The Environment

Caroline Lucas MP
www.carolinelucas.com/cl.html
The website of the UK’s first and only member of parliament for the Green Party.

Climate Change: A Summary of the Science
royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2010/climate-change-summary-science/
An accessible summary of the scientific evidence on climate change, produced by the Royal Society.

Climate Progress
thinkprogress.org/romm/issue/
A well-regarded climate blog. US-focused.

Environmental Citizenship
publicspace.org.uk/environmentalcitizenship/about.html
Ideas about the meaning and responsibilities of environmental citizenship, as discussed at seminars organized by the Open University and University of Newcastle in 2004–5.

Ethics Updates
ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Environment/index.asp
Resources for students of and environmental ethics, including extracts from the work of influential philosophers such as Robert Nozick, Peter Singer, and others.

Deep-Sea Mining
https://www.isa.org.jm
http://www.deepseaminingoutofourdepth.org
Websites of the International Seabed Authority and of the Deep Sea Mining Campaign (a group campaigning against deep-sea mining).

George Monbiot’s Blog
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot
The blog of George Monbiot, a journalist for British newspaper, The Guardian, who is well-known for his writing on climate change.

Philosophy Bites
philosophybites.com/2010/06/jeff-mcmahan-on-vegetarianism.html
philosophybites.com/2008/05/peter-singer-on.html
Two podcasts from the Philosophy Bites website, featuring, respectively, Jeff McMahan and Peter Singer discussing the ethical treatment of animals.

RealClimate: Climate Science from Climate Scientists
realclimate.org/
Up-to-date commentary on the science of climate change from experts in the field.

Simon Caney lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpXtk8i2O6o
Lecture by Simon Caney on designing institutions with a long-term focus.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-environmental/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nonidentity-problem/
Entries on environmental ethics and the non-identity problem.

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