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posted by lisa on Jul 16

There is outcry being publicised yet again on the news at people’s disgust at their rubbish only being collected once every 2 weeks to encourage recycling.
People claim the refuse that accumulates between collections creates a foul stench and can encourage rats.

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posted by lisa on Jul 16

swimming the North PoleFor the first time ever, a man has been able to swim 1km at the North Pole. This has never been done before due to the freezing temperature of the waters. However, with global warming now inceasing the temperature of the oceans, 37 year old Lewis Gordon Pugh took to the challenge at 0200 BST on Sunday to prove how our world is changing.

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posted by lisa on Jul 16

LightbulbThe beautiful Melinda Messenger appeared on ITV1’s Loose Women today to talk about the Lenor campaign she is helping to promote, stressing that every little helps with the flight against Climate Change.

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posted by lisa on Jul 15

AeroplaneWhen the Queen and Prince Philip visited the USA and attended the Kentucky Derby in May 2007, it was the 1st time her, and her entourage’s, carbon footprint had been calculated.

The BBC calculated the party’s trip as follows..

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posted by lisa on Jul 15

We’re very excited to announce we’ve now linked our forum more directly into the Hot On Earth site to allow like-minded (or not!) folk to debate the issues surrounding climate change and helping the environment.

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posted by lisa on Jul 15

Carbon FootprintThe Royal Family are increasingly coming under the spot light for their 1st class or private helicopter/jet flights around the world, and whilst researching this I was reminded of a cracker of an example by Prince Charles earlier this year…
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posted by lisa on Jul 15

Material GirlMadonna’s new single, Hey You, urges people to take their impact on the environment into consideration. The video for the track, which was released to coincide with Live Earth, the Wembley concert of which she headlined, shows melting ice caps and planes taking off.

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