Sadly, but inevitably perhaps, Defra seems to have sided with the views of farmers over the interpretation of scientific evidence in relation to bovine TB. Whilst proposing to cull badgers gives the public the impression of decisive action (unless you've been paying attention, that is), let's not think that this will solve any problems. A good teaching case study though — carefully handled. Here's one source of ideas – and gory pics.
It's a commonplace claim that the realisation of commercial nuclear fusion reactors is always around 20 years away. It seems to be no different today despite the huge increase in private sector cash flowing into development. What I didn't realise...
Did you see that Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an audience in London: “We have two years to save the world.” I didn't and am grateful to Dominic Lawson in The Times...
Here's a rather impassioned article from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit [ECIU] about the significance of the UK's ~1% on-shore [*] contribution to global emissions. It's the Tesco argument. It essentially says that although 1% is small compared with...