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At home with Mr & Mrs Lemons

July 27, 2009 | Environment

Jon Clarke visits Driving Over Lemons author Chris Stewart at his nearly-carbon neutral home

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The environment? It’s as muddy as earth

July 27, 2009 | Environment

So you think you’re doing your bit for the environment? You might need to think again

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Obesity is a threat to the planet

May 3, 2009 | Environment

Researchers concluded that because food production is a major contributor to global warming, the more you eat, the greater the impact on climate change

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Sinking in a sea of sand

March 17, 2009 | Environment

Climate change map shows Spain, France and Italy turned to desert in just 40 years.

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Sustainable Spanish retreats

November 18, 2009

Are you concerned about the environment? Would you rather take the train than travel by aeroplane, or car? As the Copenhagen earth summit looms, Asha Stuttard finds ten eco-friendly options right on your doorstep around Spain

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The great emasculator

October 23, 2008 | Environment Health

Spanish men lose their mojo as pollution plays havoc with the male gender


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Forget climate change – the bees are buzzing off

August 14, 2008 | Environment Nature

If bees became extinct today, mankind would follow suit in 2012. Albert Einstein proclaimed this insect the most important factor in our food chain.


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Dangerous shores for Jaws

March 28, 2008 | Environment Nature

It is official. The Mediterranean Sea is now the most dangerous place on Earth to swim – that is, if you are a shark


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Spanish study confirms Climate Change predictions

January 27, 2008 | Environment

Levels and temperature of Mediterranean have risen over 60 years


Making a difference in 2008

January 3, 2008 | Environment

Tired of mundane New Year resolutions? Instead of giving up smoking why not make some small lifestyle changes and help to save the planet. The Olive Press’ Rosie Sinclair, one of Al Gore’s Climate Project foot soldiers, shows you how.


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Planet saved!

January 3, 2008 | Environment

Jason Heppenstall argues that we must not rely on the politicians and big business to solve the global warming crisis


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Climate Change will see the “Africanisation” of Spain

December 16, 2007

Study warns of environmental catastrophe before the end of the century as Spain struggles to meet Kyoto demands

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The good, the bad and the ugly

December 5, 2008

Bob Maddox goes gunning for the greenhouses that cover Spain’s southern coast. But El Gringo Maddox, who normally shoots from the lip when plastic is concerned, finds that those invernaderos could be the key in the fight against global warming

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It’s in the climate, stupid

November 13, 2007

Following last issue in which Fiona Flores Watson attacked the slick, corporate image of the Climate Project, after meeting him in Nashville this year, Rosie Sinclair has quite a different view of Nobel Laureate Al Gore

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Drowning in a desert of plastic

October 29, 2007

There is a certain irony, claims Bob Maddox, that not only do the plastic greenhouses of the coast of Almería and Granada suck the land dry to stock the shelves of supermarkets, but also threaten the lives of local populations with increased risk of flooding

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Climate Change*

October 26, 2007

With the news that up to 85 per cent of Andalucia is under threat from desertification, in this simple Q&A scientist AZZAM QASRAWI explains the phenomenon of climate change

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Climate undergoes sea change

October 26, 2007

Bob Maddox assess the findings of a report claiming the oceans are not absorbing as much carbon dioxide as they once did

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