Letter to UK Ministers calling for regulation of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

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 …

Letter to the Independent | As scientists, we are appalled at the government’s support for the polluting airline industry

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 …

Letter to the Guardian |Disinformation on Australian bushfires should not be spread by ministers

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 …

We can’t wait for those in power to take the lead on climate change

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 …

This month millions will strike for climate justice- we will either make history, or through our inaction, end it

The i news online and i newspaper print edition 9th August 2019. A year ago, Greta Thurnberg was an anonymous school girl who every Friday sat outside the Swedish parliament with a home made sign protesting against inaction on climate change. Today politicians and celebrities hang on her words, the …

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