A Nice Piece of Tailpipe Thanks to Grist magazine for the clever title and the link to this USA Today story on the next generation of clean cars. The private [ … ]
Wine and Jumping Frogs Yet another example of the “win-win” situations created through partnerships between businesses and environmentalists. Mondavi Winery Inks ‘Safe Harbor’ Deal to Protect Rare Species
Turner on the WTO Grist Magazine has archived all of Tom Turner’s dispatches from the WTO meetings in Cancun. As the talks have ultimately broken down, Turner’s columns paint a [ … ]
Cancun Dispatch #2 More on the WTO meeting. Personally, I don’t care much for Cancun, at least what I’ve seen of it, as it conformed to Turner’s description of “Scores [ … ]
Cancun Dispatch #1 Tom Turner of Earthjustice is providing day-to-day coverage of the big WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Looks like the Mexicans have already done their best to insure [ … ]
Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress & a Civilization in Trouble Lester Brown’s newest book, Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress & a Civilization in Trouble is now [ … ]
Dirty Secrets Read this article in the new Mother Jones yesterday, and discovered that even with Dubya & co., ignorance is bliss. Thought their environmental record was merely horrific… turns [ … ]
Thoughts on My Ishmael Finished the third book in Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael series, My Ishmael, this weekend, and literally found myself speechless at certain points. Quinn’s (or should I say [ … ]
“The most trusted man in America” changes his tune Thanks, Doug, for passing along the great news that Walter Cronkite has withdrawn his opposition to a wind farm in Nantucket [ … ]
Bush’s Pollution Charter So much for Dubya’s recent attempts at appearing environmentally friendly. As this article from London’s Guardian notes, “Critics of draft regulations due to be unveiled by the [ … ]
Here’s “>a piece from Polly Toynbee regarding the sustainable battles in Great Britain and Europe.
The Bush Record on the Environment Here we go again… Dubya’s now trying to portray himself as an environmentalist. In his radio address today (audio link), he touted his “Healthy [ … ]
Canada earmarks C$1 billion in climate change funds Once again, Canada demonstrates it’s moving into the 21st century while we in the US of A are still fighting to remain [ … ]