Oil
Sustainable energy for all
The United Nations General Assembly has declared that 2012 is the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
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Climate
Debate 2.0: Is sustainable development still relevant?
As we approach its 25th birthday, it seems this complex concept needs rethinking. Do you agree?
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Oil
Plastic to oil fantastic
A Japanese company creates a small, very safe and easy to use machine that can convert several types of plastic back into oil.
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Biodiversity
Fate of the Amazon hangs in the balance
With the Brazilian elections just months away, vested interests are competing to weaken the country's environmental laws.
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Climate
E-waste: not your normal trash
Increasingly large amounts of electrical and electronic waste are raising questions about resource efficiency and concerns about the dangers to humans and the environment.
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Oil
Europe’s renewable energy supergrid
Europe's first electricity grid for renewable power will become a political reality, as nine countries formally link clean energy projects.
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Oil
Why do we over-consume?
In pre-modern times, societies that thrived were ones that developed high rates of consumption. Need we still be slaves to this trait?
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Oil
How things work: Canada’s oil sands
Huge tracts of remote forested land are strip-mined to obtain a thick crude oil called bitumen from Canada's oil sands.
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Climate
Japan to suffer huge climate costs
There is a pervasive belief amongst Japanese leaders and decision-makers that climate change will not have a big impact on Japan in the future. They are wrong.
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