[SGRupdate] New on the SGR Web Site

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

A selection of articles from the latest SGR Newsletter (No. 40; Autumn
2011) are now available to download from the SGR web site ...

* Why we must prepare for a low energy society

Mandy Meikle suggests that the focus on a low carbon future, rather than a
low energy society, is sending us down the wrong path.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/why-we-must-prepare-low-energy-society

* War in Libya - the role of the arms and oil industries

The UK and other NATO countries claim they took military action in Libya
for humanitarian reasons. Stuart Parkinson, SGR, asks whether the
situation was really that simple.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/war-libya-role-arms-and-oil-industries

* Millennium Consumption Goals: guiding the rich to contribute to
sustainability

Mohan Munasinghe, Munasinghe Institute for Development, recently proposed
a progressive development concept at the UN, that would mirror the
Millennium Development Goals for the poor with a complementary set of
targets for the rich, enabling them to contribute towards sustainable
development.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/millennium-consumption-goals-guiding-rich-contribute-sustainability

* The race for the nuclear exit

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident, many countries are
undertaking major reviews of their energy strategies - with Germany
announcing the most ambitious intentions. David Elliott,
Open University, looks at the radical changes that are afoot.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/race-nuclear-exit

For a full list of the articles in SGR Newsletter 40, see:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/publications/sgr-newsletter-40


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