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Over the spring and summer of 2020 I worked with a small group of activitsts on the development of a bill that if passed by the UK Parliament would transform national and international policy. I played only a minor role. The full list of contributing experts is: Professor Kevin Anderson …

To: George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Alok Sharma MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 24 February 2020 Dear Secretaries of State, Re: Urgent Need for PFAS / Forever …

Monday 20 January 2020. Available online here. We write as scientists who are appalled at the support of this government for the high-carbon emissions airline industry, and the grossly misleading statements made by Matt Hancock to justify this bailout. On 15 January, the health minister communicated his unqualified support for …

14th January 2020. Online here. We write as scientists alarmed that a minister has ignored scientific evidence, relying instead on grossly misleading social media sources. In the House of Commons on 9 January, Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister Heather Wheeler answered a question about the Australian bushfires by stating: “Very …

I was asked to serve as an expert witness for a December trail of an Extinction Rebellion activist who was arrested on Waterloo Bridge during the April 2019 actions. I was both keen to submit documents to the court and very concerned that I do my best to accurately and …

i newspaper and inews online 18th September. Perhaps the most dangerous sentence in the English language right now is “What difference can I make?” Dangerous, because if that is the widespread response to the challenge of rapidly reducing carbon emissions, then we have already lost any chance of securing a …