Archive for July, 2010

• The Swedish government is bad for the environment

  When it comes to environmental and climate issues the current right-wing government in Sweden is one of the worst ever. And that is not just my own words! According to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), an environmental organization …

• Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists in Russia

  As seen on Global Voices: Russia: Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists From 20 to 40 young people in white masks attacked the camp of the defenders of the Khimki forest park [RUS], Igor Podgorny [RUS] and Novaya …

• Liberal solutions to our environmental problems

  The comic strip says: The moderately okay liberal guilt pages: – Gee honey, the bumblebees are dying, the polar bears are dying, and the oceans are acidifying. – Something must be done. – Where’s my checkbook?

• The cruel life inside a factory farm

  The emergence and intensification of agriculture is the basis for human development as we know it. But our path towards a more intensive farming system has made factory farming or industrial agriculture the norm in "civilized" high-tech nations. And in …

• Eyjafjallajökull caused fall in carbon emissions

  This past week the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull was officially declared dormant. The volcano, which you almost certainly remember from the news, had a big eruption in the early months of this year effectively grounding flights all over Europe. “This second …

• 2010 might be the hottest year ever recorded in human history

  Climate institutions and scientists are warning that 2010 might end up as one of the hottest years ever recorded in human history. According to new data from the US National Snow and Ice Centre Data Centre (NSIDC)arctic sea ice levels …