Protestors block the road leading into Hinkley Point
This morning, as the Energy Bill was making headlines, ten people were setting up a non-violent blockade of Hinkley Point nuclear power station. It's a sure sign that building new reactors will be an uphill struggle.
Fashion companies like Zara are using toxic chemicals to make their clothes
What are you wearing today? Touch it. Go on. What does it feel like? Yes, you're touching a piece of clothing. You're touching a type of fabric. You're touching a fashion choice. And yet, there's more to it: You're also touching a story. Because every piece of clothing – in your wardrobe, in my wardrobe, in everyone's wardrobe – has a story.
Posted by Nic S -
21 November 2012 at 1:41pm -
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Right now, along the northern coasts of Arctic countries, polar bears are waiting for the sea to freeze before they go out to hunt again. And now, you can see them.
Posted by Nic S -
20 November 2012 at 7:38pm -
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The whale, dubbed "Willow", was caught on camera while breaching the surface with a pod of humpbacks. The extremely rare white humpback was spotted on a boat trip off the coast of Svalbard, Norway, in the pristine waters of the Arctic Circle. Willow resembles the mythical white whale, Moby Dick.
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19 November 2012 at 11:38am -
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This weekend, an unprecedented meeting took place in
Brussels. At first glance it might not seem like much of a big deal - a bunch of
fishermen from across Europe getting together in the EU capital . But this was different.
Let me apologise in advance for all the numbers that follow, but they're important.
Eleven men died on Deepwater Horizon the night BP's Macondo well blew out in April 2010. It's one number we shouldn't forget and no number can be placed on the loss their families and communities suffered and continue to suffer.
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14 November 2012 at 3:44pm -
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Today we’ve exposed explosive evidence of the lengths to which some Conservative Party MPs will go to sabotage progress on climate change. We’ve uncovered a plot to dismantle the Climate Change Act and one Tory MP involved in trying to manipulate a by-election to push his own anti-wind agenda.
“A Conservative Treasury will drive green growth.” So said George Osborne to voters before the election. Like David Cameron, he made many green promises.
Today our investigation exposes a conspiracy by influential Conservative Parliamentarians to attack Britain’s growing renewables industry, and weaken national efforts to fight climate change.
The Northamptonshire constituency of Corby may seem a world away
from your home and energy bills, but make no mistake, the two are linked.
Our #energygate investigation has revealed the extreme lengths
some Tory politicians will go to push their anti-green agenda, including
manipulating the Corby by-election.
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8 November 2012 at 11:52am -
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While the US voted, the world held it's breath. But although the US elections are now over, voting is still taking place. And this time you get the chance to take part as polling stations open for The Big Dip’im where KFC’s Colonel Sanders will be plunged into a giant bucket of his own sauce. You get to choose the flavour!
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