Review of Too Many People? By Ian Angus and Simon Butler, Haymarket Books, 2011 ONE OF the major divisions within environmentalists is on the issue of population and ‘overpopulation’, with many claiming that a key cause of environmental damage is too many people. The British Royal Society recently released a report, People and the Planet, […]
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Review of The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, by Wilkinson R & Pickett K, Penguin 2010 “It is a remarkable paradox that, at the pinnacle of human material and technical achievement, we find ourselves anxiety-ridden, prone to depression, worried about how others see us, unsure of our friendships, driven to consume and […]
Continue ReadingThe disaster caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was a human disaster but not of the workforce’s making. It is due to decisions of the oil companies and the government. A year previously, BP, the oil company leasing the rig, did an environmental study of the operation. This study claimed there […]
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