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SEP 3, 2007 Journal Online Exclusive

On Not Being Green about Ecological Intervention

"I am sympathetic to Eckersley's assessment of the importance of these problems, but there are certain implications of her (albeit qualified) endorsement of ecological intervention ...

SEP 3, 2007 Journal

Ecological Intervention: Prospects and Limits [Full Text]

This essay seeks to extend the already controversial debate about humanitarian intervention by exploring the morality, legality, and legitimacy of ecological intervention and its corollary, ...

SEP 3, 2007 Journal

The Politics of PEPFAR: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [Full Text]

In his January 2003 State of the Union Address, President Bush called for the U.S to commit $15 billion over five years to address the international ...

Middelgrunden windmills outside Copenhagen. <br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andjohan/1022097482/" target="_blank">Andreas Johannsen</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>).

AUG 24, 2007 Article

Offsets, the Indulgences of Today?

More and more, Saul Gomez says, wealthy individuals and companies are offsetting their carbon consumption out of a sincere concern for the environment, for good ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviedunn/3927139869/">Davie Dunn</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 24, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Offsets, the Indulgences of Today?

More and more, wealthy individuals and companies are offsetting their carbon consumption out of a sincere concern for the environment, for good public relations, and ...

CREDIT: Holding Associates, Inc.

AUG 23, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: CSR's Impact on Brands Grows

The U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board issued standards this year for reporting how much brands and other intangibles are worth. The problem is that ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/h4ck/2981763309">Masaaki Komori</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC</a>)

AUG 20, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Tale of Sushi in the Global Economy

Devin Stewart talks with writer Sasha Issenberg about the culture, ethics, and evolution of sushi as a globalized commodity.

Arctic ice near the North Pole. Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kenyai/54090518/">Tunde Pecsvari</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

AUG 17, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Russia's Arctic Resource Race

The space race may be over, but the war for control of vast Arctic energy resources got a little colder this month when a Russian ...

Mist over Dongtan Marsh. China plans to <br>build a model eco-city in the area. Photo <br>by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/oohoo/140648874/">laughterwym</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

AUG 15, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: China's Eco-Entrepreneurs

Although China's civil society is stifled, the Chinese environmental movement has taken great strides and made great progress in combating the harms of rapid development.

AUG 13, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Negotiating a New Social Contract

Devin Stewart interviews Grant Aldonas, former Bush Administration Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, on his recent study on the policy response to globalization. ...