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Political leaders for the Swedish opposition parties speaking at a political event earlier this year.

Failure: Sweden will reach EU’s climate targets 195 years too late

10 September, 2010

The Swedish Green Party has released a report which shows that Sweden will reach the EU’s climate targets in 2205 instead of 2050 – 195 years too late. During the last four years with a right-wing Government in Sweden the … Continue reading

Andreas Carlgren

Swedish Government Wins Greenwash Award

25 August, 2010

The Swedish right-wing government has won the yearly greenwash award in Sweden! The greenwash award is given to a company or a person who have done the best job to avoid real environmental action, and instead put effort into creating … Continue reading

“This may be the only political issue whose results could be catastrophic permanently”

19 August, 2010

Here is a quick quote from Tom Toles, a pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist at the Washington Post, about the ongoing “climate debate”: “We are apparently going to let the debate on the science run until hell freezes over. If you … Continue reading

Wolfgang Sachs on sustainable development vs economic growth

10 August, 2010

German scholar Wolfgang Sachs talked about sustainable development versus economic growth in Copenhagen on invitation by The Ecological Council, The European Environment Agency and the Danish newspaper Information. Wolfgang Sachs is a former professor, former chairman of Greenpeace Germany, author … Continue reading

A Picture is Worth… How our economy is killing the planet

9 August, 2010

The graph below clearly shows that something is seriously wrong with our economy. Our overconsumption and fixation for more and more growth is killing our planet. You can click on the image to see it in more detail or explore … Continue reading

The Swedish government is bad for the environment

31 July, 2010

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 … Continue reading

Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists in Russia

28 July, 2010

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 … Continue reading

Liberal solutions to our environmental problems

28 July, 2010

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?

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The mass media and our environment

29 June, 2010

What kind of role does our mass media play in how we perceive and react to environmental problems around us? Who are currently the owners of our mainstream media? And how does corporations use it to their own benefits? The … Continue reading

Sweden - not so green anymore?

The Swedish government completes its climate wrecking track record with a pro-nuclear vote

23 June, 2010

The right-wing government in Sweden unfortunately won, with a two votes margin, the pro-nuclear vote in the parliament this past week and is now in full climate-wrecking gear. The political left-leaning opposition as well as numerous environmental organizations have criticized … Continue reading

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