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Population is ‘our biggest challenge’ says government chief scientist Sir John Beddington
Posted by Ecologist: Tom Levitt on February 14th, 2012
Ecologist: The next world population milestone of 8 billion will come sooner than we think - perhaps as early as 2025 - yet we remain reluctant to debate the issue. A forthcoming Royal Society report may force us to
While many commentators look ahead to 9 billion by 2050 there is a more immediate statistic that 'frightens' the UK government's chief scientist: 1 billion extra people in the next 13 years.
Speaking at a WWF event last week, which looked ahead to the Rio+20 conference in June, John Beddington...
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Comments Off on Population is ‘our biggest challenge’ says government chief scientist Sir John BeddingtonUnited Kingdom: Monsanto agrees to clean up toxic chemicals in South Wales quarry
Posted by Ecologist: Tom Levitt on February 21st, 2011
Ecologist: Monsanto has agreed to help clean-up a quarry in South Wales it is accused of polluting with a cocktail of toxic substances despite consistently refusing to accept liability, the Ecologist can reveal. But the taxpayer could still end up meeting the estimated £2 million clean-up bill. Waste from a Monsanto-owned plant in Newport was dumped at the Brofiscin quarry, near the village of Groesfaen, in the 1960s and 70s. Investigations since have revealed the site is heavily polluted with dangerous toxins...
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