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Are you in favour of nuclear power?
We'd like to hear your views on nuclear power. Do you feel the country needs it, or should we avoid using it? Do you live near an existing station or would you move near one?
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Nuclear cancer risk 'doubled'
Channel 4 News online exclusive: As the government decides on nuclear power, new German research reveals that the leukaemia risk is "doubled" for children who live near nuclear power stations.
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Super-hairy plants could battle global warming
Planting extra-reflective hairy crops that bounce sunshine back into space is the latest proposal to help cool our warming world
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Transport emissions study 'misleading' say experts
A study which suggests that shipping emissions have a continuing cooling effect on the world may have missed a key point
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'Plantstones' could help lock away carbon
Grow the right crops, and they could lock away carbon for thousands of years in tiny balls of silica called phytoliths
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US to turn off power-hungry light bulbs
Incandescent bulbs are to be phased out in the US, thanks to new laws on energy saving
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Super-hairy plants to battle global warming
Planting extra-reflective hairy crops that bounce sunshine back into space is the latest proposal to help cool our warming world
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Boreholes on the Moon could solve climate puzzle
Drilling into the lunar surface would help gauge how much solar energy reached Earth in historical times, say researchers
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Global warming could harm food quality
Crops grown in high levels of carbon dioxide produce less protein, a study finds
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How you can save energy
How to save money and the environment by turning off appliances instead of putting them on stand-by.
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Go-ahead for coal power station
Britain's first coal-fired power station for 20 years gets the go-ahead from a council in Kent.
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Melting ice may not explain warming Arctic
Energy flowing from the equator up towards the North Pole may partly explain the rapid warming of the Arctic, say researchers
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Canada's climate change boomtown
Churchill on Canada's north coast is hoping to become a major international port if global warming clears Arctic ice.
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Germans tighten car exhaust rules
Three German cities now make drivers display stickers to show their cars meet emission standards.
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Beijing 'meets pollution target'
Blue skies on the last day of the year mean that Beijing has more than met an air pollution target, officials say.
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The climate threat to Japanese rice
Scientists in Japan fear global warming could change the taste of their country's rice.
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McCall melt links the Arctic eras
Fifty years of study on Alaska's McCall glacier have provided scientists with a timeline of local climatic change.
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Analysis: How the climate drama unfolded in Bali
China and the US signed up to a successor to the Kyoto protocol, but did the conference actually do anything for the atmosphere?
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Is new eco-boat really green?
The futuristic Earthrace speedboat ticks the green boxes - but how good is it for the environment?
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Floods 'as dangerous as terrorism'
An new independent report by Sir Michael Pitt warns that flooding is as big a threat to Britain as terrorism.
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