Mark Schapiro, Mother Jones. November 18, 2009. Should we focus on industries paying to preserve distant trees rather than reducing emissions closer to home? It's the question of the day in Washington and Copenhagen.
Lori Pottinger, Huffington Post. November 16, 2009. Thanks to grassroots advocacy and new legislation, important ecosystems across the globe will be guarded from harmful damming projects.
Gillian Kane, AlterNet. June 17, 2009. Around the world, antiabortion organizations use their political influence and dangerous rhetoric to punish and endanger women.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. May 18, 2009. Is Obama really committed to a fundamental shift in America's approach to drug policy or is this about serving up a kinder, gentler drug war?
Revolter, BoRev AlterNet: PEEK. July 25, 2008. Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos today stated that he "still does not know what [the CSD] is for."
Linus Atarah, IPS News. June 23, 2008. Displaced Finnish factory workers and landless peasants in Brazil have become unlikely allies in a struggle for livelihoods.
Patrick Cunningham, Independent UK. May 31, 2008. Thousands of miles of the rainforest may be flooded because of dam likely to cause a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
David Evan Harris, Adbusters. August 21, 2007. São Paulo, Brazil, the world's fourth-largest metropolis has banned the "visual pollution" of outdoor advertising. With short video documentary.
Isabella Kenfield, International Relations Center. March 12, 2007. Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports and the U.S. is Brazil's biggest importer. But many fear that what appears to be an economic panacea may be a social and ecological disaster.
