The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is so huge—twice the size of Texas and growing—that some scientists now refer to the swirling vortex of plastic and other refuse as the eighth continent.
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Are the travel agents right? Do you travelers care about whether they are working with environmentally responsible hotels, tour operators and cruise lines? Do you care about whether they try to give back to the communities in which they operate?
It’s all too clear when you see the hazy skies in Beijing that China is the world’s biggest polluter, thanks to industrial growth that is still largely fueled by coal. But there is so much misunderstanding in America about the...
China in the year 2009 is a truly multi-faceted place—serious, nationalistic, freewheeling, and yes, even goofy, all wrapped into one
The argument was about Hyatt’s decision to lay off 98 housekeepers in Boston—later guaranteeing them jobs and benefits through 2010 with another company.
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