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POPSThe Throw-Away Culture: Do you Own your Stuff? Our new economy may be just the motivation people need to stop and think before they toss. If something breaks our first instinct is to throw it away and buy it new, instead of trying to fix it. But even if we wanted to fix it, manufacturers have made it difficult for us to repair, re-use or upgrade our stuff. Mr. Jalopy urges technology companies to create forums for consumers to share ideas, and pushes car companies to sell patterns so people can create accessories like seat covers....he wants companies to make schematics readily available so consumers can fix and re-imagine the objects they buy.
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POPSWhat Ideas Will Shape our Future? The 10 Ideas of the 21st Century "More than money, more than politics, ideas are the secret power that this planet runs on." "The 21st century will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life. The 20th century saw the end of European dominance of global politics and economics. The 21st century will see the end of American dominance too, as new powers make their voices heard on the world stage." "The challenges of sustainable development—protecting the environment, stabilizing the world's population, narrowing the gaps of rich and poor and ending extreme poverty—will render passé the very idea of competing nation-states that scramble for markets, power and resources." "The defining challenge of the 21st century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet." "6.6 billion people living in an interconnected global economy producing an astounding $60 trillion of output each year."
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POPSSpain's New Record: Wind Power Supplied 40% of Energy Consumed Wind Power Is an Economic Winner in Spain: Spain is the world's second-biggest producer of wind energy. Spanish companies, both turbine manufacturers and wind-farm operators, are among the leaders in the global wind-power market. Among these are Gamesa Eólica (world's second largest turbine manufacturer), Iberdrola (world's largest wind-farm owner and operator) and Acciona Energía (world's largest wind-farm builder and developer). The industry currently enjoys a 30 percent annual growth.
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POPS3 Million Acres of Alaska's Forest Open for Logging Local officials hailed the plan as a reasonable way to maintain the area's logging economy. Environmentalists portrayed it as the latest in a series of attempts to dismantle Clinton-era protections of roadless areas and in order to open them to logging. The Tongass National Forest in Alaska is one of America's greatest natural treasures—a coastal rainforest with centuries-old trees providing critical habitat for wolves, bears, salmon, bald eagles and other wildlife. The Tongass is the world's largest remaining intact coastal rainforest. This remote rainforest of ancient trees covers an island landscape marked by narrow inlets and glacier-carved fiords.
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