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...ambition is definitely there. There should be a new Kyoto-style agreement that would have the developed world, especially the U.S., finance such a project. That way the developed world would pay compensation for the harm it has done to the environment and be instrumental in saving our planet. Vineet Pande Stockholm When a nation as resourceful as the U.S. contributes 25% of the total emissions polluting the environment and only reluctantly takes action to reduce them, I am genuinely disappointed. What an unbelievable waste of capability. Considering the brainpower, information and materials available, how can the U.S. miss such...
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...last year. The imbalance is shocking: Egypt uses the Nile's waters to help it produce more than double the power generated in the nine upriver nations combined. It also irrigates millions of acres of farmland even as its neighbors remain among the thirstiest and poorest nations on the planet. Recently, however, things have begun to change. The end of the cold war eased many of the tensions between Egypt and its southern neighbors as the global powers no longer saw African nations as useful proxies in their own disputes. The ensuing political and economic reforms in Africa have pushed...
...sports nuts. "The Slingbox will spread, but only among a die-hard technology enthusiast group that loves electronics," says Josh Bernoff, an analyst with Forrester Research. Krikorian, of course, has almost a missionary's sense that his product will succeed. "We're tripling the number of TVs on the planet," he says, exaggerating for effect. But of all the hyped technology predictions of recent years, the most believable are usually the ones that allow people to do more easily or better things they already want to do - like shopping, talking, getting information. Technology that helps viewers get more...
...talked about environmentally friendly products 20 years ago, most people would have envisaged a hand-stitched hemp-fiber bag or mud-colored recycled stationery. But these days, the state of the planet is a broader concern, and the line between green goods and those of the regular kind is blurring. Here are four products that will make you look chic while feeling righteous...