Offshore oil production is a growth industry that has  produced numerous large-scale oil spills destroying  an immense amount habitat and devastating wildlife.  Clearly drilling is not the answer to any of our energy problems. It creates far fewer jobs than clean energy,  it won’t help us become energy independent,  and it definitely won’t help solve [...]

I believe it’s reasonable to expect our governments to ensure that industry complies with the laws of our land and to strengthen them. I believe we must insist regulatory oversight be put into place to protect the environment and must be stringently enforced. I believe maintaining oil as a energy resource and relying on oil based economies only serves to keep some people rich at the cost of the environment and the future ability of our beautiful planet to meet the needs of its inhabitants. We must rid ourselves of the faulty economic model referred to as the three legged stool and the governance model founded upon it. The environment is grounds for all and without it we have nothing.

The biggest threat to global political stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse. Those crises are brought on by rising demand and ever worsening environmental degradation.

Join up with bloggers around the world through Bloggers Unite for Earth Day on April 22nd and honor the planet every day of the year.

Hat tip to Grizzly Bay. Here are some facts about John McCain’s choice for Vice President, Sarah Palin: (1) She is presently under investigation in Alaska for abuse of power Sarah Palin is being investigated for abuse of power (7/08) after she fired the Dept. of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Palin pressured Monegan to [...]

Worldwatch President Christopher Flavin says: “Population growth is a driving force behind some of today’s most serious problems, including climate change and rising food prices.” I certainly don’t disagree with Flavin. In fact, I think that in North America we have shunted aside the reality that there is a planetary population explosion. I am witnessing [...]