When pondering about the possible benefits of an event like Live Earth, which took place in seven cities across the globe on Saturday, Marshall McLuhan’s famous dictum, ‘the medium is the message’, came to my mind. Are pop stars...
Category - global warming
New Scientist magazine has published a very insightful article by Ian Roberts in which the writer makes a link between obesity and global warming. Says Roberts: “We tend to think of obesity only as a public-health problem, but many of its...
The 27th Cambridge Film Festival in the UK, which takes place between July 5 and 15, has included a programme called Cinecology focusing on films that deal with environmental issues. According to the organizers, “With...
From c-span.org :ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Power Plants/Climate Change Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) chairs a hearing of the Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte. The Senators take testimony on legislative options for containing pollution from power...
Over the last year it has been amazing to see how Britain, historically one of the biggest contributors to global warming, has become obsessed with climate change. Unfortunately the discussion often gets limited to plenty of hot air (pun intended)...
