From todays New Scientist US cancels Agent Orange study in Vietnam Is Agent Orange responsible for deformities in the children and grandchildren of people exposed to it during the Vietnam war? Vietnam claims the herbicide, used by the US to reduce forest cover, is to blame. But the US has never accepted this. … the …
Category Archives: Environment
Peace and Quiet
Imagine it’s 2010. You’re in downtown New York, London, or Toronto. It all looks the same but for some reason it seems a whole lot different. You can hear a bird up on the 15 floor of the tower above you. There is a vendor down the street talking to someone, trying to convince them …
The Value of Alaskan oil.
Today marked an interesting day in the Oil Economy. First, Oil hit an all time intra-day high of $56.60. Second, the US Senate rejected, by the slimmest of margins (51-49), a motion to halt the approval of development of the oil rich ANWR area of Alaska. Proponents of developing ANWR love to say that it …