In a story about oil and Iraq, Kathlyn Stone writes in “Iraq Labor vs. ExxonMobil, BP and Shell” that “the US and UK governments are on track to achieve a March victory in Iraq.” This “victory” is far from the one many people would like to see. Victory, in this sense, means the new Iraq [...]
Cleantech Blog: Climate Stabilization Wedges
I’ve been reading Cleantech Blog, which is a green technology investing oriented blog. I will try to point to some interesting posts over there when I have time. Today, Richard Steubl posted about Climate Stabilization Wedges. He points to a Science article from 2004 (I am not a subscriber, so I’m going to have to [...]
An offer to clean up Bhopal goes ignored.
Chemical and Engineering News reports (subscription required) on a recent offer to clean up after one of history’s most notorious industrial accidents: an explosion at a Union Carbide pesticide plant, in the capital of India’s then-largest state, killing thousands in one night in 1984. The estimated long term death toll from exposure is 15,000. (Compare [...]
