Environmental Impacts (Page 2)
Caution when 'calling out the climate cranks'Guardian Unlimited | 14 Feb 2011Environmental protesters in the US aim to challenge the 'climate cranks' - but they must be mindful of the rhetoric they use. Just what the climate debate doesn't need: a new moniker for those who do not accept the mainstream scientific view of anthropogenic climate change. According to...
England | Climate Change | Initiatives Going undercover can have dramatic resultsGuardian Unlimited | 09 Feb 2011Covert operations can help to increase public awareness and influence politicians - but they must follow strict guidelines. The undercover policeman and "environmental activist" Mark Kennedy is giving us covert operatives a bad name. I was first recruited to work undercover back in 1996. Taken to a room, sworn to secrecy, I then spent the next 10 weeks investigating Europe's largest animal-testing laboratory, Huntingdon Life Sciences.
United Kingdom | Environmental Awareness | Education Firms threaten legal action over feed-in tariffsGuardian Unlimited | 07 Feb 2011Solar energy firms are threatening to take legal action against the government after ministers said they could stop large-scale commercial "solar farms" from hoovering up a green electricity subsidy. After a Guardian report on Sunday, the government announced it will launch a "fast-track" review of the feed-in tariff scheme, which was launched only last April. The scheme subsidises households that install solar panels or other small- and medium-scale renewable energy projects.
United Kingdom | Governance | Initiatives | Public Policy | Renewable Energy Better time travel will improve climate modellingGuardian Unlimited | 04 Feb 2011Improving how time flows in weather and climate models means better results, and illustrates perfectly how science progresses. As you read these words, time is flowing smoothly, passing from one moment to the next with no breaks. Reassuring, isn't it? But in computer models of weather and climate,...
England | Extreme Weather | Initiatives Guardian green blog festivalGuardian Unlimited | 31 Jan 2011The environment is, by definition, global. So over the next two weeks, we will bring you a blog a day at 8am from a different part of the world, allowing fresh voices to explore the top green issues there. Of particular personal interest is the post from Brazil we will run tomorrow. I visited last year and was really struck by the progress made there under President Lula and its ambition to be the world's first environmental superpower.
England | Climate Change | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation Letters: Learning outsideGuardian Unlimited | 15 Jan 2011It was encouraging to read David Attenborough's views on the importance of environmental education in schools, and the need for young people to experience the natural world at first hand. Research has shown that learning outside the classroom can lead to environmental behaviour changes and greater environmental responsibility, besides benefits including raised attainment, improved behaviour and better mental and physical health.
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