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Review: Flowing waters of war
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Road to ruin for Britain's wildlife: For more than forty years, conserving our natural environment has depended on sites of special scientific interest. Why is the government helping to bulldoze this scheme?
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Britain 'ignores' Rio summit pledges
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Hands off northern Siberia, oil companies told
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Ozone hole 'innocent' of Chile's ills
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West sinks Bangladesh flood plan
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Europe dams Greek river project
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Review: The allure of the arid
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The case of one hundred disappearing reserviors
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The high cost of carbon dioxide: Great balls of ice or a sea floor coated with snow - just two of the imaginative schemes being dreamt up to deal with one of the planet's most potent greenhouse gases
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A long dry season . . .: Prolonged drought in Mediterranean countries has sparked off a frenzy of engineering projects to save water. Forecasts predict drier times to come
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