Sunday, September 1, 2002

Unlikely partners seek ratification of Kyoto protocol Guardian: The World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Greenpeace held an unprecedented joint press conference last night to urge the world to ratify the Kyoto protocol and begin to cut greenhouse gases - a course the US has firmly rejected. You see, it's not that the Bush administration is pro-business; many business leaders are going in quite the other direction. It's that they're pro the fossil fuel industry. 12:02:31 PM    comment []  trackback []

Goals Clash at the Summit Meeting on Global Warming. The U.S. is far from being the only country balking at approving a strong agreement on the environment at the U.N. World Summit. By Rachel L. Swarns. [New York Times: Science] 11:54:10 AM    comment []  trackback []

Ford Abandons Venture in Making Electric Cars. In another sign of the auto industry's struggle to make money selling electric vehicles, Ford said that it was giving up on Think, its $123 million electric-car venture. By Micheline Maynard. [New York Times: Science] 11:53:11 AM    comment []  trackback []

"Morally obtuse and politically naive" Neither Friedman nor Brzezinski are opposing an attack on Iraq (though Chris Matthews, surprisingly, is), but they raise serious concerns about how th US seems to be going about it. Iraq Without Saddam. Is Iraq the way it is today because Saddam Hussein is the way he is? Or is Saddam Hussein the way he is because Iraq is the way it is? By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion] Confronting Anti-American Grievances. To win the war on terrorism, one must destroy the terrorists and begin a political effort that focuses on the conditions that brought about their emergence. By Zbigniew Brzezinski. [New York Times: Opinion] 11:43:42 AM    comment []  trackback []