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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…
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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…
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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%.
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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…
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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…
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Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine: Contents
Christian Vassie (Editor) Editorial - Fake News - SHORTS: Universal access to electricity for Togo + Conservation Success + Ink from Diesel Exhaust + Plastic Odyssey + Scotland's renewables …
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Green Liberal Democracy and Europe - implications of Brexit
Some of you may have seen links to my recent Blog posts in the GLD Facebook page, but when we discussed this recently at the GLD exec, it was suggested it may be appropriate to briefly make the link…
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Conservation Success from Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
Let's not fool ourselves, the flora and fauna of this planet are under pressure like never before, but we should nonetheless recognise and celebrate each and every conservation success story, if only…
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Ink from Diesel Exhaust from Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
A group of Indian engineers have invented a filter to convert diesel fumes into ink. Fitted to the generators that are widely used during the regular power cuts that cripple India's electricity…