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Last updated: May 22 2013 04:34 IST

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Peter Seligmann: A Sustainable Future Relies on US-China Collaboration	22.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
The U.S. and China, although at different stages with their respective economic and environmental challenges, are each increasingly vulnerable to resource scarcity, from minerals to water to food to the biodiversity that fuels science, medicine, and innovation.
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License to Kill	16.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
David Reingold Regulations stink, right? Lots of politicians run on promises that they’ll get rid of them to make way for an economic boom. Well, have you ever considered what our world would look like without regulations? read more
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Carl Pope: How Markets Fail	14.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
It is clear that there are far cheaper fuels -- efficiency, solar and wind to replace coal and natural gas in the U.S., and biofuels or electricity elsewhere to reduce oil intensity. So how much $100 fossil fuel can the world afford, climate aside?
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Public/Private by product networks help businesses turn waste into cash	13.5.2013	The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News
The examples of how industry can recycle waste stretch back through history, but now it’s urgent as resources are slim and profits sometimes slimmer. Some recent examples put into focus how waste becomes extra revenue and also how pollution is negated.
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B.C.'s political climate is shifting: Why talk of 'jobs vs. environment' no longer holds water	10.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Friday, May 10, 2013 Framing things as a "jobs versus environment" issue does not hold much water anymore; the biggest threat to livelihoods in B.C. now is the carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels. Something subtle but important has shifted in the climate of B.C politics. Early in the April 29 televised leaders' debate, B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix addressed climate change, not as an environmental issue for the consideration of future generations, but as a present-day economic and social issue. Dix talked about how people in interior communities are already losing jobs because of trees killed by the pine beetle, which is directly linked to rising temperatures. The fact that the fossil fuel industry is already devastating the interior forestry sector is starting to sink in. In Vancouver, where I live, it is possible to think of rising carbon levels in the atmosphere as a future environmental issue, but in rural B.C., it is a different story. read ...
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The Mind of Mulcair: The leader of the NDP on energy, climate change, and electoral reform	8.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
A decade ago a friend of mine spent a summer apprenticing as a page in the National Assembly of Québec during the time that Thomas Mulcair served as Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Parks in the government of Jean Charest. He described vividly how opposition Parti Québécois deputies were terrified of Mulcair. His encyclopedic knowledge, searing intellect and brilliant rhetorical gifts could shred a careless opponent. His nickname at the time, The Grizzly, reflected that approach. This was no Winnie the Pooh or Panda -- tangling with Mulcair could leave an opponent seriously mauled. read ...
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Mark Tercek: Dialogues on the Environment: Q&A With Edward Norton	6.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
"Too much of the external costs have been left off the books and it's up to the environmental movement to force them internal. That's going to change everything. Much more than people changing what kind of light bulbs they use, frankly."
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Environmental Ignorance Is Economic Bliss	5.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Philip Barnes In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin wrote that “ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” This single line succinctly describes a recently conceptualized psychological phenomenon called the Dunning-Kruger Effect. read more
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Familiar-sounding Australian report reveals exaggerated benefits and under-estimated costs of mining	23.4.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Two Australian research organizations recently released a review of the economic assessments of Australian coal projects and found that the proponent-generated reviews greatly overstated the benefits and understated the costs of the projects. The economic assessments were used to add social importance to the projects and overshadow serious environmental concerns while pushing the projects towards approval. read ...
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Carl Pope: "The Things Which Unite Us"	22.4.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Trumka lays down a searing challenge to the right-wing economic royalists who are funding climate change denial: "We must embrace science, and I am here to say that climate change is real and climate change is dangerous."
