Archive for the ‘Business & Politics’ Category

• Obama sends US troops to Uganda to help combat the LRA – but is oil the true reason?

  Oil have been found in the underground below Lake Albert on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Western companies are working with the Ugandan government to get development under way but a myriad of issues …

• Australian National University sells shares in Coal Seam Gas

  Australia and indeed the World are increasingly threatened by massive investment in coal seam gas (CSG). CSG expansion has drawn vehement opposition in Australia from urban environmentalists and also from farmers opposed to despoiling of prime agricultural land and potential …

• Vote 1 Socialist or vote 1 Green for Planet and Humanity

  In the Western Murdochracies (Big Money buys truth and votes) and Lobbyocracies (Big Money buys politicians and policy) pro-Planet and pro-Humanity voters have little choice but to vote 1 Green or vote 1 Socialist as set out below using the …

• GOP Voted Over 100 Times to Stop Environmental Protection This Year

  The GOP is notorious for their reputation on denying climate change and other environmental issues even though the evidence continues to pile up that these are very real concerns. The Tea Party movement in the GOP continues to make this …

• Denmark’s new government promises far reaching green policies

  On Thursday the 15th of September 2011 the Danish right wing government of the past decade lost its slim majority. The former opposition is currently negotiating the alliance of a new government which looks like it will be more green …

• The Patriot Tax

  I read an article last week, which suggested that Warren Buffett, America’s richest man WANTS the IRS to charge him more tax. I initially decided that either the summer heat must be getting to me and I’m seeing things or …

• Jon Huntsman slams Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann on climate change and gas prices

  A few days ago I wrote about Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, the three front-runners in the Republican primary, and just where they stand politically when it comes to our climate and environment. As one can imagine their …

• The environmental record of Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry

  Next year on November 6 it’s time for general elections in the USA but the political campaign work in both parties has already begun. At the moment it’s the Republicans and their primary that is in the prime spotlight. The …

• The Norwegian terrorist is a climate denier

  As you know. This past Friday in Norway Anders Behring Breivik, a conservative, islamophobic and Christian terrorist, detonated a car bomb outside the office of the country’s Prime Minister and other government buildings in Oslo. Less than two hours later …

• Nuclear safety expert explains why he became anti-nuclear and pro-solar

  The Italian nuclear engineer and safety expert Cesare Silvi explains why he left his former pro-nuclear stance for solar and other renewable energy sources: “I soon came to the conclusion that neither international cooperation nor technological advancements would guarantee human …