Word: globalization
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...These communities need to be included in the movement, not because of the environmental justice concerns that they are a part of, but because they represent a majority of the population. Without their support, the environmental movement will fail to successfully address global warming problems and all of its implications. Statutory regulations can solve air pollution when the majority of pollution is caused by industries that can be regulated. But global warming is a problem that is far more pervasive. It can only be addressed if individuals make the decision to change their behavior. This is not possible...
...recent Pew poll found that, among the public, global warming ranked last of 20 possible policy problems. More importantly, however, the poll found a serious disconnect between concern over the environment and global warming. While it is heartening that the environment was not listed last, it is worrying that people see a difference between the environment and global warming. These two policy problems are inextricably linked, and dealing with one means dealing with the other. That this poll separates them indicates a serious lack of understanding of the problem...
...True protection calls for a reevaluation of how the value of the environment is assessed. The environment is not a luxury good, and by some estimates it contributes $33 trillion to the global GDP, so it can no longer be treated as an unnecessary amenity. But the reevaluation requires massive cultural shifts, which, yet again, require education, not new laws...
...This will not be easy. The environmental movement has, for a very long time, been a group on the margin of American public policy and one that has not tried to engage outsiders. Their methods have worked passably well thus far but will no longer be sufficient. Global warming will not be legislated away, and concern for the environment cannot be demanded in the same way that a catalytic converter can be required...
...somewhat different case of global warming, employees in The Boston Globe office this morning might be sweating a bit more than usual for this time of year in New England. Anxieties in the print journalism industry have reached new heights, as The Boston Globe faces potential closure after 137 years of publication. The paper’s ownership, The New York Times Co., has suffered substantial losses from The Globe and has stipulated that union members must agree to $20 million in cuts or the newspaper may be terminated...