BRUCE RICH | AUTHOR | ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER - Tags | expert on public international finance and the environment

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Turkey’s Ill-Considered Rush to Coal Undercuts Emissions Progress

Turkey’s Ill-Considered Rush to Coal Undercuts Emissions Progress

Turkey, the world’s 17th largest economy, plans to as much as quadruple coal-fired electric capacity, building as many as 80 new plants by 2030. It could become the world’s third-l...
Rights to Water and Privatization

Rights to Water and Privatization

Civil society groups and the United Nations argue that access to water is a basic human right, and subjecting access to water for the poor to market forces is ethically objectionab...
Bird Poop and Sovereignty at Bay: The Strange Fate of Navassa Island

Bird Poop and Sovereignty at Bay: The Strange Fate of Navassa Island

Imagine a tiny uninhabited islet in the Caribbean—smaller than Manhattan’s Central Park—where over two decades ago researchers were astonished to identify more than 650 species,Nav...