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Thirteen workers flee drilling platform but oil company denies spillFresh fears about drilling in the Gulf of Mexico were raised today when fire forced workers to abandon an oil and gas platform, just six months after the BP explosion that created an environmental disaster in the region.The company,

Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate changeLike generations of Tibetan nomads before him, Phuntsok Dorje makes a living raising yaks and other livestock on the vast alpine grasslands that provide a thatch on the roof of the world.Bu

Reducing funding for household generation of renewable energy will jeopardise job creation and energy security, Huhne is toldA coalition of green, countryside and housing groups has warned energy secretary Chris Huhne not to cut subsidies for green electricity and heating as part of the government's

The world's most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according to leading fisheries experts.

Reports benchmarking progress on noise management have been published.

Research suggests deposition of particle pollution could be high around wind turibines.

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Bosses to be quizzed over safety failures that led to 33 miners being trapped, as engineers begin drilling rescue shaftThe owners of Chile's San Esteban mining company faced questions yesterday from a government committee about safety failures which led to the accident that has trapped 33 miners und

Coral reefs are sensitive to climate change and track sea level. New observations show that an extensive coral reef existed in the southern Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago. Researchers used multi-beam sonar, coring, and dating to examine a relict reef discovered in water about 20-25 meters (65-82 feet) deep around Lord Howe Island in the southern Pacific Ocean.

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a charity which rescues and rehabilitates orphaned African elephants, is holding an exhibition of pictures taken by three of the world's most celebrated wildlife photographers - Joachim Schmeisser, Michael Nichols and Robert Carr-Hartley. The free show will be at the Royal Geographical Society in London from 6 to 10 September 2010

Social networking site under fire over intention to run giant new data centre mainly on coal-powered electricitySocial networking website Facebook is coming under unprecedented pressure from its users to switch to renewable energy. In one of the web's fastest-growing environmental campaigns, Greenpe

New research shows motorists no longer consider cyclists weirdy beardy Guardian readers - in fact, they envy usNews just in from the world of academia: cycling is no longer considered the preserve of the sort of hippies historically associated with this newspaper. It is even widely thought of as "co

Hawthorn Hive is a hotspot for butterflies, in every sense. We found 15 species on the wing and soon lost count of the number of individuals. I cannot recall seeing so many butterflies in such a small area and, without doubt, it's the warmth of this sheltered beach that's a key factor in their

Bjørn Lomborg's change of mind on climate change is welcome, and some of his suggestions good, but your glowing review of his new book failed to examine deeply his shift in position (Top climate sceptic calls for $100bn fund to fight warming, 31 August).Dr Lomborg last year began to call for an inve

James Lee, named as hostage taker at Discovery Channel building, had a bizarre record of targeting the TV networkJames Lee, the man police identified as the gunman who entered the headquarters of the Discovery Channel and took a group of hostages, was a self-styled eco-warrior and author of a manife

When you're on a bad run, you're on a bad run. One might have thought that a nut who has taken a hostage at the headquarters of the Discovery network in Silver Spring, Maryland might be from the right, because Discovery devotes lots of admirable programming to saving the environment and the whales a

Controversy erupts over attempts to keep trapped miners' spirits up by censoring bad news in newspapers and family lettersThe 33 trapped Chilean miners were today delivered their first hot meals in nearly a month, as a debate broke out over how much information should be shared with the men before t

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