Ongoing Coverage:
Connect with Us
Podcasts & RSS Feeds
| All Content |
| RSS |
| View all podcasts & RSS feeds | ||
Most Active Stories
- Five things you should know about the proposed marijuana rules
- Daredevil photographer posts photos taken at dizzying heights
- 3 pulled from Skagit River after I-5 bridge collapse in Mount Vernon
- 'Pot-bellied' pig: Local butcher spikes pig feed with weed
- 'Staggering' rate hike under Obamacare no longer likely
News & Music Contributors
Humanosphere
Rio+20: Will it help save the planet or just be another useless meeting?
By Tom Paulson
Credit Michael Free Jazz Faster / Flickr
Earth's population, as demonstrated by this image, certainly needs something to come out of this global meeting.
The threats to our well-being (well beyond climate change now) are quite real. The goals of Rio+20 – to arrive at consensus on what’s needed to avoid continuing this massive fouling of our nest – are perhaps more important to our future than any other meeting we could hope to hold.
So you’d think there would be some urgency to achieve something. Don’t hold your breath.
Tags:
