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TOPIC GUIDES: Environment

TOPIC GUIDES IN THE NEWS

Enjoy the heatwave (hosepipe ban to follow), The Times, 20 February 2017

Air Products scraps plans for Teesside renewable energy plant, BBC News, 4 April 2016

Doubts over EDF’s plan for Hinkley Point nuclear power station, BBC News, 12 March 2016

Vegetarianism

"We should not eat meat"

Green belt (revised 2017)

"We should build on the green belt"

Water scarcity

"Solutions to water scarcity in the UK are technological, not environmental "

Technology and the environment

"Technological progress will not solve society’s environmental issues"

HS2

"We should build HS2"

DM Israel: Megacities

"Megacities are bad for the developing world"

Fracking

"The UK must embrace the use of fracking"

Coal and Climate Change

"Western countries should not encourage coal-fired power stations in the developing world"

Green Energy

"We should invest now in a low carbon economy powered by renewables"

Megacities

"Megacities are bad for the developing world"

Environmental Sustainability

"Behaviour change is the best route to sustainability"

Green Belt

"We need to build on the Green Belt"

Factory Farming

"Factory farming is necessary"

Biofuels

"Governments should stop supporting the biofuels industry"

GM Food

"It is time to embrace the commercial planting of GM crops"

Nuclear Power

"After Fukushima, we should abandon nuclear power"

Energy

"It would be better for new fossil fuel reserves to remain in the ground"

Scepticism and Science

"Scepticism is crucial to debates about climate change"

Copenhagen

"China and India are right to resist binding carbon emission targets"

Climate Change and Development

"India should pay more attention to economic development than climate change"

Organic food

"People should embrace organic food"

Recycling

"Household recycling is a waste of time"

Tourism

"Tourism benefits the world"

Cheap Flights

"The expansion of air travel is a good thing"

Congestion Charging

"The London Congestion Charge model should be adopted by all major cities"

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday 27 June:
Oxfordshire Championship at Oxford Union, in partnership with Magdalen College School and Oxford Festival of Arts

Friday 5 July:
North East Championship at Durham Sixth Form Centre

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