by Gil Friend | Jan 28, 2003 | Uncategorized
Ants, Mushroom and Mold: an Evolutionary Arms Race. The puzzle of a remarkable symbiosis between a species of gardening ants and the fungus they raise has grown still more challenging. By Nicholas Wade. [New York Times: Science]
by Gil Friend | Jan 27, 2003 | Politics
Employees as Regulators. Oversight of public companies should be entrusted to a group with a substantial interest in a given company’s long-term survival: its employees. By Moshe Adler. [New York Times: Opinion] Prefered option: keep the foxes away from the...
by Gil Friend | Jan 27, 2003 | Sustainability
Dust Off Those Recycling Bins. A New Jersey company has improved the likelihood that New York City’s recycling program will return. [New York Times: Opinion] The company, Hugo Neu, has offered to pay the city more than $5 a ton for its recyclable plastics and...
by Gil Friend | Jan 26, 2003 | Sustainability
Consider the coming angst about water. Saudis Worry as They Waste Their Scarce Water. Saudi Arabia’s shallow aquifers are quickly disappearing. By Craig S. Smith. [New York Times: Science] It’s not just a problem for desert nations. Viz urban – rural...
by Gil Friend | Jan 24, 2003 | Sustainability
A flurry of responses to the “chips with that” posting yesterday. A very smart friend displays a classic right wing antipathy to all things “environmental,” evidently unaware of the business case for “zero waste.” One consultant...
