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Spending on renewables in rich countries has halved in six years

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Spending on renewables in rich countries has halved in six years

Spending on renewables in developed countries has halved since 2011, with investment levels in Europe falling back below the 2006 level

Analysis

Congestion charge can cut childhood asthma attacks by half

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Congestion charge can cut childhood asthma attacks by half

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Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

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Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

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Refusing to accept GM food is safe is like climate change denial

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Refusing to accept GM food is safe is like climate change denial

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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

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The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

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David Attenborough

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David Attenborough: It’s time we humans came to our senses

Features

David Davis and Michel Barnier

Physics

One year until Brexit: 7 big issues that must be solved

Comment

Dubai in snow

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Real colour of money: business wants profit and green cred

Culture

Lost villages from centuries ago found in the Amazon rainforest

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Lost villages from centuries ago found in the Amazon rainforest

Even some of the more remote parts of the Amazon rainforest, far from major rivers, were once densely populated – centuries before the arrival of Europeans

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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Technology

The plan to suck huge amounts of drinkable water out of thin air

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