Tehran / Tokyo / Washington / Cairo / Times Beach / Calcutta / Shanghai / New York / Kiev / Nile / New Orleans / Beijing / Alexandria / Pripyat / Miami / London / Irrawaddy / /
Company
BBC / Hooker Chemical Company / Associated Press / /
Continent
America / Europe / Africa / Asia / North America / /
Country
Maldives / Senegal / Yemen / Nicaragua / Greenland / Niger / Marshall Islands / Mongolia / Honduras / Egypt / Japan / Pakistan / Brazil / Tuvalu / Philippines / China / Iraq / India / Somalia / Taiwan / Belarus / Barbados / Italy / Kiribati / Algeria / Tunisia / Bangladesh / Mexico / Iran / New Zealand / Libya / Indonesia / Russia / United States / Syria / Nigeria / Morocco / Papua New Guinea / Ukraine / Spain / Honduras and Nicaragua / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Love Canal / Earth Policy Institute / /
Holiday
Christmas Eve / /
IndustryTerm
basic infrastructure / waste oil / tropical storm systems / food / energy / toxic waste disposal site / oil drilling equipment / annual gross domestic product / real estate markets / Property insurance rates / chemical factories / natural support systems / toxic chemical wastes / firm spraying oil / /
NaturalFeature
Irrawaddy river / Canary Islands / Carteret Islands / Niger river / Nile river / Bay of Bengal / Mississippi river / Pacific Ocean / GangesBrahmaputra river / Indian Ocean / Rising Sea / Sahara desert / Gobi Desert / Gulf coasts / Arizona desert / Mekong / Yangtze river / Gulf Coast / Mediterranean coast / Mediterranean Sea / Gobi / /
OperatingSystem
Inferno / /
Organization
Environmental Justice Foundation / U.S. embassy / Ministry of Health / International Institute for Environment and Development / Alliance of Small Island States / Love Canal Board of Education / Earth Policy Institute / World Bank / federal government / United Nations / Colorado School of Mines / Papua New Guinea government / Environmental Protection Agency / /
Person
Hussein Amery / Wang Tao / Lester R. Brown / Orrin Pilkey / Rob Young / Flores / /
Position
President / head / elementary school / author / Marshall / president of the Maldives / /
ProvinceOrState
Baluchistan / New York / Washington / Missouri / Bougainville / Rhode Island / Oklahoma / Mississippi / California / Arizona / Texas / Kansas / Pennsylvania / Florida / /
PublishedMedium
Guardian / /
Region
West Antarctic / Indian Ocean / east coast / Middle East / North Africa / Central America / northwestern India / northern China / western China / Southeast Asia / Mediterranean coast / northern Iraq / northern Mexico / Mediterranean / central Africa / sub-Saharan Africa / U.S. Gulf Coast / East Asia / Latin America / Caribbean / Gulf Coast / southern Sahara desert / /
from World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, by Lester R. Brown © 2011 Earth Policy Institute 6