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Thursday 7 August 2008

Earth Your planet, your home

Wind turbine - The report concludes that turbines in rural areas can deliver four times as much electricity as sheltered city sites

Urban wind turbines 'may be waste of time'

Putting up a small wind turbine on the roof of a suburban home may be a waste of time, according to a new report published by the Carbon Trust and the Met Office.

Spiralling cost of living in the countryside

Tree lovers urged to spread love in a forest

Fishing trawlers kill thousands of sea birds

Olympics: British environmentalist stopped

111-year-old dad

Lizard with link back to the dinosaurs to become a father for the first time, aged 111.

Arctic Map drawn

Red squirrel success

Curlew numbers actually increased during the trail on Langholm Moor, Scotland

Hunter and prey

Raptors and the birds they hunt can co-exist on upland grouse moors, it is claimed.

Killer bear problem

UK cities under water

COMMENT

GREENER LIVING

TRANSPORT

Lexus RX 400h - a green 4x4?
Andrew English: Eco-friendly cars
Top ten cheap green cars

ETHICAL CONSUMER

Julia Hailes: Save 25% on electricity
Home microgeneration technologies

ENERGY-SAVING LIGHTBULBS

The future's bright
All CFLs by 2009

GROUND SOURCE HEATING

Harnessing Earth's power
Nature's free energy

Holy Cows - Why petrol prices should go up

EARTH WATCH

The purple emperor - the elusive Purple Emperor prefers tree-tops to flowers

A flash flutter-by

The elusive Purple Emperor, arguably the most magnificent British butterfly, prefers tree-tops to flowers, so you might need binoculars to see this spectacular creature, says Peter Marren.

Darkness and slow burn

Down in the woods something stirs. Angela Wintle sheds light on the art of making charcoal.

Disney's no solution

National Parks must cater for humans as well as animals, says Adrian Tierney-Jones.

Fragrant case of the blues

Farmers scent a new opportunity as demand for lavender grows. Vicky Liddell reports.

Country diary

Two years ago some people decided that I should have a "makeover", by Robin Page.

CONSERVATION

Film to study bees

New film to look at bee decline and colony collapse disorder.

Crossbill sightings up

Hungry crossbills pour into Britain due to a food crisis in Russia.

Swan case dropped

Case dropped against three men accused of killing 29 mute swans.

Fears over trees proposals

Homeowners may cut trees down to avoid safety inspections.

EARTH PULSE

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