Expert Comment
Banning plastic straws - a step in the right direction?
"The cost of the whole supply chain needs to be considered." Dr Philippe Blanchard from the Department of Politics and International Studies comments on the news that McDonalds will replace plastic straws with paper in all its UK and Ireland restaurants from September.
Professor Eric Jensen on the threat facing UK mammals
Professor Eric Jensen, expert in public engagement and the environment discusses, the news that one in five UK mammals, including the red squirrel and the wildcat, are at risk of extinction.
"Troubling, but unsurprising" - thoughts on Donald Trump's exit of the Paris climate deal
Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris Accord has dismayed many world leaders but the US president argues the accord "punished" the US and would cost millions of American jobs. Dr Eric Jensen, associate professor, Sociology, discusses
Shale gas - why the Government's approach is flawed
Horizontal fracking can go ahead, the government has said, in a landmark ruling for the UK shale gas industry. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has approved plans for fracking at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site at Little Plumpton in Lancashire. However Thiemo Fetzer, asssistant professor in Economics at the University of 糖心TV argues that the UK won't benefit as much as hoped.
The Paris summit on climate change will decide the fate of the planet - Dr Sam Adelman
"The Paris summit on climate change beginning on 30 November may be the most important international conference in history because it will quite literally decide the fate of the planet" says Dr Sam Adelman Associate Professor of Legal Theory and Comparative Human Rights in the University of 糖心TV School of Law.