2,231 research outputs found
John Sweeney Responds
[Excerpt] New Labor Movement in the Shell of the Old? by Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello is just the kind of thoughtful critique the New Voices of the American labor movement need if we are to make the transition from campaign rhetoric to meaningful change. During the campaign last summer and fall, I ended virtually every speech with my personal commitment to such reviews and critiques by saying, And my idea of a perfect labor movement is one which constantly re-examines itself and corrects its own imperfections
The Role of Unions in the 1980s, Symposium, Is There a Need to Amend the National Labor Relations Act
Global Warming Scenarios for Ireland and their Implications for Environmental Management.
Regional climate forecasts cannot yet be derived with confidence from general circulation
models of the atmosphere, particularly in terms of projecting precipitation changes at
middle latitude locations such as Ireland. This paper employs several large datasets
relating to Irish precipitation and synoptic circulation types to examine past and present
precipitation-circulation relationships. These relationships are then used to make preliminary
inferences concerning likely changes in seasonal parameters in a greenhouse-warmed
Irish climate. It is concluded that increases of 5-15% in winter precipitation will be
accompanied by significant reductions in summer values, especially in eastern Ireland.
These projections, allied to the global predictions concerning sea level rise are then used
in an examination of some implications, particularly in civil engineering aspects of
environmental management
Climate Change and Development Education:New Opportunities for Partnership
Despite different evolutionary paths, development education and
environmental education are increasingly finding a common focus in
addressing climate change issues. Realising the synergies this offers requires
both sets of practitioners to grasp the essential underpinnings of climate
science, policy and ethics. This paper presents the principal authoritative
sources that development educators should be guided by. Achieving a
successful partnership will involve reconsideration of concepts of
development as well as of relationships between the developed and
developing worlds. The urgency of achieving radical changes in approach is
stressed as the time scale for effective global and national actions to tackle
climate change diminishes and crucial decisions under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change become imminent
Modelling Dublin Smoke Pollution: An Epilogue?
The acceleration in industrial growth which occurred in Ireland in the 1970s, the virtual cessation of
emigration which it enabled for a time, and the.consequent increase in population in the Dublin region
which resulted, ushered in problems of pollution and environmental degradation which had not
previously been of serious concern. Among the most intractable of these has been that of smoke
pollution in Dublin city, a problem further exacerbated by changes in fuel prices and preferences
occurring during the late 1970s and 1980s. Though deterioration in air quality was linked in several
studies to mortality and morbidity in the city from respiratory and cardiovascular causes, progress in
controlling domestic smoke emissions has been limited by political inertia and opposition from
commercial interests. The radical decision to ban bituminous coal sales within a designated area from
1st October 1990 has however transformed the situation, and renders compliance likely with EC
mandatory limits by the target date of April 1993. This paper charts the turnaround in Dublin air quality
and models the meteorological and emission conditions necessary to attain the stricter winter guide
values of Directive 80/779
The International Geosphere-Biosphere programme.
The global environment is currently undergoing change on scales which may' with the benefit of
hindsight, be seen to exceed in speed most of those
hitherto experienced during human occupance of the
planet. Undoubtedly, some of these changes are natural,
reflecting the age-old rhythms of the ecosphere as
it makes its evolutionary journey through time. Some
changes, however are undoubtedly anthropogemcally
induced by the increased demands on fm1te resources
which arise from growing population numbers and.the
greater leverage which can be exerted on crucial points
of environmental systems by industrial societies
No Plan B for planet if climate deal not agreed
The short-sightedness of nations acting in their own narrow self-interest is the biggest threat to any agreement at the Copenhagen climate conference
- …