Partisan compromise is essential if we will ever see any real energy legislation. Republicans must give up oil industry tax breaks and Democrats need to budge on the offshore drilling ban. A bi-partisan group of Senators has offered at last a compromise bill, which does just that. The bill awaits t...

Eat The View are urging the next President to show leadership on global issues such as climate change and food security by converting part of the White House's 18 acre grounds back into an edible landscape. Contains a fun video....

Finally, a bill in Congress that can end the gridlock on renewable energy policy. There's an easy online letter you can send to Senators Obama and McCain at RenewableMinute.com, asking their support....

This long-awaited film release by French filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin is now finally available in the US!
The formal release of this chilling documentary is scheduled for fall 2008 with public showings around the nation, but the film is now available as a pre-publication release.
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The Bush Administration and its BLM today called off the moratorium on applications to build solar plants on public lands. The delay would have put on hold even the chance of any construction until May 2010. Intense outcry, both from the industry and from the public, evidently forced the government...

Today, it has become politically fashionable to say that you support eco-friendly, or “green” actions. Since many voters now consider the environment a major concern, politicians are eager to vocalize their support for it. Sadly, many of these politicians are simply pretending to be green in order ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - A group of activist investors including the state of Connecticut on Wednesday dropped a campaign targeting Ford Motor Co after the No. 2 U.S. automaker detailed plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions over the next 12 years....

Rather than focusing on the floating Pacific plastic stew the size of Texas or the melting of the Himalayan glaciers (the drinking water for billions of people) or even the atmospheric brown clouds caused by soot, Niagara residents are this weekend focusing on what we CAN do....

A catholic spokesman for the Vatican is warning the world "Recycle or go to Hell". This among other admonishments are designed to update the 7 deadly sins, which until recently were sloth, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, wrath and pride....

Being eco-friendly should transcend politics. Here are some reasons why everyone, regardless of political persuasion, should be in support of getting greener......

Vast swaths of rainforest are being felled to provide land for Brazil's booming soya industry – and those who protest face violent retribution. Alex Bellos meets the land-rights activists risking death to save their communities....

BAGHDAD - A U.S. attack killed 19 insurgents and 15 civilians, including nine children, northwest of the capital Thursday — one of the heaviest civilian death tolls in an American operation in recent months. The military said it was targeting senior leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday played down a newspaper report that the U.S. Marine Corps was pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and switch to a leading role in Afghanistan.
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Rare marine species such as the sea horse and the pink sea fan are paying the price for the UK Government's unnecessary delay in introducing a Marine Bill, conservationists have warned....