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Bad economy, good environment?

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Channel 4 News online looks at five environmental indicators to find out if a poorer world is a greener one.

Budget's clean coal scheme

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The technology is unproven, the costs of developing it enormous, but in tomorrow's budget Alistair Darling is expected to commit millions of pounds of public money to fund new carbon capture schemes. Tom Clarke reports.

Something fishy

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More4 News discovers that illegal fishing is rife, with hundreds of French boats catching cod illegally in British waters while receiving millions of pounds in EU subsidies.

Ferry crossings to France blocked

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British ferry companies sue the French government after a blockade by French fishermen causes a second day of chaos. Emily Reuben reports.

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