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Building Design editor attempts to demolish climate change argument
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Amanda Baillieu has laid bare her utter contempt for environmentalism but failed to construct a solid argument.

Flower Power to Nuclear Power: Stewart Brand, an Icon of Environmentalism, Talks About Embracing Nuclear Power
Source: Newsweek

Stewart Brand, the founder of the Whole Earth Review and a living, breathing hippie of the back-to-earth sort has been talking heretically about nuclear power for some time now.

Greenpeace protesters dangle from Pittsburgh bridge - CNN.com
Source: CNN

In what appeared to be the most visible demonstration yet of this week's G-20 summit, four people attached to a massive banner dangled from a Pittsburgh bridge Wednesday to protest the global economic meeting.

GBiBT Guest Post from Curtis White, author of THE BARBARIC HEART
Source: GoodBooksinBadTimes Blog

In his new book, The Barbaric Heart:Faith, Money and the Crisis of Nature, author Curtis White proposes a unique, philosophical theory about mainstream environmentalism suggesting that spritual beauty and the arts will guide us to the solutions we seek.

Anti-Capitalism: The Legacy of George W. Bush and The Republican Party
Source: capmag.com

The administration of George W. Bush, for instance, greatly expanded government power.

15 Must-Read Books That Will Forever Change How You See the World
Source: AlterNet.org

Some say print books are passé, but I still like curling up on the couch with a mind-expanding read. Here are my top picks for ecological and sustainable reading.

Why Obama's Green Policy Can't and Won't Save the World

With so much energy being invested lately in analyzing Obama's push to coerce government reform and control of health care, his other pet project, creating a Green economy to stop global warming has fallen off the radar for the moment.

The Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights: No More Green Guilt
Source:

"Every investment prospectus warns that "past performance is no guarantee of future results." But suppose that an investment professional's record contains nothing but losses, of failed prediction after failed prediction. Who would still entrust that investor with his money?

7 Hot Female Models Who Are Also Environmentalists (pics)
Source: TreeHugger

When it comes to looking green and gorgeous, these seven female models are on top of their game.

The Harmful Potential of Farm Fisheries: How Cage Fisheries Can Spread Infection to Wild Populations | Suite101.com
Source: Suite101

Studies done recently are showing that even the "safer" choice of farmed fish are contributing to the overfishing problem. Journalist explains differences between the two and why farmed fish are sometimes detrimental to the environment.

The Least Sustainable Fish: The Top 4 Fish to Avoid | Suite101.com
Source: Suite101

Journalist discusses the necessity of eating sustainable fish by showing readers which fish are the wrong ones, and why.

The Pope: "Creation is under threat"
Source: news.mongabay.com

"Together we can build an integral human development beneficial for all peoples, present and future, a development inspired by the values of charity in truth.

Impact of the Waxman–Markey Climate Change Legislation on the States
Source: heritage foundation

If passed by the Senate, the bill would burden families with thousands of dollars per year in direct and indirect energy costs.

What's really in your shampoo
Source: Salon.com

There are two types of ingredients in shampoo. One type cleans your hair. The other type strokes your emotions. I'm holding a bottle of Pantene Pro V, one of the world's most popular shampoos. Of the 22 ingredients in this bottle of shampoo, three clean hair.

Incorrigible Lomborg: Defending the right of rich people to pollute
Source: desmogblog.com

The Disingenuous Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg has once again celebrated a public epiphany on climate change, bringing him. once again, to the conclusion that the globe is warming, that humans are to blame and that we - especially we rich people - shouldn't do anything about it.

Protesters sabotage Scottish coal mine
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The activists damaged a 6.5km conveyor belt which transports 200,000 coal each year from Glentaggart to Ravenstruther

Could the great recession lead to a great revolution?
Source: Christian Science Monitor

For the first time in generations, people are challenging the view that a free-market order – the system that dominates the globe today – is the destiny of all nations.

Organic has no health benefits
Source: BBC News

Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded. There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce, UK researchers found

Charities Lament 'Cash For Clunkers' Program
Source: npr.org

When Congress passed a new law to give people up to $4,500 to junk their old cars and buy new, more efficient ones, the auto industry cheered. But some charities say they'll be the unintended victims of this program, and so will the low-income people they try to help.

Bob Barr - Cap-and-trade's a lot of hot air
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bob Barr regarding Cap and Trade legislation: "Its 1,200 pages must rank among the most complex and convoluted pieces of legislation ever devised, making old, Soviet-style government edicts appear streamlined by comparison."

Dignity, Freedom, Idealism & Expectations
Source: Nihilo Zero (blog)

A philosophical look at dignity, freedom, idealism & expectations. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Indigenous Peruvians vow more attacks over control of the Amazon
Source: Christian Science Monitor

"Bagua" has become shorthand for an indigenous resistance boiling over throughout remote swaths of the country, as poor Amazonian Indians engage in strikes and blockades to protest laws that would open their rainforest home to energy and agribusiness development.

Activist Accused of "Advocating Literature and Materials Which Advocate Anarchy"
Source: greenisthenewred.com

Hugh Farrell and Gina "Tiga" Wertz have their first court date on July 14th: they've been charged with racketeering-–charges originally intended to target the mob–-for allegedly "conspiring" to engage in tree sits, participate in non-violent civil disobedience, and  …

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