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Population growth is once again being identified as the primary cause of environmental destruction. And not just by right-wing bigots, but by sincere but confused environmental activists.

The return of the population bombers

6 August, 2012

Overpopulation ideology undermined the environmental movement in the 1970s, diverting social protest into harmless channels. To prevent a similar setback today, we must understand populationism’s conservative role, and why it is attractive to a growing number of green activists. As … Continue reading

How our economy is killing our planet

The growth machine is killing our planet, so why hasn’t it been stopped?

4 July, 2012

In article after article, book after book, scientists and environmentalists have exposed the devastating effects of constant economic expansion on the global environment. The drive to produce ever more “stuff” is filling our rivers with poison and our air with … Continue reading

Stephen Harper gives a thumbs-up for climate killing tar sands and environmental destruction

Canada’s conservative government is gutting environment protection

7 June, 2012

Although Canada’s Conservative Party won only 40% of the popular vote in the last election, it captured an absolute majority of the seats in the House of Commons. This gives Prime Minister Stephen Harper the ability to pass any legislation … Continue reading

Rusty-Earth

Russian satellite takes the most detailed photo of Earth yet

13 May, 2012

We have been used to see NASA's 64-megapixel "Blue Marble" photos of the Earth. But now a Russian weather satellite has taken a 121-megapixel image of our fragile Earth, making it the most detailed photo yet. The satellite is stationed … Continue reading

Green Google+ Circle

Green your Google+ stream with this environment circle

7 April, 2012

Supercharge your Google+ stream with prominent environmental activists, thinkers, entrepreneurs, bloggers and people who are all fighting passionately for a better and greener world. This Google+ circle contains 500 people such as the British author and journalist +Mark Lynas, +Danielle … Continue reading

Lucy Lawless protesting Shell’s planned exploration for oil in the Arctic.

Actress Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace blocks Shell arctic driller

27 February, 2012

Earlier this week a group of Greenpeace activists, including the actress Lucy Lawless, scaled an oil drill ship that was due to travel to the Arctic. After spending over 76 hours onboard the ship, Lucy Lawless and the five other … Continue reading

RIO+20

Are the Rio+20 goals too green-as-usual?

20 February, 2012

Great piece by the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) Switchboard blog on efforts afoot in Latin America to step up on green in anticipation of Rio+20, which will be held here in the region this June. The goals and standards … Continue reading

Ron Paul

Ron Paul says "drill, baby drill" – bad idea says economists

1 February, 2012

In a recent Feature, Al Jazeera English talked to five professional economists about their views on Ron Paul’s economic policies. One of the economic points discussed was Paul’s idea to lower the price of fuel. Ron Paul believes, just like … Continue reading

Hundreds of protesters called for an end to fossil fuel subsidies

25 January, 2012

Yesterday hundreds of demonstrators dressed in referee uniforms called the US Congress to end the huge tax breaks and other subsidies to Big Oil and the fossil fuel industry. Bill McKibben, founder of the +350.org movement and one of the … Continue reading

Barack Obama hits "secretive oil billionaires" in first campaign ad

21 January, 2012

This is the first advertisement from Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. The ad targets “secretive oil billionaires”, which is a clear response to the Koch brothers recent $6 million attack ads (http://bit.ly/xrdzBH). The advertisement is also touting the rapidly growing … Continue reading

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