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Photographer Toby Smith talks about his pictures documenting hydroelectric generation in Scotland, where man-made dams and turbine halls are absorbed into stunning natural landscapesEric Hilaire

The Labour MP Frank Field has organised an acre of rainforest to be sponsored in the name of the newborn, Florence Rose Endellion CameronFittingly for the daughter of a family who gave their home an energy effiency overhaul and whose Dad promised the greenest government ever, one of Florence Rose En

The number of coal trucks suggest strains on China's energy supply that are equal to those on its transport systemIt is not easy to wake a coal truck driver at 2am, but I had to do it at least twenty times last night to get home from the massive traffic jam on the border between Hebei and Inner Mong

Report blaming 90% of spills in Ogoniland on locals stealing crude from pipelines allows companies to shirk responsibility? Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger deltaThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is preparing to issue a report announcing that 90% of

Sea level will likely be 30-70 centimeters higher by 2100 than at the start of the century, even if all but the most aggressive geo-engineering schemes are undertaken to mitigate the effects of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions are stringently controlled, according to new findings by international research group of scientists from England, China and Denmark.

? Cairn says well has found gas and oil-bearing sands in Arctic? Greenpeace ship already in area protesting against drillingCairn Energy has confirmed that it has discovered gas and oil-bearing sands off the coast of Greenland in a move that will heighten fears of environmental campaigners that the

Based in east London and using recycled Italian steels, Racer Rosa Bicycles are more than 90% manufactured in EuropeA new small British bike maker claims to craft ethical and environmentally friendly bicycles. But what's wrong with the rest of the manufacturers?"Just because you're green on one side

Jackdaws clatter in tall pines at the Priory, as a family group gathers before flying off to the clan roost together, making sounds like kids playing in the park. As crimson light soaks through a strong still sky, the shadows thicken. The day has been damp and close, full of ripening blackberries an

Catastrophic floods in Pakistan are likely to recur as global warming combines with El NiñoThe Pakistani crisis is already one of the very first order. Some 20 million people have been left homeless, along a path of destruction of more than 600 miles. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has even compa

Former rugby star and friend of presidents and prime ministers, the Scottish oil baron has gained new notoriety among environmentalists for opening up the Arctic to oil drillingIf you were to design an archetypal Scottish oil baron, you might very well design a Bill Gammell. He is a former Scotland

? Vedanta accused of flouting environmental regulations? Vedanta's buyout of Cairn oil interests also faces hurdles After years of controversy and confusion, Vedanta's project to mine bauxite on a forested hill considered sacred by an ancient tribe has been stopped by the Indian government."There's

Recordings of the dawn chorus are being used to calm children in hospitalKeats and Shelley certainly knew the power of birdsong, as in their respective odes to a nightingale and skylark. Now medical science has woken up to the therapeutic powers of the dawn chorus. An art project at Liverpool's Ald

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Activists from Climate Camp target sites owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland and companies with fossil fuel links around Edinburgh7.34am: Hundreds of Climate Camp activists have occupied land at the Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters in Edinburgh, in protest at its multi-billion pound loans to th

For every specialist taste there's a cycling-related activity catering for it. What's your fringe pursuit?Cycling in this country is not exactly mainstream, but it does seem to be on its way to achieving that status. Commuting by bike has seen a huge increase in the last 10 years, and recreational a

The Normans built old St Nicholas Church at Uphill on a cliff that looks out to sea; if you stand at the churchyard wall, you have a strong sense of being at a frontier, and not only because you are on the English coast looking across to Wales. Just beyond the wall is a vertical drop where the seawa

Find by Cairn Energy off Greenland could open door to huge reserves of oil - and potential for more environmental disastersA British oil firm will tomorrow announce that it has struck oil off Greenland, a find that could trigger a rush to exploit oil reserves in the pristine waters of the Arctic.Cai

From Australia to the US, the rightwingers who claim climate change is a leftwing conspiracy will grab green subsidiesIt was Australia's second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both main parties: Kevin Rudd (Labor) because his position was too weak, Malcolm Turn