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Tree find confirms Italian Alpine melt

16 Dec 2013: Evidence confirms Italian Alps are warming at twice the global rate, with the region's glaciers in retreat everywhere
Guardian Environment Network 4 days ago

Solar and wind power battle with coal in South Africa

12 Dec 2013: Entrenched political interests are fighting to expand coal’s role in the national economy despite the promise of renewable energy, reports Yale Environment 360
Guardian Environment Network 4 days ago

Green bank invests £12m in wood-fuelled Birmingham power plant

12 Dec 2013: BusinessGreen: Consortium including green investment bank invests in 'innovative' Birmingham Bio Power plant

Southern crossroads 1 day ago

Has a natural world wonder just been approved for destruction by the Australian government?

Alexander White: One of the natural wonders of the world is about to have 3 million cubic metres of seabed dumped on top of it.
Bike blog 3 days ago

Mistakes that doom cycling races

Danae Mercer: Errors, genuine or mischievous, have dashed the hopes of many a cyclist mid-race. Tell us your experience
Guardian Environment Blogs 4 days ago

Awesome fossil fuel burning is defying the past and defining the future

More fossil fuel projects approved in Australia as geologists say there's no precedent for current speed of carbon dioxide releases
The Eco audit 5 days ago

Are the UK's carbon targets too low?

Should the government have more, not less, ambition on carbon reduction? With your help, Karl Mathiesen investigates

In focus: unlocking change 2hr 39min ago

Key opportunities for unlocking sustainable change - infographic

Senior leaders in sustainability reveal their thoughts on the major opportunities for sustainable business
Social Impact 5hr 11min ago

Only legislation will stop minerals being traded at the expense of human rights

The conflict minerals found in cars, electronics and other products will only be eradicated with new laws and business buy-in
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Heathrow third runway 17min ago

London airport expansion: interim Davies report to fuel debate

16 Dec 2013: Release of Davies Commission's interim report comes amid warnings of protests if Heathrow expansion favoured
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1hr 6min ago

EPA reels as climate-change expert awaits sentencing for $1m CIA fraud

16 Dec 2013: • John Beale pretended to be CIA agent for a decade
• Republicans round on agency chief Gina McCarthy
Farming 3hr 44min ago

Peckish pigeons pose threat to sprout crops

16 Dec 2013: Good growing conditions mean yield expected to be up 10-15% this year but farmers say wood pigeons cost them millions
France 6hr 15min ago

Illegal horsemeat allegations lead to raids and arrests in France

16 Dec 2013: 21 people arrested in south of France over claims horses used in medical research were illegally sold for human consumption
Shale gas and fracking 10hr 38min ago

Fracking protesters dump wind turbine blade at Manchester drilling site

16 Dec 2013: 17 metre-long wind turbine blade put in place outside IGas oil drilling site at Barton Moss

Comment is free 7hr 37min ago

Back to the Heathrow barricades as government gets ready for an airport U-turn

16 Dec 2013: Joseph Blake: Corporate lobbying has hijacked the debate, convincing the public that we are facing an aviation capacity crisis
Comment is free 19hr 26min ago

100 days under Abbott: is his real legacy what we're not being told?

15 Dec 2013: Van Badham: The IPA urged Tony Abbott to follow Gough Whitlam's trailblazing path – it seems the advice is working, but in reverse
Comment is free 21hr 27min ago

Murray-Darling basin: this gratuitous decision to reject science is disastrous

15 Dec 2013: John Quiggin: The passage of the basin management plan in 2012 represented that rarest of political achievements – the permanent solution of a longstanding policy problem. It's now in jeopardy
Comment is free 1 day ago

Electronic waste: we must design gadgets that don't poison the planet

14 Dec 2013: Observer editorial: We discard huge amounts of electronics every year, creating a toxic wasteland – often in the poorest countries