This alarming prediction is the consensus among experts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and officials that emerged at a recent workshop in Jakarta. While the dry season is a natural factor, analysts agree that human action, corporations and government policy in land clearing are factors that can be controlled. Does the predicted haze mean nothing has been done? Does Indonesia still lack the political will to deal with the problem? Are there potential solutions ahead? There are...

Garriques, president of Dell's global consumer group, said in an interview prior to the graduation, "today, technology is about marketing, living and education. Garriques said he moved from Hackettstown in 1980, but still visits his father who lives in town, and his mother, family and friends who live in the area. His address Saturday focused on how the local education system prepared him to change lives and how some of the graduates will be able to do the same. A mother in Africa can text...

They follow the release over the weekend of a Chinese government report detailing the costs of climate change, but asserting that the country should focus on development before cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Higher-than-average temperatures mean spreading deserts, worsening droughts, shrinking glaciers and increased spread of diseases, said the report, compiled by more than a dozen government bodies. If current trends hold, China's greenhouse gas emissions will likely exceed that of all...