saudi arabia flag imageFor the radar: The Saudi Gazette reports King Abdullah has announced that the nation has stopped oil exploration on new fields to protect the petroleum supply for future generations….

In a speech today, Sen. Tim Wirth, a longtime advocate of natural gas, urges the industry to take the gloves off in its lobbying effort against the coal industry.

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A new article in the journal AIDS argues against the Obama Global Health Initiative.

A new article in the journal AIDS argues against the Obama Global Health Initiative. The authors…

mountaintop removal coal mine photoMountaintop removal mine in Kentucky, photo: iLoveMountains.org via flickr. One more item that probably would’ve made more headlines had there not been a gigantic oil spill in the Gulf…

greenpeace singles out walmart? imageResponding to Greenpeace’s recent report (a screengrab of which is above) on the wholesale destruction of Indonesian rainforest by Sinar Mas Group affiliate Asia Pulp & Paper,

UNICEF erects a giant inflatable television screen in a remote village in Zambia to broadcast the World Cup

Check this out. UNICEF erects a giant inflatable television screen in a remote…

Summary:
Spy swap meet; BP says relief well not ahead of schedule after all; Iranian mom faces death by stoning;

Summary:
Iran bans mullets; “Climategate” hack victims cleared of wrongdoing; UK grants asylum to persecuted gays; BP oil in Lake Pontchartrain; Queen addresses UN.
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china shopping mall photoBeijing shopping mall, photo: John via flickr James Kanter over at the New York Times point out a very important statistical update: According to an assessment of per capita carbon…

20100707-pete-bethune.jpgphoto: Barbara Veiga / Sea Shepherd Pete Bethune, captain of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s now-sunken Ady Gil, has been given a two-year suspended sentence for boarding the…

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