All hat, no oil: who pays for a new Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline? The federal Liberals have taken the position that an Alberta-to-B.C.-coast oil line has to have a private sector proponent. So […]
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Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers
[Humankind has] not done so very badly. We have already managed to drop a lot of the baggage we were carrying from our long past, but some of it is […]
Stored energy in the sea
Operating principle of StEnSea Marine Pumped Storage Power Plants StEnSea – Stored Energy in the Sea Figure: Discharging: Water flows through the turbine into the empty sphere and generates electricity […]
UN Obituary?
Are Cuts pushing the UN out of Geneva. What Next? By JB Bae* – Responsible Statecraft Budget shortfalls could force the organization to move closer to the communities that it’s […]
10 fun facts about the world’s 10 smallest countries.
In the world of geopolitics, bigger is often synonymous with more powerful, but the planet’s smallest nations prove that influence and character aren’t measured in acreage. These microstates—some smaller than […]