Monitoring stations in the Arctic detect record levels of carbon dioxide, higher than ever above ‘safe’ 350ppm mark.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/01/record-greenhouse-gas-trouble-scientists
Todays’ technocratic politicians will only ever lead from behind, once a critical mass of people have already shown the way.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/01/rio20-dont-wait-disappointment-bureaucrats
Regeringen talar om satsningar. Men fram till 2014 vill man minska antalet helårsstudenter vid universiteten i Uppsala och Lund med 2000, skriver Eva Åkesson, Anders Malmberg, Per Eriksson och Eva Wiberg.
http://www.unt.se/debatt/nu-tvingas-vi-ta-bort-platser-1761119.aspx
Wholly owned subsidiary Swedwood accused of clear-cutting ancient Russian forests for use in furniture.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/29/ikea-ancient-tree-logging
“Welcome to the end of the world as we know it.”
http://blogs.sweden.se/sustainability/2012/05/28/festivals-that-deal-with-the-big-issues/
Climate scientists think a perfect storm of climate “flips” could cause massive upheavals in a matter of years.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-worlds-weather-could-quickly-run-amok
Although there is an urban legend that the world will end this year based on a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar, some researchers think a 40-year-old computer program that predicts a collapse of socioeconomic order and massive drop in human population in this century may be on target.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=apocalypse-soon-has-civilization-passed-the-environmental-point-of-no-return
As Egyptians head to the polls to vote for a new president, the BBC News website has asked Egyptians of contrasting political persuasions to write about their hopes and fears for the country’s future. Gigi Ibrahim is a journalist, blogger, activist and socialist.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18163713
In less than a month, world leaders will gather in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nation’s 2012 Earth Summit. At stake: a new global green deal that could pull our planet back from the brink of irreversible climate change.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aiko-stevenson/rio20-summit_b_1526687.html
The Charest government, abandoning any hope of negotiating a settlement with striking students, announced it is suspending classes in colleges and universities where students are still on strike.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/charest-suspends-classes-in-response-to-strikes/article2435203/
When reaching out to Alberta oil sands companies before a trip to Canada last month, I thought all of them mined oil the same way — they don’t. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/canadian-oil-sands-flyover-2012-5#ixzz1wbuSHTA4
http://www.businessinsider.com/canadian-oil-sands-flyover-2012-5
Dear NATO protesters: I hope you have plans to enjoy yourselves in Chicago next week, because otherwise it’s hard to see why you even bother to make the trip. You are certainly not accomplishing anything for your cause, any more than the Occupy Wall Street protesters or the earlier anti-globalization protesters accomplished anything for theirs.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/18/nato-protesters.html
Take a journey through Google’s data centers by following an email along its path.
http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend/desktop/
Daniel Mossberg // Bon Voyage Logburg
