Attracted by the climate, favorable tax policy and laid-back lifestyle, home buyers and investors are flocking here from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Europe and the United States.
The skyline increasingly resembles a mini-Sao Paulo, a dense forest of steel and concrete towers that includes dozens of new high-rise condominiums and apartment buildings. (Not enough of the buildings [...]
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Panama City: A boomtown with growing pains
Posted by Matt in June 19th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Americas, Apartment Buildings, Boomtown, Climate, Colombia, Concrete Towers, Construction Boom, Dense Forest, Dozens, Ecuador, Everything Under The Sun, Favorable Tax, Growing Pains, Home Buyers, Hotels, Investors, Laid Back, Lifestyle, Panama, Panama City, Retirement, Rise Condominiums, Sao Paulo, Skyline, Venezuela
Nuclear Gold Rush
Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Middle East, Nuclear, Alarming Signs, Bahrain, Business France, China, Climate, Fuel Bomb, Gold Rush, Iran Nuclear, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Business, Nuclear Fuel, Nuclear Powers, Oil Supplies, Power Plants, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Proficiency, Russia, tehran, United Arab Emirates
But there are alarming signs that this sudden enthusiasm is driven less by concerns about the climate, or declining oil supplies, than by Iran’s growing nuclear proficiency. In addition to building power plants, Tehran is determined to produce its own nuclear fuel — a process that with a little more work could also churn [...]
Climate Change Threatens Cradle of Civilization
Posted by Matt in April 16th, 2008 | no comment
The Middle East’s famous Fertile Crescent was the birthplace of agriculture, the first settlements and civilization. But a new study shows that climate change will dry up the area’s rivers and destroy its agriculture — with devasting effects for the region. By Volker Mrasek more…
Picture Gallery: The Fertile Crescent at Risk
Global Food Crisis: The Fury [...]
The Age of the Climate Refugees?
Posted by Matt in April 6th, 2007 | no comment
The picture painted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is one of blighted nations and millions of desperate immigrants fleeing climate disaster. But experts disagree about whether the bleak vision will ever come true.
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