The Amazon, where many early explorers believed a great civilization existed with a plethora of gold, is being mistreated by profit-seekers and corruptors nowadays. The region is crucial to Earth’s survival, according to this article. It produces a significant amount of oxygen for the world to breathe. This is where famous explorers such as Fawcett [...]
Tagged rain forestThis is an interview with Don Blakenship, the chief exec of Massey Energy Company. He is discussing the cap and trade issue in the US – the Waxman-Markey bill. His comments give a pretty good idea about why it failed to pass, and also give a commercial argument against the carbon markets.
What amazes me most [...]
There was a “heated” debate in class yesterday night on whether carbon trading or carbon cap could help industries to cut down on carbon emission .
Many of us have doubts on whether it is a correct approach to tackle global warming or just another cover-up by big corporations on how dirty (in terms of pollution) they [...]
There’s been a lot of talk over the recent days, months and years concerning climate change. The Obama administration once made suggestions to tax imports from countries that heavily generate CO2 such as China and India. The EU is implementing aggressive measures through credits and subsidies. Whatever the case, economies should move fast to safeguard [...]
Tagged climate change, global warmingPresident Obama signed an executive order mandating government agencies to set CO2 emission cut targets. His action coincides with his campaign pledge made last year when he said his administration will tackle issues concerning global warming and climate change. He is pinning high hopes that corporations will follow the government’s example. It is uncertain as [...]
Tagged climate change, usRyan Andrews
This is from the New Yorker and touches on what we discussed in class, mainly how the recent economic collapse has ramifications for economic policy. More prosperity means more pollution and less prosperity can mean less pollution. It also discusses government intervention when it comes to the economy and the environment.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/03/30/090330taco_talk_owen
This NYTimes article is not just interesting because it show’s China’s economic success over Japan’s, but also because it looks at China’s huge growth in a global context. How can global economics shift so dramatically and rapidly? Previously an economic miracle, Japan is now likened to Switzerland: “rich and comfortable, but of little global import, [...]
The Guardian yesterday published a slideshow containing 24 photos on the deforestation taking place at Sumatra island, Indonesia. Each photo comes with a description highlighting the many problems of this issue.
Suggestions has been made to pay large sums of money to the owners of Indonesian rainforest, as to keep them intact. But due to corruption [...]
Seriously! The Maldives ministers are gathering, underwater, to call for more concern on global warming next week, and guess what do they do before that? Scuba lessons! Click here for NYtimes world briefing. —Yueyang LU
This article itself is interesting just by looking at its headlines. A scientist claims CO2 — the axis of environmental evil — is actually good for Earth’s sustainability. Less of it will trouble the environment. I’m no scientist, so this source is confusing me because I, too, always believed the opposite of what this scientist [...]
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