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'Reckless' BP faces $18bn fine for Deepwater oil spill

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'Reckless' BP faces $18bn fine for Deepwater oil spill

A US court rules that BP's gross negligence was largely responsible for the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving it liable for a huge fine

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Beijing's coal ban may herald the end of the fuel

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Beijing's coal ban may herald the end of the fuel

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Smoky wildfires in US and Canada damage lung health

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Smoky wildfires in US and Canada damage lung health

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El Niño will make Indonesia's deforestation even worse

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El Niño will make Indonesia's deforestation even worse

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Pollution on other worlds may show advanced alien life

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Time to kick cigarette butts – they're toxic trash

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Time to kick cigarette butts – they're toxic trash

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Track every single fishing boat to preserve the ocean

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Neonicotinoid pesticides are bad news for everything

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Why Illinois has banned exfoliating face washes

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Why Illinois has banned exfoliating face washes

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Global warming will serve up more pea-soupers

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Global warming will serve up more pea-soupers

More urban smogs are predicted due to global warming as the atmosphere's ability to ventilate our cities wanes – with serious effects on health

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The most polluted rivers and streams in Europe

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Oil works threaten health of people in Peruvian Amazon

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Plastic rubbish takes egg's place in albatross nest

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Traffic fumes cost rich countries $0.8 trillion a year

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