In 1994, while living in Japan, I spent a few days in Hiroshima with old friend and then budding Tex-Mex troubadour Mike Takasaki. (My favourite Takasaki aphorism: “In the desert of grudges I am a camel.”) As required by any visit to the city we lingered around the Peace Park and its many memorials for […]

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My recent piece about what’s in store for Guyana’s rainforest touched on the issue of carbon cap & trade markets and whether they can effectively reduce emissions globally. Especially when it comes to conserving the world’s remaining tropical forests. Here’s a piece in last week’s New Yorker worth reading, even if it glosses over the […]

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