“Oil don’t ‘spoil!” So once declared Eric Williams, one-time long-standing Prime Minister of oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago. This assertion is undoubtedly true. But the distinguished scholar-statesman did not contemplate a circumstance where a dangerous mix of oil and water in the context of climate change dangers could spoil lives and livelihoods within the societies blessed with oil and gas resources.
Such is the situation with the two nations in the Guyana-Suriname Basin (GSB). Technically, the GSB includes the coastal plains of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and eastern Venezuela.[1] However, the focus here is on Guyana and Suriname, the Caribbean’s emerging petro-powers. Continue reading
HEALTH: Tech neck: what are smartphones doing to our bodies? –THE GUARDIAN
Bending your head to use a phone stresses the spine, say chiropractors – and that’s not the only way the devices are injuring and changing us
Age: Two years old.
Appearance: The next stage of human evolution.
This sounds exciting! Are we all going to be cyborgs soon? Not exactly. Continue reading →
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