Bad Science (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 4 July 2009 There’s nothing like science for giving that objective, white-coat flavoured legitimacy to your prejudices, so it must have been a great day for Telegraph readers when they came across the headline “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists”. Ah, scientists. “Women who drink alcohol, [...]
UK Libertarian Party (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Gordon McCreath of law firm Pinsent Masons LLP says "Opportunity knocks if firms seize chance on climate change." Y'damn straight it does . It's just one great big regulatory compliance bonanza. Such a shame I've used my green swastika allowance this week. The article itself is the usual guff about what a marvelous opportunity the recession and climate change is to tax everybody into the...
ecomonkey (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
From: Greenpeace UK on YouTube "This new film by internationally acclaimed director Nick Broomfield celebrates the spirit of direct action. It focuses on 6 Greenpeace volunteers who in 2008 were tried and acquitted for shutting down Kingsnorth power station in the UK, in protest at the government's plans to build a new generation of dirty coal-fired power plants." * Racheblue - Striving...
Himmelgarten Cafe (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Should we be able to break the law with impunity for a cause we genuinely and sincerely believe in? Yesterday, 22 climate change protestors were found guilty of obstructing a train carrying coal bound for the Drax power station - they will likely find themselves thousands of pounds out of pocket (had they won, the taxpayer would presumably have picked up the bill). There have been other examples. A...
Two Doctors (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The BBC website's environment correspondent keeps a well-informed and well-written blog , which I commend to you, especially on conservation matters. Having said that, I couldn't agree with the conclusion of this piece: Does climate cloud the bigger picture? In it, he looks at the relationships between some key environmental threats, including climate change, to ask if our priorities are wrong. There's...
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Anxiety seems to prompt the release of a chemical that automatically triggers empathy in anyone who sniffs it
Adam Smith Institute Blog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Well, it's warm. The UK is apparently suffering from a prolonged bout of 'hot' weather and as per normal there are many who apparently aren't coping very well with it. Why as a populace have we become so useless at dealing with simple things? In cold weather the country grinds to a halt. In warm weather we continue about our business dripping with sweat and bemoaning our lack of air conditioning!...
Winds and Breezes (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
I only became aware of it today but the Guardian in all its wisdom has given Andrew Simms a regular monthly article counting down the 100 months we’ve got left to sort stuff out before the climate changes irreversibly. Having read a couple of his pieces on the subject, I’ve noticed that Andrew Simms is apparently [...]
The Lazy Environmentalist (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The last year has been a remarkable journey for me. This is my story. It began with a simple thought on the 28th June 2008 after seeing my brother's film on the 10 New Commandments at last year's Edinburgh Film Festival. What would be the top 10 Rights that should be drafted into a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights? I had been playing around with the idea of how to instigate a Duty of Care...
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The world's most peaceful primate is observed launching a lethal attack, giving clues to the origins of human gang warfare
Stars Are Blind (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Hope you all have a safe and fun 4th of July Weekend! Enjoy some fireworks and some time with friends and family! Related posts:Happy Earth Day 2009!Jennifer Aniston: Sunsets make me happyHappy 10th Anniversary Jon & Kate Gosselin Related posts: Happy Earth Day 2009! Jennifer Aniston: Sunsets make me happy Happy 10th Anniversary Jon & Kate Gosselin
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 56 minutes ago
DENVER — Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colo., is selling caskets made of banana sheaves. They take six months to two years to biodegrade. Marketing director Joanna Passarelli says the company sold $40,000 worth of banana-sheaf or bamboo coffins to funeral...
OneToRemember and EnergyBook (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Photo via News Daily The leaders of the G8 will be meeting this week in Italy and on the table, of course, is just what these rich countries will do about climate change. We are down to about 150 or so days before the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, and it's well known that without leadership from the G8, there will be no fair and effective deal. Here's what we can expect out of...
Grains of Sand (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
The endangerment of children—that persistent [and greatly exaggerated] theme of our lives, arts, and literature over the past twenty years—resonates so strongly because, as parents, as members of preceding generations, we look at the poisoned legacy of modern industrial society and its ills, at the world of strife and radioactivity, climatological disaster, overpopulation, and commodification,...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
We'll see more of this as the alarmists are in control.... In case anyone missed the point, Mr. Obama took another shot at his predecessors in April, vowing that "the days of science taking a backseat to ideology are over." Except, that is, when it comes to Mr. Carlin, a senior analyst in the EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics and a 35-year veteran of the agency. In March,...
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bsalmons | 22/04/2009
Since the inception of Earth Day, the holiday has become an international effort to improve environmental sustainability from air quality and global warming to wildlife protection and recycling efforts. In 1992, the United Nations recognized the growing need to maintain environmental health with an Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. While Earth Day has changed a great deal from its original demonstration-based
investid | 17/02/2009
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –February 16, 2009 - Investorideas.com and its Water-stocks.com portal update the current directory of publicly traded water stocks for 2009. Investorideas.com was one of the first investor resources covering water stocks and features the Investing in Water Podcast series, news, resources and links and a global water stocks directory. Water Stocks Directory: http://www.investorideas.com/Water-Stocks/Stock_List.asp
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