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...bane of the environmentalist movement is neither a steam-belching factory nor a gas-guzzling pickup truck, but an item whose overwhelming prevalence in the world makes its elimination a daunting task: the dreaded plastic...
...lose their jobs once problems are reported in the papers-regardless of whether the politicians are capable. I am not a fan of Blair's, but I wish he could stay on as Prime Minister. After he leaves office, I hope he can serve like Al Gore, as an environmentalist and observer of world politics. Yan Wang, Cardiff, Wales...
...because back then, she was the highest-paid woman in Siwa, earning more than $250 a month - more than most local men - as the star employee of Siwa Womens' Native Artisanship Development Initiative. The company was the brainchild of Cairo entrepreneur Laila Neamatalla who, together with her brother, leading environmentalist Mounir Neamatalla, have adopted a unique approach in their effort to plug Siwa into the global economy - the heritage hotels and local industries they have built are based largely on the skills, materials and traditions of the Siwa community...
...course, when sunny beaches beckon you to leave frosty Cambridge behind, that is a tough pill to swallow. When the thermometer doesn’t hit 30 for weeks, even the strongest-willed environmentalist says “bring it on” to global warming. But you may think twice when you realize that your favorite place to spend time outdoors—be it a snow covered mountain or a sunny beach—could be meaningfully altered by the time your children want to enjoy it, and your decisions may be contributing to its demise...
...Kerrys met when the senator and Teresa’s first husband, the late Senator John Heinz, a leading liberal Republican, were keynoting at an Earth Day rally in 1990. The authors begin with some decent, if unspectacular, examples of environmental destruction. They detail the work of pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson, and use her experiences as a springboard to discuss the challenges posed by toxic pollution and how environmental contamination contributes to cancer. The solutions they provide in the first chapters are sound—highlighting environmentally-conscious manufacturing and sustainable urban planning, among other things. Still, these first...