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...when nature seemed limitless; the idea of endless natural bounty is embedded within our national identity. "In the past, natural resources were abundant," says Robert Costanza, Director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont. "We've used up all the frontier. Those days are gone. People are recognizing this, but our institutions haven't caught up." So markets continue to ignore natural capital as if it's of no economic consequence...
...This sense of higher purpose made Spitzer's downfall all the more crushing, especially to members of his staff, many of whom believed they were practically doing God's work. "My own personal view is he must have gone mad there," says a former senior aide. "We had so many high expectations, and he couldn't live up to them - the public's or his own." (See the 10 greatest speeches of all time...
...unclear how ambitious Spitzer still is, if he is ambitious at all. "When you go through what I've gone through, you come to appreciate who matters and what and why," he says, referring to his family. "But you also lose a bit of the edge that leads you to tilt at windmills. Maybe you might call that ambition. Silda used to say, 'Being right isn't the only thing.' I would get so caught up in the ambition of proving to the world we're right. You can destroy yourself that...
...accident-filled months, President Evo Morales has issued a zero-tolerance policy for offenders, including lifetime license revocation on the first DUI offense, vehicle confiscation, fines and eventual closure of transport companies whose drivers are caught under the influence. Those drivers and their parent companies say the measures have gone too far and on Wednesday initiated a two-day work stoppage. What quickly became known as "the Drunkards' Strike" paralyzed the Andean nation...
...some places seawater has crept nearly 40 miles (60 km) inland, says Dam Hoa Binh, deputy director of the Irrigation Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi. Most of the winter-spring crop has already been harvested, but saltwater is reaching where it has never gone before, putting the summer-fall crop in jeopardy, says Binh. "We are trying to strengthen our irrigation systems to prevent further salinization," he adds, but the extreme conditions are making it "one of the most difficult situations in 100 years." (See pictures of drought in Kenya...