Issues

We currently focus on four main issues: disarmament and security, climate change and energy, questions of who controls science and technology and issues surrounding new and emerging technologies. You will also see that we work on some other issues too. You can explore these with the menu on the left of this page and with the search function. Material in this section includes all SGR's main outputs since 2005, with a selection of the more important material from before then.

Career choice and the chemical industry

SGR briefing by Anne Chapman, October 2006

The chemical industry is one of the major employers in science and technology. On the one hand, its products have greatly expanded the range of materials available to society but, on the other, some of the synthetic chemicals it produces cause significant harm to human health and to the environment. This briefing discusses the main ethical issues related to this industrial sector, as well as new developments in regulation and technology, and assesses how these affect career choice. It points to areas which have potential to improve the environmental and health performance of the sector.
 

New briefing signposts ethical career paths in the chemical industry

Press release, 30 October 2006
 

Finding an Ethical Career in Science, Design and Technology (Oct 2006)

Presentation by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, as part of a workshop at the SGR conference, October 2006
 

Missile Defence - general implications of UK involvement

Notes of a presentation given by Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, for "Missile Defence and the Weaponisation of Space: Why Britain's role must be challenged", House of Commons, 18 October 2006
 

Greenpeace Legal Action over UK Energy Review: SGR Letter

Letter to John Sauven, Greenpeace, re Legal action over the UK Energy Review 2006

Text of a letter sent on 11th October 2006 by Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR
 

Debunking the myths of the climate sceptics

Notes for a Workshop given by Dr Stuart Parkinson , SGR, at the Camp for Climate Action

27 August, 2006
 

 

Climate Science for Beginners (Aug 2006)

Notes for a Workshop given by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, at the Camp for Climate Action

, 27 August 2006
 

Divert military finance to fund Lord Rees' new energy research initiative

Press release, 4 August 2006
 

Not enough skilled workers to build new UK nuclear power stations?

Now that the government has confirmed (in case there was anyone left who doubted it) that it wants new nuclear power stations built in the UK, Stuart Parkinson asks whether there will be enough engineers and scientists to deliver them?

Article from July 2006
 

GM co-existence: SGR response

SGR Submission, written by Eva Novotny, to the Consultation on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops, July 2006