EDITORIAL - Oil crisis provides opportunities for policy shift
It is surprising, in the current environment, that there is not greater urgency by the Golding administration to reduce Jamaica's dependence on oil and the introduction of new, renewable and, where possible, cheaper forms of energy....
Zimbabwe: cutting the losses
Morgan Tsvangirai was right to withdraw from the run-off presidential 'election' in Zimbabwe on Sunday. Thousands of his supporters have been kidnapped and tortured by President Robert Mugabe's thugs since the campaign started, and 86 have been murdered already. - Gwynne Dyer
Canada's renewed interest in the region
The late Pierre Trudeau, former Canadian prime minister, once remarked that the relationship between Canada and the United States was like a mouse sleeping next to an elephant. Dwarfed as they are by the behemoth next to it, it is easy for Canadians... - John Rapley
NOTE-WORTHY - Wind farms
I had to laugh about the statement that Wigton plans to develop their wind farm 'into a tourist attraction'. Do they really believe windmills are interesting for tourists? Europeans have had those windmills in their homelands for nearly 20 years...
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