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...global warming by the standards of the Swedish chemist, but early by most measures. We published our first cover story on the topic in October 1987. "It is too soon to tell whether unusual global warming has indeed begun," wrote Michael D. Lemonick. But if the climate did begin to change, we could expect "dramatically altered weather patterns, major shifts of deserts and fertile regions, intensification of tropical storms and a rise in sea level...
...second part of our package considers the role we all have in that effort. Thottam marshaled a team of reporters, led by Tokyo bureau chief Bryan Walsh, who canvassed the experts to determine the 51 things we can do--here, today--to begin setting the broken climate right. The solutions range from changing your lightbulbs to checking your tire pressure to planting a bamboo fence. We tell you what the impact of each initiative is, when it can start to produce results and when the feel-good factor outweighs the real value. Thottam began to feel the pressure...
When I bring this record up with Panzner, he has a ready retort. "History didn't begin in the postwar period," he says. "History didn't begin 20 years ago." Living memory includes the Great Depression, begun in 1929 and stopped only by global war; stocks didn't fully recover until 1954. The scary scenarios painted by Panzner and his ilk are not outside the realm of historical experience. What's more, they're all grounded in the incontrovertible truth that much of our economic growth of the past 25 years--and almost all the growth of the past five...
...support beyond his extended family. The Prime Minister responded to this dismaying turn of events--caused by Israel's less than triumphant war against Hizballah last summer, plus a gaudy array of scandals among his Cabinet ministers, plus the fact that he wasn't very popular to begin with--in a fairly straightforward fashion. "I know I'm unpopular," he told the nation mournfully in a recent speech...
...onto the taxpayer." Clinton warned that her plan will spark a "big political battle" because it will mean "taking money away from people who make out really well right now." And who might those people be? "Well," she answered, "let's start with the insurance companies." Let the battle begin--again...