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Evidence ignored amid Lords committee’s bullishness on fracking

John Broderick By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

Last week a Lords Select Committee report backed “all out” development of a UK shale gas industry, pointing to compatibility with UK climate change commitments. But this conclusion flies in the face of a wealth of evidence to the contrary, writes Dr John Broderick. The message from last week’s House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee […]

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A fair COP? Climate summit good for engagement, but progress was oh so slow

Alice Larkin By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

At last week’s Conference of the Parties (COP) in Warsaw, key figures met to discuss the small matter of how to combat climate change by cutting carbon emissions. Dr Alice Bows-Larkin travelled there with colleagues, using research to highlight to policy players just how much carbon emissions need to be cut if catastrophic temperature rises […]

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