Forgive us our carbon emissions – Sept 17
The ‘Guilty Green’ (gasp!) don’t always recycle
Want not, waste not is the next green step
Vatican penance
Nobel prizewinner Yunus calls for lifestyle ‘traffic rule’ to fight warming
Staff
Geopolitics – Sept 17
Petroleos de Venezuela to convert accounts away from dollars
Greenspan clarifies Iraq war, oil link
Iraq oil reality vs the NY Times
Wesley Clark: The next war
Shortfalls in Russian oil deliveries to Germany
Food & agriculture – Sept 17
Can’t we all just … be vegans?
Return of GM in UK: climate concerns may reduce backlash
Fuel shortages may hurt corn harvesting
Make or break time for Australian harvest
Engdahl and peak oil
Author and economist F. William Engdahl has just made a surprising turnabout on peak oil. He now supports the idea of the abiotic origin of petroleum. (Excerpts from interviews and past articles.)
Peak oil – Sept 16
Former Shell chairman: Oil industry ‘sleepwalking into crisis’
Interview with Lord Oxburgh (full version)
Malthus and Mein Kampf come to Cork
ASPO’s Stuart McCarthy on peak oil hitting the Australian mainstream
Biofuels – Sept 16
Toxic jatropha not magic biofuel crop
The biofuel backlash
Farmers tout alfalfa as fuel
Mass-produce the change – Sept 16
Amy Goodman at the “Global Triple Crisis” teach-in (Korten & Shiva)
10 things we can do: Rebuilding civil society
The power of voluntary actions
Can this really save the planet?
Don’t just be the change, mass-produce it
Climate – Sept 16
Arctic ice loss: Northwest Passage now open
Bush aide says warming man-made
‘Climate change: The limits of consensus’
Panel Faults Emphasis of U.S. Climate Program
Insurance industry joins climate change fight
Dysfunction – Sept 16
Worst places on Earth Are home to millions
We will be known by the junk we throw away
Wider chairs, plumper derrières?
Pollution raises exercise risks
Faith – Sept 16
Give the earth a Sabbath day
In Greenland, an interfaith rally for climate change
Environmental awareness taking root in conservative Christian churches
Housing & urban design – Sept 16
Live the good life in a green mansion
Overweight? Blame your ZIP code
Japan: Overcrowded from cradle to grave
Exploring options, spotlight on “Earthwise”
Interview with Lisa McCrory and Carl Russell in rural Vermont who teach a variety of skills for sustainable living, including the use of draft animals in raising organic crops.
