A Conversation With James E. Lovelock: Updating Prescriptions for Avoiding Worldwide Catastrophe
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Environmental scientist and author James E. Lovelock is coming under attack from some environmentalists for his support of nuclear power.
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Viewpoint: Can security be increased without turning schools into armed camps? An expert on disaster preparedness tells how it can be done
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Research offers new hope - from timely forecasts to building codes and maps of potential destruction.
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Part fictional spaceship log, part nuts-and-bolts survival manual, a book by the astrophysicist Neil F. Comins warns of mundane dangers in space travel.
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Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.
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Patrick J. Michaels is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media.
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The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.
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The recent string of disasters in Indonesia raises the question: Can the human toll be reduced?
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KOBE, Japan  - Earthquakes, floods and other  natural disasters could kill millions in the world's teeming  megacities and time is running out to prevent such a  catastrophe, the United Nations point man on emergency relief  said on Tuesday.
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Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, released in the U.S. September 18, discusses her economic theory of how governments force capitalism on different societies in times of tragedy
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I recently participated in some war-game-style what-if exercises with a small group of IT execs. The goal was to stimulate thinking about how corporations can best prepare for, and respond to, significant business disruptions, whether from terrorism, weather, biological threats, or other unexpected shocks.
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The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain's chief scientist said on Tuesday.
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The authors of Empire, the It book of postmodern philosophy, have a new plan to save the world
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By Adam Shell and Matt Krantz Droughts. Hurricanes. Rising temperatures. Melting glaciers. In a world abuzz with talk about global warming, climate change is elbowing aside tech and biotech as the major investment theme of the future.
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Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters could kill millions in the world's teeming megacities and time is running out to prevent such a catastrophe, the United Nations point man on emergency relief said on Tuesday.
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Change a light bulb and stop a war. Build smarter homes and keep the seas from rising.
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I've written about weather alarmism and terrorphobia as examples of availability cascades, but there's an important distinction between these cascades. The environmentalists promoting fear of climate change sometimes use dubious tactics in exploiting images like Hurricane Katrina, but they can legitimately point to longer trends showing that the planet has warmed and is projected to [...].