1.AIG 2.Cargill 3. Cheveron 4. CNPC 5. Constellation Energy Group 6. Dole 7. GE 8. Imperial Sugar 9. Philip Morris International 10. Roche
http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/02/19/10-Worst-Corporate-Polluters
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Top 10 Greenest Cities
Portland, Oregon
Austin, Texas
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Boulder, Colorado
Burlington, Vermont
Madison, Wisconsin
New York, New York
San Fransisco, California
Santa Monica, California
Chicago Illinois
Austin, Texas
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Boulder, Colorado
Burlington, Vermont
Madison, Wisconsin
New York, New York
San Fransisco, California
Santa Monica, California
Chicago Illinois
Monday, February 2, 2009
Do Global Attitudes and Behaviors Support Sustainable Development?
This article stressed much on our people's influence on our environment, and right from the title you get a question that can really summarize the entire article: Do global attitudes and behaviors support sustainable development? The answer to that question is no -- presently.
From how our world is currently growing, it's obvious that we will outlive our resources. However, recent trends of developing new techniques to sustain and preserve our resources while looking for alternatives could help to rectify this over the years. But if there is no improvement from where we currently stand, this will not happen, as I clearly stated in the first paragraph, though in an understated way in the hopes of making you read further into this blog entry.
Our economy affects our use of resources, too. In third world countries (or developing countries, whatever you want to refer to them as), their population continues to grow at an alarming rate, while it's the developed nations with a growth rate that they are trying to stabilize that are more responsible for the overuse of our planet's resources. It's the fact that the economies of these developed nations are so superior that makes this possible. Without them, they would not be able to afford the resources that they have had the tendency of using so carelessly. Third world countries are not able to afford resources to that extent, and so do not contribute as much to the waste of them. Therefore, the resources used in a nation is highly dependent on the government's economy.
So other than a few key points that are so commonplace that they are not needed to be restated, I've reiterated and elaborated further on every issue brought up in Article 4.
From how our world is currently growing, it's obvious that we will outlive our resources. However, recent trends of developing new techniques to sustain and preserve our resources while looking for alternatives could help to rectify this over the years. But if there is no improvement from where we currently stand, this will not happen, as I clearly stated in the first paragraph, though in an understated way in the hopes of making you read further into this blog entry.
Our economy affects our use of resources, too. In third world countries (or developing countries, whatever you want to refer to them as), their population continues to grow at an alarming rate, while it's the developed nations with a growth rate that they are trying to stabilize that are more responsible for the overuse of our planet's resources. It's the fact that the economies of these developed nations are so superior that makes this possible. Without them, they would not be able to afford the resources that they have had the tendency of using so carelessly. Third world countries are not able to afford resources to that extent, and so do not contribute as much to the waste of them. Therefore, the resources used in a nation is highly dependent on the government's economy.
So other than a few key points that are so commonplace that they are not needed to be restated, I've reiterated and elaborated further on every issue brought up in Article 4.
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