– An interview with Mickey Glantz From an Email interview on climate change; what is needed to cope with greenhouse gas emissions. In late November 2011, I was asked by a reporter from a foreign…
Floods occur on the earth’s surface in scores of different locations every year. Some cause minor damage, while others can be labeled blockbuster events. For example, consider two major flood episodes from 2011: the tens…
Views on climate change negotiations converge at COP17 – Durban, South Africa The views of those setting up the COP 17 event in South Africa, many negotiators and skeptics’ seem to have converged. Generally speaking,…
Mexico is plagued (the correct choice of words. Another might be infested) with gangs that live and die by violence. While philosophers and economists have labored for centuries about how to put a monetary value…
The three major stages of economic development are as follows: the primary sector, dependent on the exploitation and sale of primary resources such as forests and mineral resources; the secondary sector is based on manufacturing…
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