Move to drop debate on climate change in schools
faces backlash
Plans to remove the climate debate from geography lessons for
under 14s have been strongly criticised by green and student
groups. Leo Hickman takes a closer look at how
the old and new geography curricula compare, and argues perhaps
it's not cause for panic.
The Guardian
News:
Ed Davey warns wind farm companies about Scottish
independence
An independent Scotland could no longer rely on subsidies from
British energy bill payers to lower the cost of producing renewable
energy, Ed Davey warned yesterday. An independent Scotland could
also face fierce competition from renewable energy exporters Norway
and Ireland, he said.
The Telegraph
Scots favour wind twice as much as nuclear or
shale gas
New YouGov polling commissioned by Scottish Renewables finds 62
per cent of people in Scotland would be generally in favour of wind
farms in their local area, compared to 24 per cent for shale gas
and 32 per cent for nuclear power.
Energy News Live
Homeowners 'at risk' as spending on flood defence
work is slashed
The Times reports flood protection funding will fall by nearly
half over the next two financial years, despite official warnings
that changing weather patterns make flooding more likely in the
future.
The Times
Largest concentrated solar power plant opens in
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi has opened the world's biggest solar power plant, the
same size as about 280 football pitches. It is expected to provide
electricity for 20,000 homes.
BBC News
Commentary:
Yes, you should be worried about climate change
education
"We're all agreed that the issue of teaching climate change
schools is political, but where do the political divides lie", asks
academic & writer Alice Bell, following news that the topic
could be cut from the national curriculum below Key Stage 3.
The Guardian
With a big if, science panel finds deep cuts
possible in U.S. vehicle emissions and oil use
A report from the National Academy of Sciences in the US finds
it's possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars by 80
per cent by 2050, but only with alternative fuels, more efficient
engines and much stronger policies.
NYT Dot Earth
Science:
A warmer planet means bigger hurricane
surges
Based on records of storm surges in the past 90 years, a study in
the journal PNAS suggests hurricanes like Katrina become between
two and seven times more likely as earth warms by 1 degree
Celsius.
Ars Technica
Reaching ambitious greenhouse gas concentration
goals
US modelling suggests new improved technologies, like biofuels
with carbon capture and storage, could help bring down the cost of
achieving ambitious emissions targets. But without major cuts from
the world's biggest emitters, these targets are impossible to
reach.
PhysOrg
Significant contribution of Greenland's peripheral
glaciers to sea-level rise
New research calculates that in addition to meltwater from the
icesheet, glaciers in Greenland contributed about 50 million tons
of water each year between 2003 and 2008 - a figure much higher
than expected.
PhysOrg
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