From Margaret Swedish: New studies reveal the extent to which the rivers of the world are drying up or are “seriously depleted,” a result of deterioration due to human water use patterns and to global warming. The United Nations is preparing to release a new report this week warning governments of the extent of the crisis and the threat this [...]
From Margaret Swedish at the ides of March: A thought for the day — it is abundantly clear that we can no longer sustain our lifestyles. Back in 1997, a deputy director at the World Bank, Sven Burmeister of Sweden, put it this way: the earth has the carrying capacity to support the consumption levels [...]
Today from Margaret Swedish: A crude oil spill in Alaska has renewed the alarm of environmentalists over œthe expansion of oil exploitation in the state. The spill was discovered on Thursday, March 9, but its source was not found until Sunday. The extent of the damage to the Alaska wilderness has not yet been determined, though [...]
What is behind the plaintive œWhat’s the big deal complaint we hear from administration officials about the sale of operations at 6 major US ports to a company owned by the emir of Dubai and his government? Some journalists have drawn the map for us. It should probably not surprise us by now, but we find behind [...]