Social Issues

Magazine articles on social issues such as crime, the environment, abortion, wealth distribution, drugs, etc.

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Geotimes April 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Wallace Broecker: Changes in the Atmosphere An interview with an expert on issues of climate change about his experiences advising politicians about the consequences of climate change and his hopes for new technologies of carbon sequestration.
CFO April 1, 2007 John Goff	Cleaning Up Carbon Pressure to curb carbon emissions is mounting. How companies respond will affect much more than their bottom lines.
Chemistry World April 2007 Mark Peplow	Editorial: Swindled? The bottom line is that just a few degrees increase in global average temperatures is likely to have a severe impact on human life. The silver lining of anthropogenic climate change is that, being man-made, at least we stand a chance of doing something about it.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Willie D. Jones	Termites in Your Tank Could the microbes that bugs use to digest wood be the answer to economic ethanol production?
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Tekla S. Perry	The Laptop Crusade Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop is a sweet piece of engineering. But can his One Laptop Per Child project really change the world?
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Ethan Zuckerman	Other Roads to Computing for All The One Laptop Per Child project is only one of more than 20 initiatives in low-cost computing. Some are trying to design low cost or ruggedized computers; others are trying different approaches to make traditional computers more affordable.
Science News March 31, 2007	Science Safari: The Billion Tree Campaign The United Nations Environment Program has launched a major global tree-planting campaign to encourage tree-planting pledges online.
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Heather Green	The Greening Of America's Campuses College students across the country are fired up about global warming, and they're gathering online to agitate for change. Is this the next big youth movement?
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Burger King's Less Subservient Chickens Like a growing number of companies, the fast-food giant said it plans to increase its focus on buying eggs and pork from cage-free and crate-free animals.
Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2007 Michael Fickes	Growing Green Many of the most common challenges faced by REIT executives can be advanced using sustainable solutions. Environmentally friendly building practices slash operating costs, increase ROI and boost asset values.
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