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Soundbites: Futurologist school, Terrorist rodents, and more

4 February 2009

“I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint… I think we will work our way towards a position that says having more than two children is irresponsible.”

Jonathon Porritt, the UK government’s “green guru”, suggests a two-child limit (Daily Telegraph, London, 2 February).

“I thought it was like the end of the world.”

Anchorage resident Maree Shogren recalls how the eruption of Alaska’s Mount Spurr in 1992 blanketed the city with a black cloud, while anticipating the eruption of another volcano, Mount Redoubt, which has been rumbling (Associated Press,…

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