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Andrew Simms on how Britain can learn about living at low environmental cost from small islands


The Guardian - 13-Apr-2009

A man who falls from a 100-storey building will survive the first 99 storeys unscathed," wrote the economist EJ Mishan in response to critics of his attack on the costs of economic growth. It was the 1960s and then, as now, it was heresy to question growth. The cry went up: "But natural resources haven't actually run out yet, and what about the costs of not growing?" Mishan returned to his falling...


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The Wall Street Journal - 26-Sep-2014

The craft of opposition research—finding information that might put an opponent in a negative light—has long been a staple of political campaigns. This year, independent groups are taking a leading role....

The Wall Street Journal - 26-Sep-2014

Cynthia Quarterman, a top U.S. safety regulator tasked with handling the U.S. government's response to a string of oil-train crashes in recent years, is stepping down....

The Wall Street Journal - 26-Sep-2014

The U.S. government will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle long-standing claims that it mismanaged funds and natural resources on the tribe's reservation for years....

The Wall Street Journal - 26-Sep-2014

Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Joe Visconti opposes the state's new gun restrictions, and he has an online commercial that shows him riding in a 1974 Pontiac convertible with rifles fixed to the rear fenders. ...

The Wall Street Journal - 26-Sep-2014

The U.S. and Arab allies launched a second major wave of airstrikes in Syria targeting mobile oil refineries controlled by Islamic State, the Pentagon said....

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