Full Coverage: North America

30.09.2006 from Climate Change blog:
The Bush administration has censored the latest round of scientific inquiry, reports Glen. 'Some leaders would rather lie, kill and obstruct than lead, provide vision and save the Planet.'

29.09.2006 This year's Right Livelihood Awards demonstrate how individual courage, even in the face of powerful interests and repression, can bring about remarkable changes. Meet the winners.
From: Right Livelihood Awards

27.09.2006 TORONTO, Sep 27 (IPS) - Boreal forests provide 250 billion dollars a year in ecosystem services like reducing atmospheric carbon and water filtration, but which have gone unacknowledged by governments and industry, experts say.

27.09.2006 "Jaguars, mexican gray wolves, peninsular bighorn sheep, and other endangered species need to cross their borderland habitat often, and this wall will crush their ability to survive," a conservation group has warned.
From: Center for Biological Diversity

27.09.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 27 (OneWorld) - The fate of a U.S. Army medic who went AWOL rather than return for a second tour in Iraq is unclear today after he turned himself in to military authorities.

27.09.2006 Over 16,000 have already pledged not to vote for any candidate "who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign." Are you onboard?

27.09.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 26 (OneWorld) - A program to help homeowners cope with the destruction of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is mired in red tape, with local community groups left out in the cold, a leading international aid organization charged this week.

27.09.2006 Various international agreements, tribunals, and charters prohibit war "as an instrument of politics," yet Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, is the one on trial. Paul Rockwell reports.

26.09.2006 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "was genuinely interested in further conversation with the religious community and engaging in a real discussion with the U.S. government," said one of 45 faith leaders who met the Iranian president last week to discuss his country's current political crisis with the United States.

26.09.2006 Election reform is necessary and a very serious matter, but a bill the House of Representatives passed last week would create a new barrier to voting and do nothing to address the myriad obstacles that already exist, says a national civil rights leader.

25.09.2006 While industry groups are complaining that new air pollution regulations will cost them too much money, major health and environmental groups believe the rules are still too lax and the government's own scientists say their recommendations were ignored.

25.09.2006 "The United States under George W. Bush is weaker and more cut off from Latin America than it has ever been. For the first time since World War II, the United States is no longer the most important factor in the continent's politics," says professor Raúl Zibechi.

25.09.2006 Worldwatch researcher Brian Halweil has long advocated eating locally grown food for health, security, and environmental reasons. If you know the farmer and you know the farm where you get your spinach, your risk of getting a contaminated bunch is clearly reduced, he says.

25.09.2006 from sustainablog:
A Texas company has patented a new ceramic electrical storage device that can power a car for 500 miles on a $9 charge of electricity.

25.09.2006 from OilChange blog:
'Poor little Exxon has complained that the Royal Society has “inaccurately and unfairly” depicted it as a climate change sceptic.'

23.09.2006 NEW YORK, Sep 22 (OneWorld) - A nationwide civil disobedience campaign aiming to force the administration of President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress to end the military occupation of Iraq is now in full swing.

23.09.2006 from Worldwatch Institute:
Technologies that harness renewable energy sources—including wind, solar, geothermal, and bio-power—are or soon will be cost-competitive with conventional fuels.

22.09.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 22 (OneWorld) - The number of people making asylum claims in the United States, Japan, Australia, and Europe continues to decline, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported this week, but that doesn't mean fewer people are fleeing their homes as refugees.

22.09.2006 from The Energy Blog:
'These L-cells can provide peak powers between 1kW and 10MW and backup capacity of 4 hours to 10 days. The devices are seamlessly integrable with power grid, solar and wind installations.'

21.09.2006 from sustainablog:
'No one can say that Al Gore's speech at New York University's School of Law was anything short of bold and politically courageous. Gore went places that few politicians would dare, and brought the concept of the carbon tax into the political mainstream.'