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- FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest
- New Zealand might adopt new “UN-type” science curriculum without physics and chemistry Mon, 10 Jul 23, 4:52pmBy Jo Nova Apparently some New Zealand officials are toying with a whole new science curriculum which sounds like a return to the stone age. All the hard stuff about electromagnetism, elements, mass, motion, and molecular...
- University Experts say climate change causes Earthquakes. Let’s stop quakes with solar panels then? Thu, 16 Feb 23, 6:36amBy TheMartian By Jo Nova Blame Exxon for the dead children of Turkey, eh? It’s not the corrupt building codes, the crustal plates, or the solar magnetic field...
- Wokeness trains young minds to be victims Tue, 17 Jan 23, 5:48amSomeone who knows what life in a poor country and what having children means explains why Woke Culture has gone too far to young people at the Oxford Union.
- There’s an exodus of smart men from US universities Thu, 29 Dec 22, 8:01amThe oldest university in Europe has been running since 1088AD.
- Most UK universities failing to hit carbon reduction targets Tue, 6 Dec 22, 6:00pmCampaign group calls for institutions to be accountable via short-term assessments after 59% missed goals
- 100 UK universities pledge to divest from fossil fuels Thu, 27 Oct 22, 8:00pmExclusive: move affecting 65% of institutions means endowments worth almost £18bn out of reach for firms
- Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research, say academics Mon, 21 Mar 22, 6:00pmOpen letter from 500 academics likens fossil-energy funding of climate solutions to tobacco industry disinformation
- Peter Ackers obituary Wed, 16 Mar 22, 6:54amMy father, Peter Ackers, who has died aged 97, was a civil engineer and an expert in hydraulics. He worked on projects all over the world, involving hydropower, tidal energy, coastal protection, reservoir spillways and other...
- UK universities took £89m from oil firms in last four years Sun, 12 Dec 21, 12:00amAnger after investigation finds Imperial College London, Cambridge and Oxford among institutions to have accepted funding
- First Australian Covid Vax, approved overseas, but instead of a medal, we sack Prof Petrovsky Thu, 4 Nov 21, 7:15amWe’re sacking Vaccine Professors for not taking the right vaccine? Who knew? The first traditional vaccine for Covid that’s based on protein anywhere in the world has been approved for use...
- First Australian Covid Vax, approved overseas, but instead of a medal, we sack Prof Petrovsky instead Thu, 4 Nov 21, 7:15amWe’re sacking Vaccine Professors for not taking the right vaccine? Who knew? The first traditional vaccine for Covid that’s based on protein anywhere in the world has been approved for use...
- New LEED-targeted student housing supports net-zero goals Sat, 28 Aug 21, 1:30amCalifornia State University Long Beach (CSULB) is setting the bar for campus buildings that serve the health of students and staff as well as the environment. The most recent student housing, completed by McCarthy...
- That’s compassion: Making students mentally ill for your own political gain Wed, 1 Sep 21, 7:02pmTony Thomas has been reading academic papers so you don’t have to. Dr Blanche Verlie at the Uni of Sydney explores “the affective geographies of eco-anxiety” and seems to help create victims to study at...
- New LEED Platinum student housing supports net-zero goals Sat, 28 Aug 21, 1:30amCalifornia State University Long Beach (CSULB) is setting the bar for campus buildings that serve the health of students and staff as well as the environment. The most recent student housing, completed by McCarthy...