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Czech industrial sector up in arms over slashed emission quotas
This week the European Commission said it was going to cut substantially the Czech Republic's greenhouse gas emissions quota. The news has the Czech industrial sector up…
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Czechs best in EU at recycling plastic packaging
Anyone who's lived in the Czech Republic or even seen the recent Jan Sverak film "Vratne Lahve" or "Returnable Bottles" will probably have got the impression that Czechs…
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President Klaus savages "dangerous" green lobby over global warming
President Vaclav Klaus has launched another fierce attack on the green lobby, claiming that "ambitious environmentalism" poses a greater threat to society than communism…
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Gamekeepers and environmental group unite to protect wild life
For many decades, lynxes, wolves and bears have been very rare in the Czech Republic. Over the last 20 years their numbers have been decreasing even more rapidly. One of…
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New environmental tax will see coal prices rise by ten percent
In January 2008, to be in accordance with an EU directive on taxation on energies, the Czech government will implement the first of two phases of an environmental tax…
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Czechs explore world's deepest cave
A year ago we reported on a Czech expedition exploring the world's largest salt cave in Iran. As a matter of fact, Czech explorers have also been to the deepest cave in…
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Tick-borne encephalitis cases rise sharply in Czech Republic
Specialists have revealed that there was a sharp rise in the incidence in tick-borne encephalitis, or TBE, in the Czech Republic last year. Some 1000 people contracted the…
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Expert: discussion on climate change of utmost importance following panel warning
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which met in Paris last week, sent its gravest message yet regarding global warming on Friday. This group of scientists and…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox we reveal the name of the mystery person from our January competition and announce the names of the four lucky winners. Listeners quoted: K. Thiagarajan…
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Will gale-force winds change the face of Czech forests?
Rolling hills and coniferous forests are what you would call typical Czech landscape, but with the climatic changes affecting central Europe that may be about to change…
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Czech forests recording worst damage in fifteen years
Foresters around the country are busy clearing the damage of last week's gale force winds. The extent of the devastation is still being assessed but latest estimates say…
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How warm winters saved the communist regime from collapsing earlier
A temperature record after temperature record is being broken this week. Looking out of the window, one would hardly guess it is the middle of January, supposedly the…
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