Category Archives: Policy

As much as a quarter of New York City’s land area is expected to be in the floodplain by midcentury, doubling the number of residents who could be severely affected by future storms, according to a report released Tuesday by … Continue reading

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What’s the number one reason we riot? The plausible, justifiable motivations of trampled-upon humanfolk to fight back are many—poverty, oppression, disenfranchisement, etc—but the big one is more primal than any of the above. It’s hunger, plain and simple. Continue reading

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Dr. Peter Gleick Sometime, about one year from now, the front pages of whatever decent newspapers are left will carry a headline like the one above, announcing that for the first time in human existence (or in nearly a million … Continue reading

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Jeremy Grantham’s latest quarterly thought piece is out. It’s terrific reading as usual. “Our global economy, reckless in its use of all resources and natural systems, shows many of the indicators of potential failure that brought down so many civilizations … Continue reading

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Youtube link:  http://youtu.be/K8EN8Q7f8EI Why-we-do-it from Anric Blatt on Vimeo. What kind of legacy are we choosing to leave our children and grandchildren ? If we unbalance nature, humankind will suffer. Furthermore, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is … Continue reading

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The World Economic Forum Global Risks 2013 – Eight Edition ranks water supply crisis as #4 in terms of likelyhood and #2 in terms of impact Download the report by clicking here The World Economic Forum: Global Risks Report 2013 … Continue reading

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This month, a hundred years after the completion of the Panama Canal, China is expected to finish the first phase of its gigantic South-North Water Transfer Project, known in Chinese as Nanshui beidiao gongcheng— literally, “to divert southern water north.” The phrase evokes the suggestion, attributed to Mao, that “since the south has a great deal of water, and the north very little, we should borrow some of it.” Continue reading

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The Outlook for Energy is ExxonMobil’s long-term view of our shared energy future. They develop the Outlook annually to assess future trends in energy supply, demand and technology to help guide the long-term investments.

This year’s Outlook reveals a number of key findings about how we use energy, how much we will need in the future and what types of fuels will meet demand. Continue reading

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Nearly 1.5 million natural gas vehicles on the road could replace the equivalent of 840,000 bpd of oil by 2030 – all part of a plan to increase gas use nationwide China’s drive to fuel moe vehicles with cleaner burning … Continue reading

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Imagine a large body of water – about the size of the Dead Sea – simply disappearing. It sounds like a science fiction movie. But it’s not. It’s happening in real life – and we’ve only just found out. A … Continue reading

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