Category Archives: Governance

Good Statement About E-Mail-Gate

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Bruce

This column from the respected Matt Iglesias, a commentator at Vox.com is the way the whole e-mail thing seems to me, based on my pretty extensive experience with internet tools over the past 20 years, to be about the way … Continue reading →

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AEROSOLS: A New Climate Change Challenge

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Bruce

[From the March/April edition of Foreign Affairs (page 135). I am surprised by the breadth and complexity of the aerosol issues, which add a major dimension to my understanding of the climate change dilemma.] The Next Front on Climate Change How … Continue reading →

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An Example: Caribbean “Priority” for Information Technology

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Bruce

But it should be understood that outsourcing is a meaningful alternative to building in-house capacity. Of course. And somehow there is no dollar cost associated with outsourcing. Or we could call it “mainstreaming.” from the CIVIC e-mail dGroup, quoting the … Continue reading →

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Capital Gazette: Driven to serve: Watershed leader Kincey Potter honored by bay trust

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Bruce

From the Capital Gazette, about Kincey’s ” Ellen Fraites Wagner Award” from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, for her efforts at watershed restoration and Bay improvements over the past 13 years. Driven to serve: Watershed leader Kincey Potter honored by bay … Continue reading →

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Official Development Assistance (ODA) Again Fails to Meet Goals/Recommendations/Commitments

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Bruce

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has reported that official development assistance (ODA) for 2015 has decreased to the least developed countries, and as a percent of the Gross National Income of the donor states. Check especially the … Continue reading →

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The “Wise Use” Roots of the Bundy Seizure of the Federal Refuge in Oregon

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Bruce

The Sunday New York Times provides some of this background <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/opinion/sunday/the-ideological-roots-of-the-oregon-standoff.html?_r=0&gt;, but the 12-year-old piece quoted below from the September 2004 Sierra Club Magazine <http://vault.sierraclub.org/sierra/200409/wiseuse.asp&gt; is clearer about the links to Wise Use and militants in the West, including especially … Continue reading →

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Capital Gazette Profile: Erik Michelsen, Anne Arundel Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Bruce

An excellent profile of the man, and description of the program, by E. B. (Pat) Furgurson III at <http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-people-watch-michelsen-0103-20160103-story.html&gt; People to watch: Erik Michelsen Watershed Protection and Restoration Program Administrator Erik Michelsen oversees the administration of the county’s multi-million dollar … Continue reading →

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No More Liberal Arts or Social Studies?

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Bruce

From Foreign Affairs, best articles of 2015: <https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/decline-international-studies?campaign=%3Fcid%3Demc-ozy_send-king-121715&gt; The added emphasis is my own. ESSAY July/August 2015 Issue The Decline of International Studies Why Flying Blind Is Dangerous By Charles King   In October 2013, the U.S. Department of State … Continue reading →

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IISDRS Summary of the Paris Climate Change Conference UNFCCC COP21 — Deal of the Decade

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Bruce

@IISDRS Summary & Analysis from #UNFCCC #COP21 posted on Thursday, 17 December 2015 [Click here to visit IISD Reporting Services.] Paris Climate Change Conference – November 2015 (UNFCCC COP 21) 30 November – 11 December 2015 | Paris, France http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop21/enb/ … Continue reading →

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Endocrine Disruptors Fingered as Cause of Smallmouth Collapse in Susquehanna

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Bruce

A key issue for the Bay is the duration or geographic reach of endocrine disruptor effects as they travel down the Bay, and how is this influenced by factors such as stream flow, temperature, and salinity. If effects are long-lived, … Continue reading →

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