I am a 26 year-old resident of Boston, though I recently returned from living in Ireland, Chile, and New Zealand for the last 4 years. I am an optimist and I am a realist.

I am involved in the environmental field, though more on the EPA than the Greenpeace side of things.

I like savory breakfasts later in the morning, and I have views on most issues.

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Should US environmental standards apply when multinational companies develop the petroleum resources of fragile ecosystems such as Peru's Amazon?

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Necessity and Neglect: Making Multinationals Accountable for What Matters

The enforcement of strict environmental standards in fragile ecosystems such as Peru's Amazon is the obligation of the consumer. After all, multinational companies would not commit to the largest industrial project ever undertaken in Peru if they could not count on consumers to purchase the petroleum resources they exploit at great cost to their own coffers and at greater cost to the livelihood of local peoples and ecosystems.

In crying foul at the poor environmental and social performance of oil companies in...

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