7 billionth baby: Congratulations are mixed with dire words - latimes.com

But David Lam, in an L.A. Times opinion piece Sunday, had an upbeat take:

In spite of the daunting challenges facing the world, including global warming, rising food prices and a billion people in poverty, the 7-billionth child will almost surely have a better life than the 3-billionth or 6-billionth child.

COP17 no walk in the park: Zuma - IOL SciTech | IOL.co.za

The UN climate change negotiations set to take place in Durban at the end of November are going to be difficult, President Jacob Zuma warned on Monday.

“We go to Durban with no illusion at all that it will be a walk in the park,” he told delegates at a meeting of the Socialist International Commission for a Sustainable World Society in Joburg.

small dead animals: Message from the Wife of an Oil Rig Worker

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America Says No to Energy Subsidies - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Here’s an interesting poll by the Tarrance Group for Heritage. In sum, ” Nearly three quarters of voters (72%) oppose the federal government choosing which companies within a certain industry will receive financial subsidies, with a majority (54%) strongly opposing.”

Cut the subsidies!