The title and headline I suggested for this piece was, “The Sustainable Olympics?: 2010 Winter Games organizers go for green, get tarnished bronze.” It is the longest Green.view I’ve written and the first to feature an inconspicuously embedded link to my previous reporting. (Check out the link below on “metal salvaged.”) Because it will be [...]
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Green.view: A slushy shade of green
Posted in The Economist, tagged Canada, Environmental, Sport on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Green.view: The rise of slime
Posted in The Economist, tagged Environment, Ocean on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My editor chopped my lede about Maine’s record red tide, a toxic algal bloom that posed skin and respiratory risks to beachgoers and resulted in a summer-long suspension of shellfish harvesting in “Vacationland,” in favor of those familiar culprits jellyfish [yawn]. Otherwise, I’m very happy with the piece. Warmer water is exacerbating problems in the oceans THE fishermen [...]
Green.view: Lines in the sand
Posted in The Economist, tagged Arctic, China, Environment, Foreign Policy, History, India on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please click here to read the original post or make a comment. UPDATE: This has been my most recommended (68) and commented on (29) article to date. Granted, some of the responses were from delusional climate change skeptics, but at least it’s nice to know people are reading! Climate change could ignite wars in volatile regions THE Matterhorn, an [...]
Democracy in America: And another one
Posted in The Economist, tagged Democrats, Taxes on March 2, 2009 |
THIS is getting ridiculous. Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee this afternoon revealed that another of President Obama’s nominees — U.S. Trade Representative-designate Ron Kirk — has tax problems. Finance staff briefed aides to committee members today on the revelations, which indicate the former Dallas mayor underpaid taxes to the tune of $9,975 during 2005-07, [...]
Green.view: No more pyrotechnics
Posted in The Economist, tagged Britain, Environment, Music on June 2, 2008 |
Taming the rock-concert industry’s excesses AS ANY country-music fan knows, Willie Nelson, America’s favourite outlaw-troubadour, can’t wait to get on the road again. Although he often sings about whiskey, since 2004 his tireless touring has been fueled by an entirely different sort of liquid: biofuel (which he has cleverly branded “BioWillie”). Mr Nelson, one of [...]
Green.view: Chipping in
Posted in The Economist, tagged Environment, Sport on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Better course management can make golf green LAST summer the big three American automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, who have all watched their market shares diminish under the pressure of foreign competition, suffered yet another embarrassment at the hands of Toyota. Paul W. Smith, who hosts a radio show in Detroit, passed over the [...]
