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White bread is green - Surprisingly, processed food is easier on the planet

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Dishonest brokers - Two of the worse offenders in the greenhouse stakes stand to make a killing at Kyoto

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And now the weather: rain, rain, here to stay

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Focus : Countdown to chaos - As 170 nations gather in Japan next week to fight over global warming, the future of the planet hangs in the balance

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Christmas books : Go north, young man

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Burn me

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Blowing hot and cold

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Forum : Dear Greenpeace . . . - An open letter from Fred Pearce to the eco-warriors in the run-up to the Kyoto climate conference

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The history of the world in peat

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The hole truth

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The heat is on - Clinton's policy dooms us all to a warmer world

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Devil in the diesel – Lorries belch out what may be the most

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