Re: Ongoing issue -- responding to 'skeptics'

2009-07-05 Thread Deb Ranjan Sinha (Gmail)
And please add in the other group of 'skeptics' one would encounter in developing countries, those pro-growth enthusiasts who don't want anything coming between their playing catch-up with the industrialized North. China and India certainly fall in this category. Deb. - Original Message --

Re: Ongoing issue -- responding to 'skeptics'

2009-07-04 Thread Deb Ranjan Sinha (Gmail)
Reading this debate, I was reminded again of an excellent article I read back in March on Freeman Dyson (see below). I, personally, have always thought of myself as a skeptic - not of global warming but its global and local effects. I often find my skepticism scary, given the fact that I am so

Fw: H-Net Review: Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It

2009-05-12 Thread Deb Ranjan Sinha (Gmail)
FYI... - Original Message - From: "H-Net Staff" Elizabeth Royte. Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It. London Bloomsbury, 2008. 248 pp. $24.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-59691-371-4. Reviewed by Eliza L. Martin (UC Santa Cruz) Published on H-Water (May, 2009) Commi