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The European Environment Agency has released a guide for governments wishing to identify and maintain quiet areas, to give citizens respite from noise pollution.
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![UAE’s first solar car contest launched UAE’s first solar car contest launched](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_4a93c2bb-a9c8-4d05-aa69-84b773b40e0e_.jpg) |
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The Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge, ADSC, the first ever solar car competition to take place in the UAE, was announced on Tuesday. ...more |
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![Dirty Dozen: The most pesticide-heavy fruits and veggies of 2014 Dirty Dozen: The most pesticide-heavy fruits and veggies of 2014](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_5eeacb71-6a89-4d7e-a1e2-ab0488c3d9ea_.jpg) |
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An apple a day usually keeps the doctor away -- unless it's ridden with pesticides. ...more |
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![This giant, pink goblin shark caught in Gulf of Mexico will haunt your dreams This giant, pink goblin shark caught in Gulf of Mexico will haunt your dreams](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_0ca4a103-fef7-4a42-a6cd-de4332a3a459_.jpg) |
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Last month, while working in the Gulf of Mexico, a crew of fishermen accidentally caught a very rare (and very terrifying) beast. ...more |
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![These scientists want to breed animals that can survive climate change These scientists want to breed animals that can survive climate change](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_5798d30b-50a8-4011-877a-c091e663e225_.jpg) |
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Scientists at the University of Delaware are working to breed more heat-resistant chickens to better survive climate change, specifically at the African naked-neck chicken. ...more |
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![Environmental researchers call for ban on cigarette filters Environmental researchers call for ban on cigarette filters](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_dbd8cd28-8a5e-439e-9ccf-a1e26380f18c_.jpg) |
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Only a third of the 6 trillion cigarettes sold and smoked each year end up in ashtrays. The rest get flicked sporadically across the Earth's floor. And that's bad news for Mother Nature. ...more |
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![Morocco on track to deliver Africa's largest wind farm Morocco on track to deliver Africa's largest wind farm](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a848e53c-9eee-4bdf-8789-637943ade241_.jpg) |
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Morocco underlined its position as one of Africa's leading renewable energy markets last month, as officials confirmed the giant 300MW wind farm near Tarfaya in the south west of the country had started generating electricity. ...more |
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![White House to unveil dire climate warning in new report White House to unveil dire climate warning in new report](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_62136763-62fe-4818-ae29-090b065e2415_.JPG) |
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The Obama administration will release an updated report today showing how climate change touches every part of the country, as the administration seeks to convince the American public on the need for a crackdown on carbon pollution. ...more |
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![Giant spider web found in Texas Giant spider web found in Texas](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_d8504479-cbfb-4ccf-a4d9-ad2a1f38bc8d_.jpg) |
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In North Texas this summer, at Lake Tawokoni State Park, the spiders have come to live. And these spiders are doing it in a 200-yard (182 meters) web. ...more |
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![Spanish island powered by 100 percent renewable energy Spanish island powered by 100 percent renewable energy](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_c978924a-f095-42f8-89b7-a980798b44bf_.jpg) |
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The possibilities of renewable energy are on display as El Hierro, the smallest of Spain’s Canary Islands, is set to become the world’s first land mass to be fully energy self-sufficient, when an 11.5 megawatt wind farm goes online late next month. ...more |
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