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Ambipar Response

By Ed Hanna

24/7 emergency response: We are specialists in incident management and the prevention and response to environmental emergencies that pose a…

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Why I’ll be protesting against a Trident replacement at Aldermaston | Natalie Bennett

By Sharon Black

The cost of replacing a dangerous and immoral nuclear missile system could pay for green jobs and university places On Easter Monday – or April Fools’ Day, depending on your preference – I am joining people from all areas of Britain to protest against one of the coalition’s greatest potential follies. Thousands of people, including Green party MEP Keith Taylor , members of CND and I, will be at Aldermaston for a protest rally against the Trident nuclear weapons system and its suggested replacement.

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Budget reality check: some grand-sounding claims – but do they stack up?

By Sharon Black

Guardian writers test the validity of some of the key assertions made by George Osborne in his budget speech “We’ve seen more people in work than ever before – including a record number of women. A quarter of a million fewer workless households than two years ago. And the unemployment rate is lower than when we came to office” Unemployment was at 7.8% of the workforce when the coalition was elected in May 2010 – and is back at that figure now

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Keeping the UK military on the map

By Sharon Black

When Australian scientists went to have a look at Sandy Island in the South Pacific recently, they discovered that, despite having featured on maps and on Google Earth for years, it doesn’t actually exist. The experts working at the Defence Geographic Centre ( DGC ) may well have smiled wryly on hearing this.

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Depleted uranium

By Sharon Black

UK policy and development UK policy is that depleted uranium ( DU ) can be used in weapons because it would be wrong to deny our Armed Forces a legitimate and effective capability that can help them achieve their objectives as quickly and safely as possible. Claims of serious health and environmental effects by a very small number of people attract media attention but are disputed by most scientists and international agencies. Whether other countries use DU munitions or not is a matter for them