COP NEWS DIGEST

 COP NEWS DIGEST

Mick Holder

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jan/28/uk-pupils-failed-by-schools-teaching-of-climate-crisis-experts-say

UK pupils failed by schools’ teaching of climate crisis, experts say

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/nuclear-energy-climate-crisis-experts-b2001076.html

Nuclear energy not feasible way to tackle climate crisis, former regulators say

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/01/27/carbon-captured-the-fossil-fuel-industry-and-the-uk-governments-net-zero-advisory-panel/

Carbon Captured - The Fossil Fuel Industry & the UK Government's ‘Net Zero’ Advisory panel

https://www.sas.org.uk/news/grassroots-action-turning-the-tide-on-plastic-pollution/

Grassroots action turning the tide on plastic pollution

https://riveractionuk.com/news/river-action-crowdfunder-for-citizen-science/

River Action launches call for public help to save iconic river by funding citizen science pollution monitoring

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/28/west-accused-of-climate-hypocrisy-as-emissions-dwarf-those-of-poor-countries

West accused of ‘climate hypocrisy’ as emissions dwarf those of poor countries

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/28/green-energy-measures-saving-households-money-analysis-shows

Green energy measures saving households £1,000 a year – analysis

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/earths-limits-pushed-by-chemical-pollution-as-un-environment-meeting-nears/4015137.article

Earth’s limits pushed by chemical pollution as UN environment meeting nears

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-60180226

Peru oil spill after Tonga eruption bigger than previously thought

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/greater-manchester-clean-air-zone-caz-b2001893.html

Toxic air and toxic debate as controversy grows over Greater Manchester’s clean air zone

https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/demand-for-new-law-to-boost-boroughs-low-recycling-rate#article

Demand for new law to boost borough's low recycling rate

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/29/it-is-desperate-how-environment-agency-staff-were-silenced-as-pollution-worsened

‘It is desperate’: how Environment Agency staff were silenced as pollution worsened