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Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

We take it for granted that recycling is the best way to dispose of waste. But is that just greenwash? 51¶¯Âþ sorts through the trash so that you can make up your mind

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Volvo XC90 SUV

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Hailing e-Volvos as imminent saviours of the planet is nonsense

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A bus being filled with biofuel

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Use waste rather than crops for biofuels, says UK report

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Invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently

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Space

Titan's conditions could be just right to power US-sized colony

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It's time we all burst our carbon bubbles

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It's time we all burst our carbon bubbles

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Technology

The spongy fuel that's made from trees

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Open the floodgates: Designer deluges could save dammed rivers

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Marine zooplankton

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Oil-exploration airguns punch 2-kilometre-wide holes in plankton

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Earth

The death of King Coal hints we are at a climate turning point

Coal use is dying out and wind and solar energy are booming. This means the world is changing around you despite inaction by backward-looking politicians

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Earth

Living with climate change: Turning the corner

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Earth

Sweden commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 with new law

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Technology

Wireless charger uses quantum trick to power gadgets on the move

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Health

Don't forget the lessons of deadly lead

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