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Haiti: after the earthquake
January 13, 2013, Comments Off on Haiti: after the earthquake

KANPE means “Stand Up” in Haitian Creole, and, as the name suggests, the bulk of the organisation’s initiatives an ...

Haiti
November 30, 2010, 2 Comments

Haiti – Six months later: Haiti on Wednesday-Night.com; CIA World Factbook: Haiti; NYT Times Topics: Haiti; CBC: H ...

Wednesday Night #1493
October 13, 2010, 1 Comment

“You can’t go back.”  Visiting the place of one’s childhood, (and/or youth in the case of old a ...

Ixtoc Disaster Holds Clues to Evolution of an Oil Spill
June 16, 2010, Comments Off on Ixtoc Disaster Holds Clues to Evolution of an Oil Spill

By Matthew O. Berger and Emilio Godoy* WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jun 16, 2010 (IPS) – On a spring day in the Gulf of ...

Wednesday Night #1475
June 9, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1475

Good policy is not the property of any political party and good ideas that are in the interests of the country need to b ...

Invest in agriculture
April 6, 2010, Comments Off on Invest in agriculture

More on Agriculture & Food Emergent Asset Management How science could spark a second Green Revolution (CSM) To figh ...

Wednesday Night #1461
March 3, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1461

More on Wednesday-Night.com The evening started on a somber note, as Diana noted with sadness the deaths of Judith Patte ...

The Politics of Earthquakes
March 3, 2010, Comments Off on The Politics of Earthquakes

If the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti carry any message for those of us fortunate enough not to live in those places, pe ...

Climate Change Stories
December 14, 2009, Comments Off on Climate Change Stories

See all Climate Change posts In Bolivia, Water and Ice Tell of Climate Change If the water problems are not solved, El A ...

Oil & Power 2009
December 4, 2009, Comments Off on Oil & Power 2009

Wiliam Marsden: Big oil’s relentless lobby As world leaders gather in Copenhagen next week for historic negotiatio ...