environmental issues

From The Times (UK) The ‘carbon offset’ child labourers Not because child labor is necessary to do the work of the world, or even to make money, but just so the Al Gores of the world can feel good about themselves.

Sheryl Crow proposes limit on use of toilet paper in bathroom visits As linked to from one of my favorite blogs, "They'll take my toilet paper when they pry my cold, brown fingers from it."

Canada's annual "Seal slaughter" has begun. Each spring hundreds of blood thirsty locals descend onto the ice to slaughter helpless seals by shooting them or beating them to death with clubs. The Canadian seal hunt is the largest marine mammal slaughter on the planet with over a million seals...

British businessman purchases a block of rainforest to keep it from loggers. Great idea, since all governments seem to want to do about conservation is hold meetings. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2092492,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/04/anwr.drilling.ap/index.html So much for free trade and free markets.

I work in an industrial park that has huge warehouse type buildings, and not a lot of pollution. I have no doubt the park uses plenty of electricity though. Most of which is probably made by the coal plant in our city. While Indiana is not exactly a great place as far as sunlight (compared to...

Group claims Amazon destruction worse than reports 25.11.2004 About half of Brazil's original Amazon rainforest has been occupied by man, deforested or used for industry such as logging, and its destruction is worse than Government data shows, says a leading environmental group. The group...