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More than 80 Labour MPs demand that a one-off windfall tax be imposed on energy firms who have recorded huge profits.
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An Arctic hooded seal with an apparent aversion to the cold is overcoming his phobia with the aid of an ice machine.
Read the original here: The ice machine comes - to rescue a seal with cold phobia

About a third of one of Britain’s most important bird reserves is to be abandoned because of coastal erosion.
Credit:Part of bird reserve left to sea

Global temperatures recorded so far this year suggest is likely to emerge as the coolest this century, scientists say.
Excerpt from:World heading to cooler 2008

Drought heightens the West Bank’s water woes
The rest is here: Tanks running dry

Scientists look at how bluetongue is spread by studying the movements and biting habits of midges that transmit the virus.
Originally posted here: Midges aid bluetongue spread

Engineers investigate why the Falcon 1 rocket, built by private space firm SpaceX, fails to reach orbit for a third time.
See the rest here: SpaceX launch fails a third time

A national park in Canada’s Arctic has been partly closed after record high temperatures caused flash flooding.
Read the original: Arctic park faces melting crisis

Large parts of the Northern Hemisphere have fallen into shadow under the path of a total eclipse of the Sun.
Read the original post: World watches total Sun eclipse

‘My challenge to live without plastic for a month’
More here: No plastic