Posts Tagged ‘environment’
Adapting on the Atoll
As Tuvalu faces the threat of climate change, residents try to balance adaption against migration.
(Alicia Patterson Reporter, Spring 2009)
Tags: adaptation, alicia patterson reporter, atoll, climate change, environment, global warming, jeff fleischer, south pacific, tuvalu
In a Strange Land
With their homeland in danger, workers from Tuvalu travel abroad in search of employment.
(Alicia Patterson Reporter, Fall 2008)
Tags: alicia patterson reporter, climate change, environment, global warming, jeff fleischer, migrant workers, migration, new zealand, seasonal workers, south pacific, tuvalu
High Tide
Mark Lynas traveled the world to show that climate change is a global problem from which nobody — whether rich or poor — can hide.
(Mother Jones, June 23, 2004)
Tags: climate change, environment, glaciers, global warming, high tide, interview, jeff fleischer, mark lynas, mother jones, sea level rise, tuvalu
Development on the Dunes
A recent proposal to build a hotel at Indiana Dunes State Park reminded advocates and users just how much they love the place — and that they’ll always have to defend it.
(Chicago Wilderness, Fall 2006)
Tags: chicago, chicago wilderness, environment, indiana, indiana dunes, jeff fleischer
Against the Rising Tide
Climate change threatens Tuvalu’s very existence.
(Alicia Patterson Reporter, Summer 2008)
Tags: alicia patterson reporter, climate change, environment, global warming, jeff fleischer, new zealand, tuvalu
An Argument Full of Gas
Commentary: The Obama administration’s active role in the auto industry is only counteracting the equally active role of its predecessor.
(BuzzFlash, April 27, 2009)
Tags: buzzflash, commentary, environment, gas, gas prices, jeff fleischer, stimulus plan, suv
Coalition of the Whaling
Commentary: Whaling nations need to be stopped if the international agreements they signed are to have any meaning.
(BuzzFlash, September 25, 2007)
Tags: animal welfare, buzzflash, commentary, environment, international relations, international whaling commission, japan, jeff fleischer, whaling