Ecology

Public discussion: What can we do to combat global warming?

This is not a conventional article, but rather a type of discussion group. It is a page for users to post their comments on how we all might combat global warming by changes in our day-to-day lives. Please comment on this page, and "subscribe" to the page to receive email notices of new comments and discussion. Note that any site visitor can now post comments on this website without being a "site member." [node:read-more:link]

Is the Antarctic Treaty a Model to Prevent an Arctic Oil Race?

by Rene Wadlow

In an earlier article Arctic Oil and the Law of the Seize, I mentioned that some such as Scott Borgerson, who teaches maritime studies at the US Coast Guard Academy and is a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, are looking to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 as a model to prevent an Arctic race for oil by avoiding the provisions of the Law of the Sea Convention which the USA has not signed. [node:read-more:link]

Citizens of the Earth

Rene Wadlow

In a mixture of the titles of the “Citizens of the World” and the “Friends of the Earth” – the representatives of 40 governments speaking as the “Citizens of the Earth” called on 2 February 2007 for an improved UN system of ecological governance. [node:read-more:link]

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