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Pete Smith @ February 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It’s funny how words’ meanings can change over time. I was browsing idly through our bookshelves the other day, when I came across an interesting little volume called ‘The Survivalists’. Nothing to do with Jerry Ahern’s interminable macho saga, Patrick Rivers’ 1975 book is a serious review of the ‘alternative’ environmental movement in [...]
Pete Smith @ January 3, 2008 # 3 Comments
The second series of Jericho is scheduled to premiere on CBS on February 12th. The post-apocalyptic drama follows the progress of a small Kansas town as it struggles to come to terms with the destruction of 22 major US cities. Series 1 ended on a cliff-hanger with the people of Jericho defending themselves against an [...]
Pete Smith @ December 16, 2007 # 2 Comments
Question 1
In 2003 the United States used the United Nations to legitimise its invasion of Iraq on the grounds of Iraq’s threat to global security.
(a) Discuss the proposition that the United States’ response to climate change poses as significant a threat to global security as Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction”.
(b) Assess the practicality and effectiveness [...]
Pete Smith @ December 1, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Washington has reported a fall in greenhouse gas emissions for 2006, the first year-on-year drop since 2001. The 1.5% reduction still leaves US emissions 15.1% above the key 1990 baseline. The Energy Information Administration attributed the fall to favourable weather conditions, higher energy prices and a greater use of non-fossil fuels and natural gas in [...]
Pete Smith @ November 26, 2007 # 2 Comments
Photo: ‘Kivalina Sunrise’ by Vision Aerie
An island in a moonlit sea. A thin sliver of sand 6 miles long, under pressure from rising seas and erosion. A place with no future, named in an IPCC report as an example of the costs of relocating coastal communities. An indigenous community of 400 who desperately want [...]
Pete Smith @ October 4, 2007 # 3 Comments
….. were hit by a Category 3 Hurricane?
In New York City, over eight million people live on land that has 578 miles of waterfront. By 2030, the population is expected to reach nine million. At the same time, global climate change has put New York City at an increased risk for a severe coastal [...]
Pete Smith @ September 7, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Like two unpopular schoolkids huddling together for mutual support in the corner of the playground, U.S. President George Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard have pledged to take joint action on climate change. Australia’s and the U.S.’s refusal to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol led to widespread criticism at home and [...]