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  1. Environmental Science

The breast cancer blind spot

Transform Susan’s words have echoed in Parliament. Since the 2024 general election, 460 MPs have pledged support to the Lobular Moon Shot Project.  A recent national survey conducted by Merlin Strategy found that eight in ten Britons support the government funding for a £20 million research initiative to combat lobular cancer, with 86 per cent […]
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  1. Environmental Science

‘A hubristic, colossal wreck’

It is a highly influential, seductive proof-of-concept of a certain vision for our human futures, and to me, that vision is not a healthy one – a hubristic, colossal wreck. When things get this existential, I immediately felt, it goes beyond aesthetics or politics.  Ambivalence Isn’t there something inherently polluting, not just carbon-wise but in […]
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Britain ‘seeking a quarter of global lithium’

There is a serious lack of transparency around the political assumptions behind which sectors the government seeks to grow – with deliberate obfuscations. For example, it says: “Due to sensitivities, demand estimates for the defence sector have been excluded.”  This is worrying, especially since Global Justice Now’s own research has shown that demand for critical minerals […]
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The hidden harm from salmon farming

In addition to parasites, pathogens, chemical residues, and other treatments can persist in cages. Fallow sites are expected to undergo complete removal of fish and nets to limit pathogen carryover. Campaigners, however, say the Aird site “continued functioning as a reservoir of disease and flesh-eating lice.” Read: The catch. Unsustainable Abigail Penny, executive director of […]
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  1. Environmental Science

Resisting Black Friday advertising hype

Amazon has been accused of deliberately concealing their true water usage across their different platforms in leaked company memos from 2022. With new data centres planned in water-stressed areas in Buckinghamshire, Amazon responded last month with plans for four new water replenishment plants in the US, Mexico and England.  These diverse impacts have sparked an impressive feat […]
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  1. Environmental Science

A summit at the nadir of credibility?

“And now, reckless projects, including the BR-319 highway, the Ferrogrão railroad, and the disastrous proposal to drill for oil at the mouth of the Amazon, push the rainforest closer to collapse.” One of the most striking contradictions is Brazil’s approval of oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River, on the so-called Brazilian equatorial […]
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Edge Hill divests from climate wreckers

Fossil fuel extractor and border industry companies have been quietly banned as potential investments by Edge Hill University, after successful protests by People & Planet.  The move makes Edge Hill the third UK university to commit to both the Divest Borders and Fossil Free campaigns simultaneously – following in the footsteps of Staffordshire University and […]
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