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Why economic inequality leads to collapse
The lesson of the Great Crash was that unequal enrichment provokes asset bubbles, excessive demand for debt and, finally, economic ...
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BP cannot hand share of clean-up costs to Halliburton, rules judge
Carl Barbier said that the oil company must indemnify their partner under the terms of their drilling contract
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Should we believe the economic optimists or gloom-mongers?
A stream of conflicting opinions and data makes it difficult to say where the global economy is going, but it's ...
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China bans its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
Beijing hardens line against European Union emissions levy that is also opposed by the US and India
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Use Rio+20 to overhaul idea of growth, urges EU climate chief
Connie Hedegaard says GDP model of growth causes overconsumption, drives up commodity prices and ignores the environment
Climate Change- Floods threaten Queensland town's levees
Thousands flee St George as Australian emergency crews rush to finish a 2.5-mile levee against the rising Balonne river
- First land plants may have plunged the Earth into a series of ice ages
The spread of early terrestrial plants would have reduced atmospheric carbon and cooled the planet, say scientists
- Why Barack Obama will have to talk about climate change
Despite avoiding climate change in his State of the Union address, the Keystone XL pipeline and EPA regulations on power plants will make it hard to avoid
- Tesco drops carbon-label pledge
The supermarket blamed the amount of work involved and other retailers for failing to follow its lead
- London 2012 refuse to budge over Dow Chemical sponsorship
• Sponsorship continues despite resignation
• Ken Livingstone and Tessa Jowell call for action - Japan's holistic approach to recycling
A leading model of waste recovery has achieved an 85% recycling rate and is starting to generate revenue
- Why behaviour change is at the heart of sustainable business
Brands must find ways to be innovative in order to push people towards sustainable living without preaching to them
- The future of food
By 2050 there will be another 2.5 billion people on the planet. How to feed them? Science's answer: a diet of algae, insects and meat grown in a lab
- Dip in nuclear power support after Fukushima proves shortlived
A new, exclusive opinion poll shows public support for replacing the UK's ageing nuclear plants has recovered, although some citizens are far less convinced than others
