A scholar surveys “the sorry history of international climate policy” and wonders when enough will be enough: The road from Rio to Kyoto to Bali to Copenhagen to Cancun is littered with procrastination, obfuscation, and empty promises. For example, all major countries including the United States agreed to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…Continue Reading…
What does slavery have to do with climate change? Here’s how Andrew Hoffman, an engineer who teaches sustainable development at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, makes the connection in an email exchange with John Broder at the NYT: Just as few people saw a moral problem with slavery in the 18th century, few people…Continue Reading…
Or something to chew on when you pass the free range stuffing later this week.
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