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KM
7 Aug 2018
News
Vince Cable's Speech to the Green Liberal Democrat Conference, Nottingham 19th May 2018 - from Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
Introduction by Wera Hobhouse, MP. Wera first met Vince at Green conference in Rochdale in 2005 so she was clear Vince has the skill of explaining complicated things to us and that he has a long track record on Environmental issues.
16 Jul 2018
True Cost of Food page from challenge summer 2018
A new report from researchers at Oxford University and the Swiss agricultural research institute Agroscope provide a comprehensive database on the environmental impacts of almost 40,000 farms and 1,600 processing plants and retailers. The database is design to inform policy makers on how production practices and local geographies lead to different environmental impacts for 40 major foods. Producers have a profound impact on CO2 equivalent of the same product. For example, high-impact beef producers create 105kg of CO2 equivalent and use 370m2 of land per 100grams of protein while low-impact producers can use 12 to 50 time fewer resources to obtain the same result. By way of comparison, low-impact plant-based proteins such as beans and peas can create just 0.3kg of CO2 equivalents (including processing, packaging and transport) to produce the same 100grams of protein. On just one square meter of land!
16 Jul 2018
Scotland's renewables from Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
Scotland now produces more than twice as much renewable energy as it consumes. Between 2016 and 2017 the amount of power produced by the industry grew by 26%.
16 Jul 2018
Universal access to electricity for Togo (from Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine)
The Togo government has launched an energy policy to provide universal access to electricity by 2030. The strategy which will transform lives in nearly 1,000 communities, relies heavily on solar energy.
16 Jul 2018
Editorial Comment from GLD Challenge Summer 2018
Fake Facts When my dad wants facts he still marches down to the public library because he doesn't trust the internet. If a fact is published in a book you can at least have confidence that it won't disappear in 35 minutes' time. Facts are a sandwich found on the middle shelf in the fridge. How long has it been there? Does it smell funny? Is it homemade or from a reputable supplier? Facts are fashion accessories. Do I look cooler with this one or that one? Can I wear it in public or is it only for wearing at home on the sofa in front of the TV?
CVE
16 Jul 2018