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About Bruce

Work for sustainable development of small islands and the Chesapeake Bay; ex-Peace Corps (Volunteer and staff) in LA & Caribbean; cruised Caribbean on S/Y Meander for three years; like small tropical islands, French canals, Umbria, Tasmania, and NZ. Married 52 years to the late Kincey Burdett Potter (see Kincey.org). President of the now-sunsetting Island Resources Foundation.

Too Good Not to Share

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Bruce

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Our Drugs Are NOT as Pure as You Thought

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Bruce

This article, from the Sunday, 17 November 2019, Washington Post, puts the lie to Big Pharma’s claim that we have to pay exhorbitant prices for our drugs in order to assure the perfect purity of “American” drugs: Science A tiny … Continue reading →

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from GRIST: The US Green Economy Is Now Worth $1.3 Trillion

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Bruce

U.S. green economy now rakes in more than $1.3 trillion each year. Prepare yourself for a green economic future, because according to a new analysis, low-carbon and resource-efficient businesses are now estimated to generate more than $1.3 trillion in sales … Continue reading →

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Organizing Opportunity?

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Bruce

From today’s NY Times — Maybe we could get schools like Notre Dame to adopt the Duke-UNC curriculum . . . U.S. Orders Duke and U.N.C. to “Recast Tone” in Mideast Studies Caption — The chapel at Duke University. The … Continue reading →

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How We Do Science

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Bruce

from the Annual Report of the United Kingdom Overseas Conservation Forum

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Island Obliteration

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Bruce

This is simply a horrible story and I have no comment. . . . from Business Insider F-35s and F-15s just obliterated an entire Iraqi island to root out ISIS fighters by Ellen Ioanes        Sep. 10, 2019, 12:55 PM US … Continue reading →

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Barbuda Two Years After Hurricane Irma — Same ol’, same ol’

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Bruce

Not, we all hope, a model for the reconstruction of the northern Bahamas after Dorian. from the on-line Antigua Newsroom, as linked for us by Kevel Lindsay <https://antiguanewsroom.com/barbuda-two-years-after-hurricane-irma/ > Barbuda Two Years After Hurricane Irma September 5, 2019 (PRESS RELEASE) … Continue reading →

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The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders — 2017 was REALLY TOUGH.

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Bruce

Article from the St. John Tradewinds < https://www.stjohntradewinds.com/filmmaker-focuses-on-unbreakable-virgin-islanders/ > Filmmaker Focuses on ‘Unbreakable Virgin Islanders’ By Tradewinds Staff – September 3, 2019 Photo Caption: Peter Bailey introduces his documentary to a group of Virgin Islanders at the Helen Mills Theater … Continue reading →

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At Last! An Understandable ICE Policy

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Bruce

News in Brief from The Onion ICE Opens Interdimensional Detention Center To Indefinitely Imprison Immigrants Across Infinite Number Of Multiverses Today 11:36am BRANE MULTIVERSE 378-C—In an effort to better comply with recent moves to abolish limits on migrant detention, ICE … Continue reading →

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US Set to Produce Most Oil Next Decade

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Bruce

The reputable Global Witness web site (based in the UK) has an excellent analysis of projected oil and gas production for the next ten years which predicts that 60% of the new global oil and gas production for that period … Continue reading →

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