Tag Archive | "population"
Most Beautiful and Devastating Snapshots of Slums
One billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – now live in slums, and it is predicted that the number of slum dwellers will double within the next quarter of a century. Such statistics are as staggering as they are sobering. Yet beneath the shacks and lean-tos of corrugated metal, plywood and plastic sheets, communities thrive and individuals meet the daily challenges their lives throw up at them.
Continue reading...Is it Time to Properly Fund Passenger Rail in the United States?
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Image by Wili Hybrid Passenger Rail service was once a booming industry in the United States and was the main revenue source that spurred the rapid growth of rail transport throughout the late 18th Century and early 19th Century. However, as the price of cheap fuel [...]
Continue reading...The 5 Best Mass Transit Systems in the World
Thursday, April 24, 2008
As we all put our thinking caps on for this “save the environment” thing, and Americans begin to scream under the weight of rising fuel costs, one of the best ways around leaving a giant carbon footprint, or paying an arm and a leg, is to take [...]
Continue reading...Turtle Conservation Works. Why Are Loggerheads Declining?
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Beaches in Florida, long protected during turtle nesting season, are seeing a strange phenomenon: evidence that the conservation program is working, yet failing at one of the central goals – to increase the population of loggerheads. We’ve all seen it, but it’s still cool: [...]
Continue reading...New York is a Giant Birth Control Pill
Friday, February 8, 2008
Two new studies have suggested that cities act like contraceptives, helping to check the population growth that has become one of the most discussed environmental issues in recent years. Image by Ester Inbar The Earth’s population is in the middle of a radical shift of lifestyle. In the past [...]
Continue reading...It’s the Economy, Stupid
Sunday, February 3, 2008
And by economy, I mean economic growth. And by stupid, I mean politicians and others who preach that a continuously growing economy is the only way. And by the headline in toto, I mean most of us are stupid. Here’s why. As an Inconvenient Truth presenter and a [...]
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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