UK 'will fail pollution targets'
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Air pollution levels in the UK are too high to meet key objectives and may harm human health, an expert tells the BA science festival.
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The United States is preparing to reject new targets on climate change at a Group of Eight summit next month, dashing German and British hopes for a new global pact on carbon emissions, according to comments on a document released by the environmental group Greenpeace.
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Fortnightly rubbish collections may not work in every area and there is no proof they increase recycling, MPs have warned Monday.
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Friends of the Earth warn that UK and US plans to revive global trade talks would hurt the world's poorest.
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Emissions from aviation and shipping could be included in UK's targets for first time.
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Green groups accuse the EU of planning for failure in international negotiations to tackle climate change.
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Current UK tax plans are unlikely to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from travel, a study says.
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Health ministers will miss &quot;by a wide margin&quot; their target to cut the number of smokers in Britain by a quarter, one of the Government&#39;s leading advisers has warned.
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The government is set to ignore a plea from the EU to create a clean technology fund from a levy on pollution, BBC News learns.
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Rises in environmental taxes fail to impress green campaigners, opposition parties and businesses.
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Science that safeguards satellites and aircraft against solar flares could be wiped out in the UK, scientists warn.
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Science & environment: Green technologies must be developed to combat the worst effects of climate change, MPs have been told
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By Manfreda Cavazza, Daily Mail, London  Dec. 7--The Chancellor's abolition of stamp duty on "zero carbon" homes  was met with scepticism by the industry.    To tackle climate change, he wants all new build to conform with strict  environmental criteria within a decade.
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Love of hi-tech gadgets set to undermine attempts to curb UK's carbon emissions, report claims.
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The WWF environment group attacked "disjointed management" and "inappropriate planning" for what it called the alarming state of decline of the waters around Britain's 12,400 miles of coastline.
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BERLIN -- The United States rejects the European Union's all-encompassing target on reduction of carbon emissions, President Bush's environmental adviser said yesterday.
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A second public consultation into whether new nuclear stations should be built has "failed", a report suggests.