Renewable energy may fall off Britain's research agenda

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A long-awaited report from the UK's Renewable Energy Advisory Group will probably bolster the country's effort to develop alternative energy sources. British energy researchers hope that the report, whose release was delayed by the recent general election, will clear away the uncertainty that has vexed British energy policy since the electoral defeat of energy minister Colin Moynihan and the Department of Energy's abolition. However, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Energy Department's successor, has yet to announce when the report will be finished.

Research, Energy policy, Alternative energy sources, Renewable energy

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UK panels need more clout

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The King's Fund Institute in the UK reported that the country's research ethics committees (RECs) lack the authority to properly regulate medical experiments involving people. The report, entitled 'Ethics and Health Care,' also states that none of the proposals to bolster RECs' authority have much chance of being enacted. The report further predicts that the UK's traditional reluctance to pass laws on medical ethics makes it improbable that anything more stringent than the Department of Health's Aug, 1991 guidelines will come out.

Science and technology policy, Ethical aspects, Human experimentation in medicine, Human medical experimentation, Medical ethics

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UK agricultural funding leans towards policy

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The UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) is assigning 7 million pounds sterling to fund research that follows its policy considerations and agricultural scientists are worried over this policy's influence. Most Agricultural and Food Research Council research contracts are funded through the MAFF and its work might be disrupted by funding considerations. Scientists are concerned that the policy changes could eliminate their funding.

Finance, Agricultural research, United Kingdom. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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