When environmental issues collide with rival policy concerns, the environment has long been the likely loser. Even in America, with its agency dedicated to keeping the nation’s air and water clean, the planet too often loses when environmental push meets the shove of wealthier, more entrenched political interests.
A case in point is the recent decision [...]
Posts Tagged ‘national security’
- the environment versus everything else
Posted in climate change, national security, policy, tagged environmental protection, EPA, immigration, national security, policy on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- let’s eat like there’s a war on!
Posted in food, gardening, national security, tagged climate change, food security, Michael Pollen, national security, rationing, World War II on March 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
That’s apparently the idea behind British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s new project.
Oliver’s idea, explains today’s Guardian,takes “inspiration from the Ministry of Food’s campaign to encourage families to Dig For Victory, grow their own food and make the most of their wartime rations.”
While it’s a gimmick, the notion also makes some sense. Second World War rationing [...]
- climate change and national security
Posted in national security, weather, tagged climate change, European Union, national security on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Europeans now feel that climate change is the world’s biggest security threat, reports the Christian Science Monitor this week.
Correspondent Nicole Itano writes from Italy that the EU sees it as a “threat multiplier” that “intensifies existing trends, tensions, and instability.”
The report — written by Javier Solana, EU foreign-policy chief, and Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External [...]
