Sir John Houghton calls for Severn Barrage

Sir John Houghton, a practicing Christian and a leading climate researcher, has called for the construction of a Severn Barrage to help reduce CO2 emmissions noting that the Government should just get on with it. He also comments that wind power should not be the top priority because it destroys the beauty of the countryside. IC Wales reports him saying.

"We should get on with it [developing tital power] because we could get 20% of our electricity from tidal energy... Wind is not the only solution, and it's not the top solution and we don't want to cover our landscape with wind farms....With tidal power you know when it's going to come and unlike wind it's very reliable....But the Government has not seemed very interested in tidal for reasons that I don't understand."

From (Steve Dube, Rhodri backed on climate claims, Western Mail, Feb 23 2007 )

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0700world/tm_headline=rhodri-backed-on-climate-claims&method=full&objectid=18663117&siteid=50082-name_page.html

Stuart Burgess in The Independent

Professor of Design and Nature Stuart Burgess has been interviewed in the Independent speaking about Intelligent Design. Burgess is also the well known author of Hallmarks of Design.

Stuart Burgess comments that science should be more open minded about design. He comments "Current scientific philosophy is to rule out completely the possibility that a creator was involved. But there is no scientific justification for making such a sweeping assumption. Science should always be open-minded."

You can read Against The Grain: 'There are strong indications of intelligent design' here

http://education.independent.co.uk/higher/article2246761.ece