September 25, 2008

• An Irony of the Financial Crisis - Action on Poverty Looks Utterly Achievable

  Just over a week ago I found myself once again on EasyJet flight EZY6167 heading from Bristol to Amsterdam.  I asked the head of the cabin crew if he knew Dawn, who operated the camera on one of our previous internet videos.  He said he did.  I showed him one of our "Water Connects Us" leaflets, and I asked him if it would be OK if I handed some out to his passengers.  He said that would be fine as long as I didn't get in the way of the cabin crew as they went about their duties. (…)

September 13, 2008

• Climate Change Hits the Poorest Hardest

  In a report on the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bali last December, David B. (…)

August 5, 2008

• Barack Obama - New Energy for America?

  Barack Obama gave a speech on Monday in Lansing Michigan, an area very familiar with the decline in the US automobile industry. (…)

July 19, 2008

• T. Boone Pickens on Al Gore for Energy Czar

  In a podcast by Tammy Haddad for National Journal On Air T. Boone Pickens spoke about his "Pickens Plan" and his ideas to solve the "energy issue". (…)

July 12, 2008

• The Hokkaido G8 Summit - More Word Games

  This week's issue of the Economist magazine contains their verdict on the G8 summit in Japan - They came, they jawed, they failed to conquer. (…)