“ExxonMobil Hates Your Children” and This Ad
There are a plethora of ads put forth by oil companies to promote the “social good” they are doing. As a writer on environmental issues, I happen to be aware of the flip side...
Monthly Archive: February 2013
Should Big Oil Receive Taxpayer Subsidies?
“The oil and tax subsidies that go to the top oil producers such as ExxonMobil, Shell, and Chevron are $4 billion plus per year—roughly $43.6 billion over ten years.”
New Study: High Pollution=Low Birth Weight=Unhealthy Babies
A study published on February 6, 2013 in the journal “Environmental Health Perspectives” posits, “Maternal exposure to outdoor air pollution is associated with low birth weight.”
New York City Exhibit Features Artists of Guyanese Heritage
In this exhibit of artists of Guyanese heritage, almost forty works of photography, painting, welded steel, works on paper, and sculpture provided the foundation for expression that covered a continuum from abstraction to political subtext.
“Trashed” Examines Global Waste
As part of the “Reel Pieces” movie series at the 92Y in New York City, Annette Insdorf hosted Jeremy Irons in a screening of Trashed. Irons, the executive producer of the film, also takes...
