Friday 30 July
BP: A near-death experience | EditorialGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010Other companies would not just have racked up a multibillion-dollar loss, they would have suffered the corporate equivalent of a public lynching and gone underOne chief executive overboard, a $17bn loss over the past three months and $32bn in clear-up costs. No doubt about it: BP has got off lightly
England 2010 temperatures reach record highsGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010Scientists from two leading climate research centres publish 'best evidence yet' of rising long-term global temperatures • Jeffrey Sachs: Obama must take a lead on climate changeGlobal temperatures in the first half of the year were the hottest since records began more than a century ago, according
England Obama must take a lead on climate changeGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010The US leader must lay out a comprehensive and costed plan to the American people showing how he will move beyond oil• Global warming pushes 2010 temperatures to record highsAll signs suggest that the planet is still hurtling headlong toward climatic disaster. The US National Oceanographic and Atmos
England Dunwich Dynamo: a course worth the effortGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010Last week I asked bike blog readers for their endurance riding tips. Here's what I learned on the groundTo cut to the chase: I did cross the Dunwich Dynamo finish line.Last week I asked bike blog readers to post their endurance riding tips. The 120 mile ride sounded daunting from a beginner's point
England Country diary: AchvaneranGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010My study is away from the house, which enables me to look out from the largest window to the pond below. The pond is large with two small islands and we had it dug out 22 years ago. Last week I watched a female wild mallard trying to control her ducklings as they darted here and there looking for se
England Gulf oil slick breaks up rapidly and begins to slip below wavesGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010Deepwater spill will soon be invisible but could linger beneath the surface for decadesImages from the Gulf of Mexico suggest a once vast expanse of oil is breaking up so rapidly it may soon be invisible to satellite photography. But scientists warned today that underwater plumes of oil could linger
England World Bank says foreign investors are crowding out African producersGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010Leaked report says wealthy investors are threatening local resources as they buy up farmland to gain on commodity pricesA leaked World Bank report into investors from rich nations buying up African farmland has intensified campaigners' fears that the growing trend is marginalising local producers.Af
England Vedanta comes under fire for plan to build mine on 'sacred' land in IndiaGuardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010Bianca Jagger delivers a plea from indigenous people who say mine threatens their way of lifeAnger erupted at mining company Vedanta's annual shareholder meeting today as protesters attacked its management for alleged human rights abuses and "crimes against the environment".While campaigners chante
England Is Tony Hayward the next trick for Michael Sheen?Guardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2010Outgoing BP boss reviled for Gulf oil spill is the perfect role for chameleon actorActor Michael Sheen looks a bit like a lot of people and sooner or later usually ends up playing them. It has already happened with Tony Blair, the young Brian Clough and David Frost, and it's surely only a matter of
England Arctic voyage illuminating ocean opticsScienceDaily.com | 27 Jul 2010During NASA's ICESCAPE voyage to the Arctic, scientists have been looking at the phytoplankton in the Arctic's Chukchi Sea -- how many, how big and at what depths they are found. But there are other ways of looking at these small life forms.
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