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Fracking activists in Lancashire lose high court bid to stop drilling.

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Mapping North Carolina’s ghost forests from 430 miles up

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Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog

Researchers find evidence of truck pollution in one of the most remote corners of the planet: the Himalayas.

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Road noise makes your blood pressure rise — literally

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New hope for reef fish living in a high CO2 world

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Another climate study confirms what was known.

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