[SGRupdate] Announcing SGR Newsletter 41 - Press Release

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

Bumper 20th anniversary issue published - 11 expert authors provide important
and novel analysis of controversial issues in science, design and technology.

Press release, 22 October 2012


Feature articles cover:

*    The major decline in UK military R&D spending – as campaigned for by
Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)
*    Breaking the deadlock in Iran – using renewable energy to tackle the
impasse over Iran’s nuclear programme
*    Local sustainable energy projects – the potential for city-scale low
carbon programmes to tackle economic, social and environmental problems far
more successfully than current UK government initiatives
*    Warnings on the rise of synthetic biology
*    Energy from the ocean: the UK dimension
*    How influential are the climate change sceptics?
*    Problems of corporate influence within science communication
*    Latest progress on the road towards a nuclear weapons-free world *   
Analysis of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its aftermath
*    What kind of low carbon future do we want?
*    Sustainable building materials: how eco-friendly are they?

The issue also includes articles marking SGR’s 20th anniversary – including a
retrospective of the organisation’s first 20 years, and thoughts and memories
from leading figures over this period.

A full list of articles is given at
http://www.sgr.org.uk/publications/sgr-newsletter-41

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