Year 7: Global Warming

Global Warming is seriously in the news at the minute. The BBC have been featuring a story about how the government is considering setting standards for carbon offsetting schemes. They included a statistic about a transatlantic flight generating 10 times our own weight in carbon. the story was followed by an ironic reference to Prince Charles making a 7000 mile trip to pick up an environmental award. Meanwhile Tesco have followed Marks and Spencer today in outlining their plans to become more environmentally aware. This all seems very promising but questions have already been raised as to the value of carbon offsetting and the seriousness of industry in tackling global warming. If you are in Mr. Batchelor's set 1 you will be discussing this next lesson.