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Biofuel in Barbados?
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007If you’re not familiar yet with Barbados Free Press but care about the West Indies, you should check out BFP. Sometimes quirky, but always entertaining and usually informative, BFP loves to disclose and comment provocatively on what the island’s traditional press reports timidly or sometimes not at all. And there’s always many, many comments to [...]
Anatomy of a Landfill Controversy
Thursday, March 15th, 2007Working on waste issues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), you see a lot of controversies involving disposal sites.
Many times it is some neighborhood that does not want a landfill anywhere near them, either because they fear it will affect their health or property values, they dislike the smell a badly managed site will [...]
A Sustainable Energy Plan for Barbados?
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007In an earlier article, I looked at the sustainability of Brazil’s long-range energy plans. Today I examine Barbados’ recently announced 20-year plans.
The government of Prime Minister Owen Arthur recently presented to Parliament a ambitious draft national energy plan that has numerous environmental elements in it. While some have applauded its stated intentions [...]