Power Plant Accident in Russia

Now viewing the headline of this story on Bloomberg today, "Russian Power Plant Accident Kills 8; 54 Missing," what was your first thought (after, of course, sorrow over the casualties)? That it was another nuclear generation plant that had gone bad? Nope. It was HYDRO. Just thought I'd point that out.

New President, new perceptions.

A new column at "America in the World" suggests that the new regime in America will be more "environment-friendly" than the outgoing administration. This perception, in turn, may give the US a "world-friendly" outlook which stands to be reciprocated by the Europeans and others. But--given the economic conditions, there simply will not be a lot of attention paid to big enviro initiatives for the foreseeable future. We'll see, however.