VW scandal: Corporate green claims need a new kind of scrutiny
29 September 2015
The Volkswagen emissions outrage shows how hard it is to gauge the environmental claims of big business. A fresh approach is needed, says Fred Pearce
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Ozone hole: How we are misled in the fight to cut smog
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Obama wants to cut ozone pollution, but Republicans are crying foul over the cost. Europe is being tougher… or is it? Much is obfuscation, finds Fred Pearce
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When farmers in Northern Ireland cut the amount of fertiliser leaking into the UK's largest lake, the area saw a huge decline in migrating birds
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Exceptional updraughts of air inside a monsoon's giant clouds can send pollution high into the stratosphere
