Economics – July 1
From Versailles a message of no austerity
The Green Bank
Holding together
Media & Communications
Nations & resources – June 30
Iraq: Warily Moving Ahead on Oil Contracts
The Dirty War Against Clean Coal
A Flower Grows in West Africa
Dysfunction – June 30
Monbiot on drugs
New book: Marijuana Is Safer
Production of heroin and cocaine falling
Climate bill – June 30
Betraying the Planet
Lovelock: We need a climate change ‘Churchill’
America’s climate-change bill is a bundle of compromises
Obama Opposes Trade Sanctions in Climate Bill
Kucinich: “Passing a weak bill today gives us weak environmental policy tomorrow”
Solutions & sustainability
Permaculture Future?: Part I
San Francisco to Toughen a Strict Recycling Law
New numbers prove smart growth reduces CO2, cost-effectively
Disaster Transitionism
If you haven’t read Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, you really should. It’s an examination of how the Chicago School of Economics and its adherents have taken advantage of or created crises to further their privatization agendas.
Film Review: How to Boil a Frog
Want to be a real hero? Save the planet. Don’t know how? Start by viewing the new eco-comedy, How to Boil a Frog. The film tells the story of Jon Cooksey, an ordinary man on a mission, who decided two years ago that he had to do something personally to make sure his 12-year-old daughter would have a future, given all the bad news on global warming.
How to Boil a Frog free goodie release
New interviews, articles, links at our sister site, “How to Boil a Frog. Frogmaster Jon Cooksey is preparing for the release of the eponymous movie How to Boil A Frog.
Prices & supplies – June 29
The Coming Mystery Of The Missing Barrels Of Oil
Oil: What price can America afford?
European gas war looms as Ukraine seeks cash to pay Gazprom for July deliveries
Food & agriculture – June 29
It’s Not the Food We Can’t Get. It’s the Food We Can.
A Buffett Turns to Farming in Africa
‘Food and Farming Transition’ in Italian
Food Inc. Director Robert Kenner speaks on the ills of the food system
Web & media – June 29th
It’s not a Twitter revolution in Iran
Hyperlocal Journalism Business Model
Fibber McGee, Molly, and Your Energy Future
Media & persuasion – June 27
All-expense-paid workshop on covering nuclear energy
Amy Goodman: Free speech vs. surveillance in the digital age
Why the press fails us and how to fix it
