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Indonesia: Is the world still looking away?

Posted by India Thorogood - 30th March 2016
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‘Indonesia is burning – so why is the world looking away?’ Late last year those words shone a small spotlight on a massive climate crisis – now it looks like they could be… Read More

Sumatran rhino found while forest habitat is lost

Posted by Jamie Woolley - 30th March 2016
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Good news for rhino fans: last week, researchers announced the first live encounter with a Sumatran rhino in Borneo for over 40 years. But the human pressures that have pushed this species to the brink of extinction are still very much in play. An excited WWF team released… Read More

7 Questions EDF Needs to Answer About Hinkley Nuclear Plant

Posted by Kate Blagojevic - 22nd March 2016
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Tomorrow morning, the saga that is Hinkley nuclear power station is set to continue as executives from EDF will face a grilling from MPs in parliament. As the media debate rages about Hinkley, MPs will now put questions to EDF – and other executives from the nuclear industry – about… Read More

Government U-turn: Osborne Drops Plan To Hike Up The Cost Of Solar Panels

Posted by Rebecca Newsom - 22nd March 2016
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On Wednesday last week, chancellor George Osborne unveiled plans to hike up the amount of VAT on solar panels from 5% to 20%. The VAT hike could have been disastrous for the solar industry. It costs around £6,000 to install a 4 kilowatt array of panels (the kind of installation… Read More

In pictures: Fascinating forests of the world and what we are doing to them

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 18th March 2016
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It’s the International day of Forests today and a quote by Mahatma Gandhi springs to mind: “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” Our archive pictures illustrate the beauty and… Read More