BEST OF 2007

2007 was a year of extremes. The world experienced a series of record-breaking weather events this year, from flooding in Asia to heat waves in Europe, snowfall in South Africa and wildfires in California. America faced its worst summer drought since the Dust Bowl years of the Depression.

While Mother Nature is continuing to unfold the consequences of global warming daily, we are finally starting to see this issue take a front seat, where it belongs. Local governments, corporations, schools and individuals are stepping up to the plate to meet this challenge.

As a group of engineering undergrads from MIT who helped launch the Vehicle Design Summit say, "We are the people we have been waiting for."

We commend some great action in 2007 and hope that 2008 will be the year that the magnitude of the political and personal response matches the magnitude of this urgent problem. And now for StopGlobalWarming.org's 200 .............. ( Read More )

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资 料图片：2005年10月9日，在巴西亚马孙河两大支流之一的索利蒙伊斯河岸边，一只小船停泊在因水位下降而裸露出的河底沙滩旁。据报道，亚马孙河流域近 期持续干旱无雨，导致该河及其支流水位大幅下降，已达到1963年以来历史的最低点。亚马孙河流域内的城镇交通因此受到影响。

　世界自然基金会WWF于6日发表的最新报告指出，到2030年，气候变化的恶性循环以及森林退化将摧毁或严重破坏将近60%的亚马逊森林。

　　这份名为《温室中的干旱和大火---亚马逊的恶性循环》的报告披露了亚马逊当地和全球气候变化带来的严峻后果� .............. ( Read More )

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在人类业已实践过的经济体系(以主体的自由度为划分标准)——自然经济、计划经济 .............. ( Read More )

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