Media release, 27 February 2015
 

New issue published. Expert authors provide novel and important analysis of controversial issues in science, design and technology.

Feature articles cover:

• Shale gas and fracking: SGR’s updated research on the environmental and social concerns
• Science and engineering for war: looking at the alternatives
• Corporate influence on research on genetically-modified crops
• Major failings in the government’s domestic energy efficiency programmes
• The forgotten dangers of inadvertent nuclear weapons use
• New proposals for controlling global carbon emissions
• The struggle to ban chemical weaponry: lessons from World War I to the present

A full list of articles is given at: /publications/sgr-newsletter-43

Notes

1. Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) is an independent UK-based organisation of ethically concerned science, design and technology professionals. Founded in 1992, it has approximately 900 members. For more details, see /

2. Electronic copies of newsletter articles are released over a period of several months. Printed copies of the newsletter are mailed to SGR members upon publication. Back issues of the SGR Newsletter are available to download. For more details, see: /publications/sgr-newsletters

3. For further information, phone SGR Director, Dr Stuart Parkinson on 07941 953640