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Race to salvage stricken tanker as leaking oil harms wildlife

11.10.11
Storms heading for New Zealand are set to batter a stricken ship which has already spilled 300 tonnes of oil into the sea - causing the country's worst ever environmental disaster... more

Do more to save planet or man faces extinction, warns Charles

08.09.11
Mankind faces extinction unless people wake up to the 'rapacious' loss of the earth's natural resources, Prince Charles warns... more

'Don't undermine David Cameron on climate targets'

23.06.11
Pressure is mounting on Tory MEPs not to undermine Prime Minister David Cameron over tougher European climate change targets ... more

Government announces carbon cutting targets

17.05.11
Government announces that it has agreed to ambitious targets for emissions cuts into the 2020s, after a Cabinet rift on the issue ... more

The man who reinvented the wheels

13.01.11
Tate Modern’s first big exhibition of 2011 opens next week — and if ever an artist needed an introduction, it’s the enigmatic Mexican, Gabriel Orozco... more

City Spy: John Redwood manoeuvres on capital gains tax

24.06.10
John Redwood predicts the increase in capital gains tax will lead to a fall in revenue — rather than the extra £725 million the Treasury is projecting... more

Spider scare for Lily Allen on rainforest mission

13.05.10
Pop princess Lily Allen was faced with an unwelcome guest as she discovered a tarantula in her bed during a project to help save Brazilian rainforests.... more

Stuff this sarge, I can see how you earned your stripes

24.03.10
Police have seized a stuffed tiger from a Mayfair gallery that was suspected of being on sale illegally... more

BMW that changes its shape

16.02.10
BMW car with a fabric skin that enables it to change shape is going on show in Britain for the first time... more

Super chill-outs: parties on the piste

21.12.09
Love skiing but bored with fondue? Well, you’re in luck because the festival scene has hit the slopes big time... more

Copenhagen talks halted as Africa protests over 'stitch-up'

14.12.09
Climate change talks in Copenhagen were plunged into disarray when African nations withdrew their support... more

'Let's get on' with climate fight, urges Alistair Darling

06.11.09
NEW: Chancellor Alistair Darling urges finance ministers from the world's leading economies to 'get on' with tackling climate change... more

Artful makeover for WWF panda

07.09.09
British artists and designers have given the World Wildlife Fund panda logo its first big makeover in half a century... more

VIDEO: Undercover film reveals Nobu staff making misleading claims to diners

07.08.09
Environmental activist release undercover footage of Nobu staff apparently lying to customers over bluefin tuna... more

Third runway protesters win bid for public hearing

07.08.09
Campaigners against a third runway at Heathrow have won the right for a public hearing to examine their case... more

Shame on Nobu for serving near-extinct bluefin

28.05.09
The Atlantic bluefin tuna is now as endangered as the panda. Yet Nobu Matsuhisa, business partner of Robert De Niro and perhaps the world's most famous Japanese chef, serves bluefin in his restaurants every day ... more

Nobu keeps endangered bluefin on the menu … but asks diners to choose an alternative

27.05.09
Michelin-starred restaurant Nobu defiantly keeps endangered bluefin tuna on its menus, but advises diners that they should ask for an alternative dish... more

We're crazy in love with Beyoncé

26.05.09
Beyoncé Knowles - Amazonian thunderer, Texan thigh-shaker and all-round surplus of talent - was magnificent at her 02 arena spectacular.... more

Meet Mister Mayhem

25.03.09
On Saturday, ahead of the G20 Summit, a London professor plans to ignite a revolution in the City. This is his bizarre manifesto... more

Restoration will bring life flooding back to rivers

08.01.09
Almost 10 miles of London's rivers will be restored to pristine condition to encourage wildlife and reduce flood risks... more

Environment

08.10.08
Once an area ignored by politicians, it is now a key issue with battles such as airport expansion taking centre stage ... more

Cameron 'failing to deliver on green vows'

10.09.08
David Cameron's green credentials are under fire from environmental groups... more

Jamie's olive oil passion 'creating environmental catastrophe'

26.08.08
TV chefs such as Jamie Oliver are causing "environmental catastrophe" by fuelling demand for olive oil, it has been claimed... more

Even oilmen believe our planet is burning up, says Full Monty writer behind terrifying TV drama

19.07.08
Simon Beaufoy says petrochemical chiefs are secretly convinced of global warming.... more

Global warming leaves Thames facing attack of the alien crabs

16.07.08
Non-native flora and fauna encouraged by climate change could cause the river Thames's ecosystem to collapse, a report by charity WWF warned... more

Ramsay withdraws bluefin from menus

30.05.07
Gordon Ramsay will remove bluefin tuna from the menus at two of his London restaurants after criticism from conservationists.... more


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