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Energy bills to hit 'nightmare' £2,000 a year, regulator says
Household energy bills could hit a £2,000 within the next seven years, the industry regulator has warned in a "nightmare" report into the future of gas and electricity in Britain.
Era of cheap, easy oil is over, warns study
The world could start to run out of oil in the next ten years, sparking soaring energy prices and a rush for even more polluting fossil fuels, an influential new study by the UK Energy Research Council has warned.
Kent coal-fired power station delayed due to recession
Plans to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent have been delayed due to fears over the recession, the energy company E. ON has announced.
Rare tropical fish caught in British waters for first time
A pub landlord has become the first person ever to catch a rare breed of tropical fish off the coast of Britain.
New species lurk on ocean floor
British scientists are expected to find hundreds of new species more than two miles beneath the ocean in new expeditions to some of the most remote and inhospitable places in the planet.
Cyanide pollutes river
Cyanide and untreated sewage in River Trent kill thousands of fish.
Weather foils Isles of Scilly energy experiment
A world-first experiment to try and reduce energy use for the day on the Isles of Scilly was foiled after a turn in the weather caused participants to use more electricity.
Sir David Attenborough: rainforest destruction must end
Continued destruction of the rainforests will have sever consequences, he warns
Swimmer takes campaign to Everest
Lewis Gordon Pugh is planning a swim up Mt Everest to highlihgt global warming
China's climate pledge
President Hu Jintao outlines China's pledge to cut its carbon emissions to the UN in New York
Captain Cook's log books help scientists chart climate change
Weather logs kept by Captain James Cook and other 18th and 19th century explorers are being used by scientists to predict the change in climate.
Will the Arctic reveal its treasures?
Global warming could reveal lucrative reserves of untapped oil, gas and precious metals beneath the ice caps - but at what cost?
Global warming threat to city's wildlife habitats
Global warming will threaten the capital's wildlife habitats by increasing the risk of flooding in the winter and drought in the summer, according to a report by the London Climate Change Partnership.
Arctic Ocean acid 'will dissolve shells of sea creatures within 10 years'
The Arctic Ocean is becoming acidic so quickly that it will reach corrosive levels within 10 years, a leading scientist has warned.
Global warming is much too cosy a name
The warmists want us to start talking about 'global burning', says Christopher Booker.
What makes Met Office long-term forecasts so wrong?
Global warming dogma and faulty computer models led the Met Office to forecast a 'barbecue summer' for 2009, says Christopher Booker.
Most people in denial over climate change, according to psychologists
The majority of people in Britain are in denial about the risk of global warming in our lifetimes, according to a new study into the psychology of climate change.
Japanese maples under threat from climate change
Japanese maples, which provide one of the most spectacular autumn colour displays, could be under threat from climate change, conservationists have warned.
The sunshine season of St Martin
As the autumn sunshine outstrips that of summer, is it time to embrace the fifth season? asks Horatio Clare.
Louis de Bernieres: 'These are my stories of a vanished England'
The countryside is dying - part of the reason is that too many of the people living there have the attitudes of 'townies', the author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin tells Roya Nikkhah
British National Ploughing Championships
Horse-ploughing pulls in young and old to see majestic animals at work, says Nicholas Roe.
Duke of Edinburgh: supermarkets killing traditional village
The traditional British village is under threat because of the encroachment of supermarkets and big retail centres in the countryside, the Duke of Edinburgh has warned.
The sunshine season of St Martin
As the autumn sunshine outstrips that of summer, is it time to embrace the fifth season? asks Horatio Clare.
Is biodynamic food the new organic?
The biodynamic movement, advocating food that is grown and harvested in accordance with lunar cycles, is taking off.
Rare tropical fish caught in British waters for first time
A pub landlord has become the first person ever to catch a rare breed of tropical fish off the coast of Britain.
Rare baby panda and koala bears in new BBC series
The ground-breaking work of pioneering programmes to protect some of the world's most threatened animals, including rare baby pandas and koalas, are explored in a new BBC One documentary.
Lobster is the last casualty of WW2
A lobster has become a belated casualty of the Second World War after being blown up inside an unexploded mine.
Largest wild animal in Britain is 300lb, 9ft stag: the Exmoor Emperor
Measuring 9ft tall, weighing in at 300lbs and known as the Exmoor Emperor, this stag is thought to be the largest wild animal in Britain.
Pollution warning over raw sewage in River Trent
People have been warned to stay away from the River Trent in Staffordshire after dangerous levels of cyanide and raw sewage were detected in the water.
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