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Elephants, rhinos and donkeys
I wrote the other day about celebrity and conservation; about dogoodery, the liberal conscience, and the ignorance that sometimes informs it. It took me back to a chapter that Paul Vare and I wrote in our 2018 book: The World...
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Some positive DfE news
Good news from the Free Speech Union this morning. The FSU confirms ... "In a major victory for free speech on campus, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill got over the final hurdle in the House of Lords on...
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Hunting and Conservation No 368
Whenever hunting gets discussed in parliament, rationality tends to be smothered by emotion. Such was again to be seen as the House of Commons passed a bill banning the imports of hunting trophies, against expert advice from conservationists. As The...
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Spectators and ESD
I've got out of the habit of writing about attempts to impose curriculum change on university teachers through the 'introduction' of ESD. When I did, [*] I used to try to argue that reform ought to begin by looking at...
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A cunning plan by the government
I see that the government is proposing that, by 2024, 22% of new car sales in the UK must be zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). Given that it does not make or sell cars, this is a bold move. Bolder...
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Copper Bottom Lined
The world worries about the supply of lithium, or rather, the lack of it, as the metal is so vital to technological innovation. Not to mention all those Rare Earths with funny names: dysprosium, promethium, gadolinium, ytterbium, etc. But what...
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Our debt to Haddow
The older I get, the more bizarre my dreams seem to be. The other night I dreamt that I had a tube of bread mix which, when squeezed out and put into a hot oven, turned after baking into a...
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Eco-Anxiety anyone?
Matthew Adams, a psychologist from the University of Brighton writes in The Conversation with tips for coping with eco-anxiety. I don't actually know anyone who has it to the extent that it debilities them although I think I've come across such people on...
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Ofqual spends £90,000
PA Consulting Services received £90,000 to think about the environmental impact of examinations on behalf of Ofqual, the "Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation". What this was really about is unclear. The blurb says its focus was "The design, development and...
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Nature and Nitrogen Policy
It's endlessly interesting how different countries name their great offices of state. Indeed, the USA has a Secretary of State (as we did in Elizabethan days) who heads up the State Department whereas in the UK we make do with...
