The Environment - Americas Quarterly

Articles:

Negotiating a Green Commitment
by Ricardo Lagos
Chile's former president calls for a new global metric to measure a country's carbon footprint.
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Urban Health
by Dr. Daniel Becker
More green space is as important to the health of urban dwellers as good hospitals.
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by John F. Kerry
An environmental partnership between Washington and the hemisphere could set a global example.
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Fat City
by Michael Sorkin
Cities have become bloated by bad planning. Here's how to put them on a diet.
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by Jaime Lerner
The ex-mayor of Curitiba, Brazil on how his city was transformed by cutting-edge land-use politicies.
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Our Man in Haiti: Bill Clinton
by Garry Pierre-Pierre
Bill Clinton's newest mission.
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by Gonzalo A. Moyano
The next generation of public transit systems must be environmentally sustainable.
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by Hal Harvey, John Fetterman, Eduardo Bartolomé, William K. Reilly and Mark Tercek
How can we protect the environment? Five experts respond.
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Growing Green
by Steven Sanderson
Preserving our diverse habitats and species should be on every president's agenda.
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by Dr. David Jhirad and Alan Poole
How to build a smart hemispheric energy grid for the twenty-first century.
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Dispatches: The Coup In Honduras
by Dan Rosenheck
Months after the coup, most Hondurans resent the international outcry.
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Saving the Great Lakes (Again)
by Ralph Pentland
The world's largest freshwater lakes are facing new and more toxic hazards.
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by Carolina Pasquali
Some regional companies are global leaders in conservation. Others, not.
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Land Rights and Preservation
by Sergio Leitão
Bringing justice to the Brazilian countryside will protect the environment.
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What Role for Foreigners?
by Matthew Aho
Even eco-conscious foreign landowners are facing heat.
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Green Venture Capital
by Tammy Newmark
Can green companies make a profit?
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Cuban Agriculture
by Lance Steagall
Organic farming, propelled by necessity, could now be a money-earner.
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Charticle: Indexing the Environment
by Jason Marczak
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Indexing the Environment
How the hemisphere stacks up with the rest of the planet.

Miguel Centellas on Bolivia's new political elite; Gary Bland looks at the reasons behind a local upheaval; Gabriel Marcela examines China's Latin America strategy; Jorge Pontual on tourism in Rio's slums.
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