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 A university is claiming a 'first-of-its-kind' bioenergy project will allow it to generate enough clean electricity to power 1,500 homes. Students are being targeted by a recycling campaign urging them to do the right thing with their drinks cans. The National University of Ireland in Galway has opened a new waste water  Hot on the heels of the announcement of tougher targets for schools' carbon emissions, government has said that the country's planned ecotowns will be among the first communities to showcase zero carbon schools. The USA's environmental regulators have gone on the offensive against radon, flagging up the risks the radioactive gas can pose in homes and schools. Children may be being exposed to at least four potentially cancer causing pesticides in school, according to the findings of a new survey. A Nobel Peace Prize winner has dismissed the hacking of emails from a university and said the 'overwhelming' evidence shows there is a problem. University of East Anglia professor Phil Jones is to stand aside as director of the Climatic Research Unit while a review into leaked emails takes place. The University of East Anglia has vowed to publish all its climate change information following an email leak. A government-funded body set up to reduce waste and stimulate recycling in Ireland is hoping to tap into the ingenuity of the country's students to build new markets for old materials.» More than two kids lead to 'bleak' future » Edie helps schools do their homework » Waste tops list of environmental issues for schools » School grows its own to teach sustainability » British children most energy wasteful » School builds nature reserve on roof » Schoolgirl drives home recycling message » Mini-dolmen removal campaign in the Burren » US schools join campaign to go green » Nottingham schools 'biggest ever' carbon emissions cut |
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