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China Wants Your Inventions. For Free.
China. Ahh. Proud hosts of the most divisive Olympic Games in 30 years, are now asking for some help cleaning up their toxic air quality. Image from red321 Lacking the time, and usually the money, to put into research for new, green technologies from other developed nations, the [...]
Continue reading...23. April 2008
One More Reason to Hate NAFTA: It’s Bad for The Environment
There’s been much discussion this election cycle over the North American Free Trade Agreement: Barack Obama’s against it, Hillary Clinton helped create the thing but thinks it’s the devil now, and John McCain thinks you’re a whippersnapper for questioning the viability of it. Image from Yuan2003
Continue reading...21. April 2008
Resource War of The Future: The Scramble For The Arctic
By Spencer Kimball. The great irony of the world’s current climate predicament is that instead of encouraging creative alternatives to fossil-fuel consumption, global warming may in fact lead to a renewed drive for untapped sources of petroleum. Image via United States Department of Energy As the planet continues to [...]
Continue reading...21. April 2008
To solve the climate crisis, we must solve the democracy crisis
Brian Gordon is a Canadian Green Party member and candidate trained by Al Gore to present An Inconvenient Truth. Coming to that realization motivated me to become a Canadian Green Party candidate… Image via National Parks Service On Wikipedia Our democracy has been hijacked by special interests, primarily corporate, but [...]
Continue reading...18. April 2008
Black Gold: How Brazil May Have Catapulted Itself To Massive Oil Riches
As I type this, plans to invade Brazil that haven’t seen the light of day since 1936 are being dusted off in the Pentagon. Image from hanneorla The proud home of Ronaldo, Pele, and some of the hottest women on the planet has struck 33 billion barrels of oil [...]
Continue reading...16. April 2008
Climate Warriors versus Market Fundamentalists
Brian Gordon is a Canadian Green Party member and candidate trained by Al Gore to present An Inconvenient Truth. I’ll save you the trouble of reading further if you believe in the infallibility of markets and have dangerously high blood pressure: I’m on the side of moving very [...]
Continue reading...15. April 2008
Does Faeces Cure Lead Poisoning?
This would be funny if it wasn’t both dangerous and disgusting: scientists using federal grant money spread sludge made of processed human waste over the yard of nine families in a poor, largely African-American section of Baltimore. Image from Bukutgirl on Flickr
Continue reading...11. April 2008
Madagascar to Protect 2,300 Unique Species
Madagascar, an island nation roughly the size of France but home to a full two percent of the world’s biodiversity, has unveiled a conservation policy roadmap to protect the over 2,300 unique species living there. Image from litutuc on Flickr In addition to being the only place in the [...]
Continue reading...11. April 2008
Brian Gordon: I just don’t get it, Part 1
Brian Gordon is a Canadian Green Party member and candidate trained by Al Gore to present An Inconvenient Truth. I used to be a climate sceptic, so I understand where people are coming from. Image via Flickr That much, I get. What I don’t get is why some sceptics don’t [...]
Continue reading...10. April 2008
Blame Global Warming For Next Global Heath Epidemic
As carbon dioxide levels rise and global warming sets into full motion in the coming decades, there’s most likely going to be a patient demanding some critical care and attention. Of course the planet will need some attention… but maybe you will, as well. Image by Apollyon [...]
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24. April 2008
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