Tropical countries veto rainforest protection scheme
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Forum: Unleashed torrents of a watery hell - Fred Pearce thinks it is time to ban the new dam busters
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Gulf fisheries still suffering in wake of war
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Water companies' leaky argument for reservoirs
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How Britain hides its acid soil: Environmentalists are accusing Britain of fixing the figures as European countries start fresh talks that aim to make the land, lakes and rivers safe from acid rain
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What turns an oil spill into a disaster?: With tens of thousands of tonnes of crude oil still washing round the coast of Shetland, is an ecological disaster inevitable?
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'Dispersed' oil comes back to haunt Shetland
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Is global warming to blame?
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'Total ignorance' of effects of oil on the land
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When the tide comes in
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Mirage of the shifting sands: The UN is planning another counterattack against advancing deserts. But will it work? And is more land really becoming arid?
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Import controls of rare species scrapped
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