The Politics of Oil, 4
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Just want to note this op-ed from today’s NY Times as another indication of how the battle to secure oil and gas resources trumps other critical international issues, determining power alliances, influencing the jockeying among the UN Security Council members, and more.
It is also good to remind ourselves now and […]
Watching the weather change…
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Saw Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth over the weekend. Don’t miss it. I was very impressed with how compellingly and graphically he presents the extreme threats we face due to global warming. And he makes the science very accessible.
Now the day after seeing the film it is pouring down rain […]
The Poverty of Affluence revisited
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Pulled out an old book, The Poverty of Affluence: A Psychological Portrait of the American Way of Life, by Paul Wachtel. Came out in 1989 and many of us were reading it back in the 90s. As you can imagine, Wachtel delves into the consumer culture and all the […]
It’s going to get warmer than you think
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Well, friends, more studies and more studies that tell us it is going get a whole lot warmer here on earth where we live. Now this isn't new information particularly, but it reconfirms some worst fears.
A group of scientists reported in the journal Science that the melting of Siberia's […]
Ecological reflection for today, from Tom Toles
Today from Margaret Swedish:
We need humor, too. So check out today's cartoon from Tom Toles.
The Politics of Oil, 3
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Another indication of how the quest for oil will impact international politics, Japan is resisting sanctions against Iran because it is the country’s most important oil customer. “Japan consumes 22 percent of Iran’s oil exports,” according to the Washington Post, and has a major investment in developing oil fields there.
The […]
The ecology of pork
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
It is time to care deeply about what we eat, where it comes from, the human and ecological costs of every bite. Food production and shipping is a major contributor to resource depletion, earth degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, and more.
Well, we need to eat, right? Yes, but how we get […]
Impact of energy crunch on human rights
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
As I have noted before, one of the challenges we face in moving this world towards a rich, nurturing, sustainable future is the explosive growth of the economies of China and India. Both are thirsty for energy to fuel that growth, and both are actively looking well beyond their borders.
One […]
The dirty air we breathe
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Back from Manhattan – not exactly the “greenest” city in the world. The weather was glorious for mid-June, but as I left, and the temperatures were warming a bit, I could gaze down the canyons of the city streets and see the pollution hanging between the buildings. Still, one must […]
Out on the road for a couple of days
Friends of this blog,
I will be traveling over the weekend and will not have my computer. I will post again either late in the day Monday or on Tuesday morning.
Thanks for reading. Thanks for caring.
Margaret Swedish
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