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Day: 20 March 2007

World’s giant rivers running dry – report

The Nile, Danube, and Rio Grande are among ten major rivers that are "dying fast" as pollution, dams and climate change take their toll, the WWF has warned.

MPs protest zero-tax flights

A parliamentary committee has called for tougher aviation taxes to curb the fast growth of flight emissions, on the eve of a Budget that is likely to focus on greening cars and leave aviation in its current fiscally-privileged state.

French team track tin toxins

A team from the University of Pau in southern France has developed a method to monitor highly toxic tin compounds leaking out of landfills.

Global carbon market on the horizon

The volume of carbon being traded this year is likely to soar, but the value of the sector will rise at a much more modest rate, according to an in depth analysis of the market.

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