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Time to close the global energy gap
Universal access to modern energy sources can help make progress towards a number of Millennium Development Goals.
Aug 17, 2010

Mangroves offer win-win opportunity
Healthy mangrove forests provide a huge range of environmental benefits and need to be protected from "market failures".
Aug 9, 2010

Could things go from bad to worse?
Current efforts to protect the world's biodiversity run the risk of doing more harm than good.
Jul 13, 2010

'Garden grabs': right or wrong?
"Garden grabbing" - in which developers build homes on gardens - is a contentious issue. Who is right?
Jun 9, 2010

Whales and dolphins - 'resource' or 'right'?
Discoveries of sophisticated intelligence in cetaceans raise new questions about how we relate to them - including whether we should hunt them.
May 25, 2010

Food and manure to create power
Plans are agreed to develop a plant in Ayrshire to turn animal manure and waste food into electricity.
May 18, 2010

Brazil faces oil wealth decisions
A new platform will enhance Brazil's strength as an oil-producing state, but questions remain about how to use the profits.
Aug 25, 2008

How to solve the global food crisis
Economist Kaushik Basu looks at how to resolve current problems in the world's food supply.
Apr 28, 2008

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