high-street giant, along with...
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An insider’s view of global climate talks
Stopping deforestation in Brazil's Amazon regions is key to preventing runaway climate change. Photograph: EMA00091BRA /Eduardo Martino/PANOS "As for the (bad) news from the US Senate, they are not that surprising. Of course, this will affect the...
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Hotel review | Lerags House, Oban, Scotland
More ambitious bikers might try ascending to Musdale from Kilmore and crossing to Kilchrenan via Loch Nant. Kilchrenan has a lively pub with good food so fill your boots before returning to Oban via Glen Lonan. Explore the forestry areas on the fire...
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Eyewitness: Vast cotton harvest in Brazil
Your IP address will be logged If you need help using the site: userhelpguardian.co.uk Call the main Guardian and Observer switchboard: +44 (0)20 3353 2000 Ten harvesters work in a cotton field on the Santana estate in Bahia state, Brazil...
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We must reap the benefits of palm oil, but manage the environmental costs | Caroline Spelman
From the margarine we eat to the wheels on our cars to the shampoo in our showers, palm oil is everywhere. That's why we must strive to make it sustainable, says Caroline Spelman, secretary of state for the environment Palm kernels, used to make palm oil.
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The international community’s responsibility to Haiti | Michael Deibert
Victims of the earthquake lie outside the Hospital of the Haitian Community in Port-au-Prince. Photograph: Tiago Petinga/EPA Though the earthquake was promiscuously destructive, killing the good and the bad, the rich and the poor, those who still...
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Fate of the Amazon hangs in the balance | Siân Herbert
Call me a cynic, but the dash to dismantle the forestry code looks like it's more in the interest of agribusiness than anyone else. Also, remember that the degradation of environmental resources disproportionately affects the poor,...
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In pictures: Endangered UK species wallchart
While factors such as ocean temperature changes may have affected the population, the main reason for the collapse is thought to be overfishing...
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We’re all hooked on fishing now
But I persevered and, as is often the way in life, the right teachers presented themselves. Fishing took me to wild places; it taught me self-effacement and observation, and that neither success nor failure are quite what they seem. "Study...
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Where else can I go?
What they said about Barnsley "Barnsley has been transformed; this Phoenix from the fire is now the epitome of the 21st-century market town," Barnsley Development Agency. "The mining industry's collapse in the 1990s has had lasting effects … This means
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