Word: environmentalism
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What am I supposed to tell my two young children after reading about the agrifuels debacle? "Kids, we've probably got about five to ten years left. Don't worry about the environment - it's too late"? You report that we are still mowing down precious jungle in 2008. Monkeys...
The huge number of Indian workers staffing the world's tech firms and call centers has given some employers the impression of India as a nation of 1.1 billion software engineers. But only 1 in 4 engineering graduates--and 1 in 10 graduates in other disciplines--is considered employable by...
General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress reiterated what many military and political experts have been saying for several years: a military victory in Iraq is not possible, and because the political environment is so fractured by sectarian differences, a political victory remains questionable [April 21]. The Bush Administration never understood...
Are the Republicans headed for another decades-long stretch as the minority party? -J. De May, Kew Gardens, N.Y.Until there is a resurgence of a Republicanism that meets the demand of independent voters to be a reform party, to care about the environment, to deal with a national energy strategy...
When do you think elected leaders will gain the political will to tackle climate change? -Kurt Wilms, San FranciscoIf you really care about the environment, you want to develop green technologies that are so inexpensive that it is profitable to be environmentally sensitive. It's not a question of political will. Can you develop solutions with broad enough support so that it is relatively easy for politicians to do them...