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Wind farms might be killing many more bats than we realize

It’s no secret that wind power has experienced a boom in recent years, as demand for renewable energy sources grows. But while the technology is adept at helping curb...

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Alternative Entertainment

How To Recognise Dystopia: Watch An Animated Introduction To Dystopian Fiction

Early in Manchester by the Sea, there is a long shot of Casey Affleck’s character Lee Chandler quietly and dutifully shoveling snow. Lee, working as a janitor for a B...

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Sustainable Development

TED x Whitehall: “Don’t tell me fashion is frivolous” -Frances Corner

What do you wear if you’re going to meet the Head of London College of Fashion? In this TEDTalks video Professor Frances Corner discusses how we place so much time an...

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Alternative Entertainment

'Manchester By The Sea': How Kenneth Lonergan Made The Years Most Heart-Wrenching Movie

Early in Manchester by the Sea, there is a long shot of Casey Affleck’s character Lee Chandler quietly and dutifully shoveling snow. Lee, working as a ...

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Environment

Hydroelectric Dams Emit A Billion Tonnes Of Greenhouse Gases A Year, Study Finds

Hydroelectric dams contribute more to global warming than previously estimated, according to a study published in BioScience.
It appears that the current and planned b...

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Environment

Smart Energy Technology 'Stymied By Current Policy'

Smart technology that could shave £90 off household energy bills and curb carbon emissions is being stymied by government policy, a leading thinktank has said. In a w...

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Sustainable Development

The Art Of Water Recycling

Imagine that you run a company that sells bottled water. You spend lots of money, and use lots of energy, pumping the water out of the ground, purifying it and transporting...

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Environment

The Hydropower Paradox: Is This Energy As Clean As It Seems?

In July, UN Secretary Ban Ki-Moon highlighted the role of hydropower in boosting the use of renewable energy globally, when he visited a nonprofit institute in China that h...

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Sustainable Development

Innovation And Perseverance Were Key To The First Trans-Atlantic Solar Flight

Bertrand Piccard is a dreamer. The Swiss psychiatrist, inspired by a family lineage of explorers and innovators, holds the record for the first non-stop balloon flight acro...

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Environment

Great Barrier Reef: Why Are Government And Business Perpetuating The Big Lie?

Great Barrier Reef historian Iain McCalman wrote that the new measures
“deliberately ignore the dire long-term threats to the reef that are contained i...

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