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Waste Incineration: A Dying Technology
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July 14, 2003Abstract:
This report explains why incinerators are an unsustainable and obsolete method for dealing with waste. The GAIA report concludes that incineration is a dying technology. As a waste treatment technology, it is unreliable and produces a secondary waste stream more dangerous than the original. As an en...Read/download:
Waste Incineration: A Dying Technology, (PDF, 2421 KB)Implementing the Public Trust in Paleontological Resources
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January 2, 2001Abstract:
Describes the use of the public trust doctrine to protect paleontology resources such as fossils, which contain embedded knowledge. Argues that knowledge is part of the public trust that government has an affirmative duty to protect and enhance....Read/download:
Implementing the Public Trust in Paleontological Resources, (TXT, 28 KB)Lost Rivets and Threads, and Ecosystems Pulled Apart
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July 4, 2000Abstract:
Describes metaphors that biologists are now using to describe the schredding of the biosphere. Some speak of an airplane with rivets being lost one by one; others speak of a tapestry with its threads being removed one by one until the rich image fades and disappears....Read/download:
Lost Rivets and Threads, and Ecosystems Pulled Apart, (TXT, 8 KB)Number of Killer Storms and Droughts Increasing Worldwide
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February 27, 2003Abstract:
Lengthy press release describing conclusions of the World Water Council, that costly extremes of weather are increasing worldwide, partly due to global warming....Read/download:
Number of Killer Storms and Droughts Increasing Worldwide, (PDF, 118 KB)Bush Administration Keen on New Nuclear Weapons
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May 7, 2003Abstract:
Describes a new "generation" of "small" nuclear weapons that President Bush wants the U.S. to develop....Read/download:
Bush Administration Keen on New Nuclear Weapons, (TXT, 9 KB)Entering the Century of the Environment: A New Social Contract for Science
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January 23, 1998Abstract:
Then-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Jane Lubchenco, calls upon scientists to devote their energies and talents to the most pressing problems of the day because the environment is in trouble. Jane Lubchenco, "Entering the Century of the Environment: A New Socia...Read/download:
Entering the Century of the Environment: A New Social Contract for Science, (PDF, 307 KB)Places to Intervene in a System
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December 1, 1997Abstract:
How does "the system" (or any system) change? Donella Meadows, one of the most original thinkers of our time, describes 10 places to intervene in any system, ranking the 10 for their effectiveness at producing lasting change....Read/download:
Places to Intervene in a System, (TXT, 37 KB)Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation: Lessons from History
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April 2, 1993Abstract:
Examines the history of human use of resources and shows why humans always over-exploit resources; offers suggestions for protecting natural resources in new ways....Read/download:
Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation: Lessons from History, (PDF, 208 KB)Top 200: The Rise of Corporate Global Power
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December 4, 2000Abstract:
This report looks growing economic and political power of the world's top 200 corporations. Its findings include: ** Of the world's 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries; and, ** The world's top 200 corporations account for over a quarter of economic activity...Read/download:
Top 200: The Rise of Corporate Global Power, (PDF, 202 KB)Efectos Sobre la Salud y el Ambiente de Herbicidas que Contienen Glifosato
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November 20, 2000Abstract:
Presentación de Elsa Nivia en la conferencia de prensa llevada a cabo en Washington, DC sobre los efectos de la fumigación aerea de glifosato en territorios indígenas colombianos....Read/download:
Efectos Sobre la Salud y el Ambiente de Herbicidas que Contienen Glifosato, (DOC, 66 KB)