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Tuesday 15:00-15:30
Richard Daniel chairs the interactive environmental programme in which he and his guests deal with listeners' questions and concerns.
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Tuesday 29 July 2008
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Head lice search

We are asking for your help in tracking the spread of head lice in the UK, how they are treated and how different organisations deal with outbreaks. If you have any recent experience of head lice please do let us know at home.planet@bbc.co.uk.

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Will the new Marine Bill include provision to protect Sand Eels from over dredging?

Sand Eels are an essential food element of the marine environment and are also dredged in very large numbers to feed farmed fish, cattle and pigs. A listener wanted to know whether the proposed Marine Bill will offer them greater protection.

Information on from the Fisheries Research Service.

The UK Government website on the proposed .

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Will painting roofs white reflect sunlight back into space and reduce global warming?

A listener wanted to know whether painting all the world's roofs white would reflect sufficient sunlight back into space to reduce the impact of global warming. He is a taxi driver and had canvassed all his fares, and found that 99% of them would be prepared to do it.

A definition of .

A from the UK Forestry Commission.

A series of animations from NASA explaining

Another perspective on .

The impact of wind borne pesticides from Africa on the Caribbean coral reefs

An article on .

An article on from Discover magazine.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ website on .

What is the state of play of research into oil from algae

Many different types of algae can produce oil as they grow and there is considerable interest in using them to produce oil to replace mineral oil pumped from the ground.

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What is the definition of Zero Carbon

The term Zero Carbon is used all the time but what does it actually mean and is it possible to make a truly Zero Carbon house.

website with contributions from a number of different organisation.

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Information about the .

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