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15 Jun 2015

Energy Crunch Newsletter – A fantastic source and update on the Energy and Climate Change Issues

Tectonic shifts – NEF Blog This issue contains Growth of renewables Sir David King ‘Apollo’ call on why Government support is still needed Norway’s decision to divest $900bn from fossil fuels The ex Shell chairman’s statement the divestment is a rational decision Sign on here: http://www.neweconomics.org/page/s/sign-up-to-energy-crunch DECC budget details show limited scope for cuts – […]

01 Jun 2015

Shellfish Species Shrinking – the Lilliput Effect – as rising carbon emissions hit marine life

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Guardian: Biologists warn that hundreds of species could die or weaken as growing levels of CO2 make oceans more acidic and disrupt shell formation Sea creatures are set to shrink as the world’s oceans become more acidic. That is the startling warning given by an international group of biologists who have charted the likely impact […]

26 May 2015

How climate science denial affects the scientific community

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Cabot Institute (7 May 2015). ‘Climate change denial in public discourse may encourage climate scientists to over-emphasise scientific uncertainty and is also affecting how they themselves speak – and perhaps even think – about their own research, a new study from the University of Bristol, UK argues. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, from Bristol’s School of Experimental Psychology and […]

11 May 2015

Newsletter of the Month – Energy Crunch – New Economics Foundation

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This blog and newsletter is a mine of information, and if you are interested in these issues you should sign up here http://www.neweconomics.org/page/s/sign-up-to-energy-crunch A section of the last mailing gives you a sense of the coverage We’ve previously reported on the transformative potential of solar power: this is now increasingly recognised by financial analysts. In […]

11 May 2015

Global warming more moderate than most worst-case models, empirical data suggest – Nature

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Sign up for the The Marine Climate Change Impact Partnership (MCCIP) newsletter by visiting their site: http://www.mccip.org.uk/ Global warming more moderate than most worst-case models, empirical data suggest A study based on 1,000 years of temperature records suggests global warming is not progressing as fast as it would under the most severe emissions scenarios outlined […]

01 May 2015

Telegraph – Knives out for the Swansea Barrage Tidal Lagoon Power Barrage

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Main text: The Swansea project and a number of related schemes will come under closer scrutiny post the election. The cost questions will need to be answered quickly if this project is not to come to a grinding halt. This make the deal over the cost of the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point look […]

21 Apr 2015

Obama ‘ No greater threat than climate change’

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Not a message you’ll see this election from a UK Politician …… http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2015/04/21/barack-obama-no-greater-threat-than-climate-change/

14 Apr 2015

Divestment in fossil fuels – A huge issue for our Economy and Climate Change – Campaigns and Information

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This is an important year for the debate on Climate Change leading to the Paris Conference. The exploitation of fossil fuel reserves and dependence of global financial investment in these is a major issue. The awareness around the issues of divestment is growing and the Guardian have recently launched a major campaign which has raised […]