All News
All News
| The Story of Stuff | ||
| Consumption...it is no accident we are obsessed with it, and the repercussions of it are disastrous for us all. That plastic wrapping you throw in the bin, created many times its weight in toxic garbage before it ever got to be wrapped around something you bought. The order of this is meaningful - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. | ||
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| Who Killed the Electric Car? | ||
| An interesting documentary, firstly it mentions that a long time ago electric cars were common, and secondly it tells the story about the rise in electric cars in the nineties, and then their demise. | ||
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| US Greenhouse rate increasing | ||
| Not only is the US increasing its global warming gas emissions, the rate at which they are going up is increasing as well. If our media reflected the world\'s best interests, this story would be front page for a month, require high level meetings, statements from world leaders, and an explanation from the US government. As I write this, the front page of CNN shows a media event featuring a smiling Bush making a surprise visit to Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan. How pleasing for Bush that the media so accurately reflects his perception of what is important in the world. | ||
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| Veganism and Climate Change | ||
| Your diet is one of your major impacts on the world. If you are really concerned about climate change, and don\'t want to give up your car, you might consider giving up animal products instead... | ||
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| Polar Bears Under Threat | ||
| Polar bears appear to be drowning, as they are forced to swim further distances to retreating ice flows. Polar bear populations around the world are in decline as a direct consequence of the earth's temperatures warming. | ||
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| US Rejects Talks on Climate Change | ||
| As an indication of the blinkered stupidity of the US (and Australian) position on climate change, they are refusing to even participate in talks. Instead making bizarre statements about bilateral agreements being the best way to solve this global problem. The people of the United States should be ashamed of their government for acting this way. | ||
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| Car Sharing | ||
| Yes people can and do share cars...it works overseas and can work here. | ||
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| 4WD Drivers Obese and Angry : Study | ||
| 4 Wheel Drives, or SUV's as they are called in the US, are a plague on our roads and the environment. It comes as no surprise to me that a lot of people who drive them are angry and obese. | ||
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| Air Pollution Causing Mass Fatalities | ||
| People just don't seem to understand the effects the air pollution we are breathing is having on us. This article about Asia with the WHO estimated 500,000 deaths should give people a wake up call. Think about that number. | ||
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| Dairy Cows and Smog | ||
| In this part of the US, dairy cows potentially account for more pollution than automobiles. | ||
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| Global Warming and Junk Science | ||
| Another great article about Global Warming from George Monbiot. This time focusing on the sad and poorly researched position of David Bellamy, once a champion for the environment. | ||
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| Aus Scientists meet on Global Warming | ||
| CANBERRA, Australia, May 10, 2005 (ENS) - Earth''s warming climate is affecting the growth of plants, the productivity of farms, and habitats for animals right now, and further climate change is ''inevitable,'' a meeting of 80 research scientists from across Australia has declared. | ||
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| Largest GM Trials Shows Potential Harm | ||
| The largest GM trial in Britian has yet again validated the cautionary stance Greenpeace and other environmental groups want taken with the crops. The question is now whether corporate profits or the environment are more important. | ||
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| Save Okinawa Dugongs | ||
| Dugongs are threatened throughout the world. In Okinawa Japan, the government is intent on land-filling precious reef for a US Base. Click here and send an automated email to the Japanese Prime Minister telling him to stop this insanity. | ||
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| Mocking Our Dreams | ||
| Great George Monbiot article about global warming and the issues around it. How is it that a small group of scientists denying Global Warming get as much or more air time than the vast majority who believe it is happening and that we are contributing to it. | ||
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