Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva said Aug. 4 he hopes an agreement may still emerge from the Doha round of World Trade Organization negotiations. “I don’t believe the round has failed. We still have enormous possibilities to negotiate,”… Read moreLula: give Doha a chance
Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogger Monica Guzman writes that local voices are calling for the Seattle Critical Mass to be banned following a violent incident at the last ride. For a study in contrasts, let’s compare corporate and alternative media accounts of… Read moreSeattle: curtains for Critical Mass after cyclists bash back?
There’s a lesson here. But how many people are going to get it? From AP, July 23: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country… Read moreTraffic fatalities down āthanks to oil shock!
The US Interior Department July 16 opened 2.6 million acres of potentially oil-rich territory in northern Alaska to exploration, but deferred for ten years a decision on opening 600,000 acres north of Teshekpuk Lake that is the summer home of… Read moreInterior Department opens Alaska North Slope to oil biz; enviros applaud
The insidious thing about Al Gore is that he superficially sounds pretty good to environmentalistsāso much so, that his ideas are even blasted as extremism by right-wing idiots. But if you scratch them, there is always less there than meets… Read moreAl Gore’s pseudo-ecology strikes again
Is this satire? Please tell us this is satire. From AsiaOne News, July 12:
Japan’s fishing industry, one of the world’s largest, will stage a mass strike July 15 to protest soaring fuel costs. Some 200,000 fishing boats will cancel their trips for one day to demand government action. “Many fishermen cannot make ends… Read moreJapanese fishermen strike over fuel costs
In the new “Failed States Index” compiled by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace, Somalia has displaced Sudan at the top of the list. Sudan is number two, followed by Zimbabwe and Chad. Iraq, which ranked second last… Read moreSomalia tops “Failed States Index”
A new Energy Department report says much about how elites view the oil shockāand why the US is in Iraq. It actually mentions the impacts of biofuels, but that’s a sideshow to the inexorable threat of China‘s economic rise. This synopsis does not… Read moreEnergy Department sees surging world consumption
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has completed a new classified assessment that explores how climate change could threaten US security in the next 20 years, causing political instability, mass movements of refugees, terrorism, and conflicts over water and other resources…. Read moreNational Intelligence Council sees climate threat
The Supreme Court on June 25 dealt a blow to victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, cutting the $2.5 billion in punitive damages award for the worst oil spill in US history to $507 million. The court ruled 5-3… Read moreSupreme Court reduces damages in Exxon Valdez case
From the Global Forest Coalition, June 5: A Black Day for the Environment: False Solutions to Food Crisis will Escalate Starvation, Accelerate Climate Change and Devastate Biodiversity Rome ā The Global Forest Coalition, a worldwide coalition of environmental NGOs and… Read moreEcologists blast Rome food summit
