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...While the Gulf of Mexico remains a vital area for exploration, the shift eastward means the old Energy Capital must diversify. "A lot of us in Houston have been saying that the energy industry in Houston needs to be a lot more innovative," Jaffe said. Energy industry and political leaders are beginning to develop wind energy offshore in the Gulf, and look to other alternatives. From now on, the "bidness" discussions at the Petroleum Club are more likely to focus on new energy technologies like carbon sequestration than wildcatting...
...Brown founded the Worldwatch Institute, the first research institute devoted to the analysis of global environmental issues. He then launched the Worldwatch Papers, the annual State of the World reports, World Watch magazine, a second annual publication called Vital Signs: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future, and the Environmental Alert book series. In 2001, he founded the Earth Policy Institute to promote environmental sustainability...
...poor. Almost half of Mexico's population lives in poverty--a big reason that so many are flooding the border to work in the U.S. Keeping more Mexicans at home will almost certainly require Calderón to rein in, if not break up, the entrenched monopolies that suck vital investment from small and medium-size businesses...
Spinetta recognized an inflection point. "It was vital we let employees see how this opening of markets and increased competition imposing all the changes they were resisting also provided enormous opportunities for us all," he says. "It was the moment to really start working together." To do that, Spinetta wrought a minor miracle: finding the elusive "third way" between the protective, paternalist policies of welfare-state systems and the dog-eat-dog free-market approaches of U.S. and British firms that send French workers running to the barricades. Spinetta managed that with a mix of wage restrictions in exchange...
...region, in reality the Prime Minister is simply drifting back toward the right-wing opinions he expressed as a legislator. More interesting is why he's choosing to do so now. One theory is that becau se his approval ratings have been falling for months ahead of vital elections to be held in the spring, he may feel the need to shore up his conservative support base. But in pandering to the right, he could throw away something far more important - Japan's improving relations with China and South Korea, its vital neighbors and trade partners. With the 70th anniversary...