Environment – May 31

Poison ivy getting meaner (with global warming) / Canada agrees to next step in Kyoto / USA Today series on global warming / The Greener Guys (U.S. business & global warming) / You control climate change – or do you? / Ecological handprints: population and the limits of possibility

Politics & economics – May 31

Oil could top $105 in major supply outage: expert /
IMF’s Rato says high oil prices here to stay / Energy Industry Fortifying Plans, Equipment in the Gulf of Mexico /
Helicopter crisis hits oil firms /
China: Stable long-term oil supply predicted (and doubts) /
Would drilling more Alaskan oil cut prices?

Solutions & sustainability – May 29

“Freegans” forage for food in bins / Sustainability conference June 10-11 in Seattle / Richard Register’s proposal for a global rebuilding program / Micropatronage – a new way to finance innovation /
UK: Eco villages springing up all over / Evangelical Virginia farmer sees a revolution against industrial agriculture / Growing hope (gardening in Guantanamo) /
An evening in Peter Harper’s garden / Building with hemp