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Giving Is Good For You

It’s official: giving is good for you. A number of recent studies have shown that giving to good causes works…

Great News – Dark Chocolate is GOOD for your Heart

Dark chocolate is good for your heart.  Eating one 100g bar a day can dramatically reduce your blood pressure –…

Stop Bush Clearing Bush!

Despite a powerful citizen outcry, the Bush administration is poised to sacrifice more than two million acres of wildlands in…

Indonesia: “Want Us to Save Our Forests? Pay Us.”

The Indonesian government is recruiting other developing nations in an attempt to pressure richer governments to provide incentives for reducing…

Examine what you eat on World Day for Animals: October 4

October 4, believed to be the birthday of St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, is celebrated worldwide every…

Tuna Exports Boom As Fears Grow For Fish’s Survival

The Mediterranean island of Malta doubled its exports of frozen bluefin tuna to Japan last year – despite warnings from…

Climate protest halts coal train

About 30 climate campaigners have halted a train taking coal to one of Europe’s biggest power stations in North Yorkshire.…

No ice at the North Pole?

It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the…

The Solution to the Rubber Problem

In In the 1840s, Charles Goodyear invented the process that turns the soft gum from the rubber tree into the…

Deal on ozone and climate relief

Nearly 200 governments have agreed a faster timetable for phasing out chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and contribute to…