Politics

Republic of Fools: The Evil Empire

THE US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to...

Catastrophe likely if rapid extinctions continue: UN

AUSTRALIA and the world must make prevention of the rapid rate of species extinction a political priority or face an environmental catastrophe,...

Land tax revenue hush-up

Facts please

Facts please: Japan’s Timber Trade and Forestry http://www.jca.apc.org/jatan/eng/japan-e.html Japan is the world’s largest importer of wood, pulp, and paper products that are...

Death Denial

THERE is no point in denying it: we’re losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease. It exists in a...

MLCs pass integrity Bill

Reports from the end of the Stupidocene 15NOV09

With just a little over a months till the end of the Copenhagen Round pf negotiation on the UN Framework Climate Convention...

A double shock for Australia

IT’S HARDLY a surprise that the G20 finance ministers did not agree to splash cash on developing nations to help get a...

What they really mean is …

“Mr Gay said the Bell Bay Pulp Mill would take advantage of Gunns’ growing plantation timber resource.” (What they really mean is...

The pesticide menace

Common Herbicides Block Important Nutrient Sensor in Humans Endocrine disruptors disrupt common wisdom http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2253093/pollutants-tracked-eu-register via Dr Alison Bleaney