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Cleaner Cooking Solutions to Achieve Health, Climate, and Economic Cobenefits	22.4.2013	Environmental Science & Technology: Latest Articles (ACS Publications)
Environmental Science & Technology DOI: 10.1021/es304942e
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Earth Day: “No Profit” When You Add Environmental Costs	22.4.2013	Commondreams.org Newswire
Bloomberg reports: “The environmental impact of doing business costs the global economy $4.7 trillion a year, according to a report released April 15 . “That figure includes the top 100 environmental impacts, such as air pollution-related health costs, the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, the loss of nature-based benefits such as carbon storage by forests, and loss of natural resources. read more
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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Sustainability And The Sacred	22.4.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
As our world stumbles to the brink of ecological collapse -- the "tipping point" of irreversible climate change -- sustainability has become a vital issue. But before we can respond we need to recognize what Earth we are trying to help, what ecosystem we are working to sustain.
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Environmental movements and economies bring hope, inspiration this Earth Week	18.4.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
April 18, 2013 Okay, it's true -- we are actually living the climate change and radical impoverishment reality that those who invented Earth Day 43 years ago were trying to help humanity avoid. Economic recovery has become the most elusive term in the language of business, green looks as if it's off the table, and being eco-aware feels like being under siege. But there's a secret that the oilmen and financiers would prefer we didn't know: the movement to protect life is awesomely more powerful than we give it credit for. And it's only going to grow, because, let's face it, the situation is extreme. The pro-environment side is reshaping the way the world turns. As a result, we have a path to look toward and green moss to cushion our trudge through this oily mess. Industrial projects like the Northern Gateway pipeline grab headlines, but it’s often the combined impacts of numerous activities that threaten to drive nature beyond critical tipping points. The ...
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Assessing businesses’ $7.3 trillion annual cost to natural capital	15.4.2013	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
The cost business is levying on the planet’s natural capital is large and likely to grow. The risks to business are growing, too.
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Corals in Crisis in the Marshall Islands	12.4.2013	ENN Network News - ENN
With our planet’s coral reefs in danger of extinction by 2050, why is the U.S. Government mining healthy reefs to use as building filler?
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Is Sustainability Still Possible?	9.4.2013	Worldwatch Institute
State of the World 2013 asks "can we get there—and what happens if we fall short?" Washington, D.C. —In today"s society, the word "sustainable" has become practically meaningless, with most sustainable products just a step less bad than conventional alternatives. Because of the power of "sustainababble," the world has largely ignored the rich spectrum of political, cultural, and technological changes that would set us on the path to a truly sustainable future. Although the science of sustainability is clearer than ever, we still face the question of whether transforming our society into one guided by sustainability is even possible. This new volume of State of the World 2013 — which features contributions from experts at the Worldwatch Institute ( www.worldwatch.org ) as well as from environmental thought leader David Orr , freshwater expert Sandra Postel , ecological economics pioneer Herman Daly , The Story of Stuff author ...
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NDP set to regain power in B.C., but what will it take to defeat neoliberalism?	5.4.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Friday, April 5, 2013 British Columbia's New Democrats will form government this spring if recent polling sticks. The May election is arriving amidst a crisis of the philosophy and policy-paradigm of neoliberalism. British Columbia's New Democrats will form government this spring if recent polling sticks. The May election is arriving amidst a crisis of the philosophy and policy-paradigm that has guided governance worldwide for the past 40 years: neoliberalism. Understanding neoliberalism's legacy, appeal, and current transformation -- both globally and in British Columbia -- can facilitate successful social democratic governance starting in May. Renewed social democracy in B.C. can yield ecological and social benefit in this region, but also serve as a model for other jurisdictions seeking alternatives to neoliberal orthodoxy. Political openings for progressives are afoot. read ...
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Steven Cohen: We Need to Get Past the Energy and Environment Debates of the 1970s	1.4.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
It is time to get over the outmoded ideological framework of the environmental era. There is no trade-off between environment and economic development. We need both.
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Labor and Environmental Leaders Move Beyond Differences to a Common Vision	29.3.2013	Commondreams.org Views
James Gustave Speth Joe Uehlein During our many decades of work in the labor and environmental movements, there have been many battles that led to tensions between our communities. The Keystone Pipeline is only the most recent example. read more
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