Greenpeace and A-list celebrities call for Arctic 'sanctuary' | World news | guardian.co.uk

Robert Redford, Sir Paul McCartney, Penelope Cruz and an A-list of global celebrities joined forces with Greenpeace and business leaders on Thursday to call for a global sanctuary in the Arctic.

The stars, who also include Jude Law, Pedro Almodovar, Thom Yorke, and One Direction, are among the first hundred names on "the Arctic Scroll" that will be planted on the seabed at the North Pole as part of a major new drive to halt oil drilling and unsustainable fishing in the region.

...Organisers hope that the star-studded initiators of the campaign – who include nine Oscar winners, ten Golden Globe winners and five Grammy Award winners – will help to attract a million other supporters from the wider public via an online petition.

The 'charity' bike ride where no money goes to charity | Trevor Ward | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Riders signing up for Britain's newest and most expensive charity cycling sportive could be forgiven for thinking that part of their entry fee goes direct to a good cause.

After all, the official title of the event is the Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Pennines.

Development banks pledge $175bn for public transport at Rio+20 | Environment | guardian.co.uk

[caption] World's development banks will put more money in creating public transport infrastructure that will benefit the environment rather than building roads for cars.

Eurozone crisis and US presidential race 'damaged Rio+20 prospects' | Environment | guardian.co.uk

[Gro Harlem Brundtland] In the US, she saw a worrying decline in political support for environmental issues. "The election scene is an obvious factor in the decision by Obama not to be here. The climate issue on the American scene has been really difficult for years and in many ways it is worse now than three or four years ago. The Republican right – the Tea party, etc – are building around climate denial. In that sense, the American scene is deteriorating on these issues."

October 30, 2000 | Commonism: The new face of Communism

Chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Vice President of the World Socialist Party, the commission introduced the concept of "sustainable development."