A Sampling of Clips for
August 2nd, 2007
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Asian Brown Cloud of Pollution Contributes to Global Warming
The Daily Telegraph, U.K. Aug. 2 -- The Asian Brown Cloud, the thick haze caused by pollution that hangs over southern Asia, is rapidly melting Himalayan glaciers and could precipitate an environmental disaster that could affect billions of people, scientists have warned. The long-term worry is of drought as the glaciers continue to shrink, according to researchers led by Veerabhadran Ramanathan, professor of atmospheric sciences at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California. More
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China's Chance to Lead
The Washington Post, Opinion, Aug. 2 --- China is about to emerge as the world's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, a position the United States has held since 1890. Now is the time for China to take the lead in finding a way to reduce global emissions, which the United States has thus far failed to do. It should start by imposing a sizable tax on the carbon content of its fossil fuel consumption and by heading an effort among other major trading countries to do the same. (Co-authored by Richard Carson, a professor in the Department of Economics at UCSD) More
Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech Leaves Room for Debate
The New York Times, Aug. 1 -- It was inevitable that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, a top-tier contender for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, would attempt to flesh out his foreign policy views in a big speech, as he did in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Samuel Popkin) More