Natural vs. Unnatural Disasters 0
Priyamvada Gopal argues for a sense of perspective at the Guardian. A nugget:
Put simply, millions more homes will have been lost to bank repossessions than have been damaged by Irene. The storm caused some flooding, but much greater degradation has been inflicted on the US coastline by last year’s BP oil spill. A few days without electricity is challenging, but the blow to clean energy prospects posed by the State Department’s recent approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to Texas coast is more worrying.
