My Pick of the Week

15.11.2009 Wind farms produce more than half of the electricity in Spain. Why can't we do it here the UK where there is much more wind? IPS News

15.11.2009 Owen Barder argues that the rights of immigrants should be no different from those of existing citizens. These are tough questions. Owen Abroad

15.11.2009 The oceans slow down global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide. But there is a heavy price to pay in their own ecosystem. Cosmos Magazine

08.11.2009 Graham Rankin draws some interesting analogies between modern globalisation and the economics of the Catholic Church in the 16th century. Manufacturing Crunch

08.11.2009 Scientific predictions of the impact of climate change are becoming more alarming but the mood of climate sceptics appears to be hardening. George Monbiot strives to explain this alarming contradiction. Monbiot.com

08.11.2009 After a further multi-billion bail-out this week, the UK government now owns 84% of the failed Royal Bank of Scotland. Surely the High Court's refusal to allow a judicial review of the bank's unfriendly environmental policies should be overturned. Letter to Guardian