Mark Charan Newton

I have to agree with this. I studied Environmental Science at degree level, and to come out with a response similar to GM Foods = OMG MONSTARS seems to me to be pretty shite. We have been modifying the genes of plants for thousands of years. It’s called selective breeding, and all GM does is [...]

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I’m always happy to read articles like this on enhancing conservation strategies.
It’s very much in vogue to talk about climate change. I’m not really about that, because environmental crises are so huge and widespread. Yes, I think we’ve developed over the past few years, and it’s good to get the public in the UK on [...]

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Almost forgot. Soon, it’ll be Fairtrade Fortnight.
Fairtrade has improved the lives of millions of people - farmers, workers and their families - in developing countries. But, we need to keep promoting Fairtrade to ensure people know that buying Fairtrade products can make a positive difference.
If you’re not normally into this stuff, then come on, just [...]

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The BBC reported here that our Stalinist government hope to build more nuclear power stations. (No, I don’t like Gordon Brown by the way.) It’s lauded as a great way to tackle carbon emissions. It doesn’t produce any carbon, they say.
Well, firstly, nuclear power is not a zero carbon process. Every stage of the process, [...]

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