- Oil prices: Not Obama’s fault--"There's nothing the president can do about rising fuel costs -- and a new poll shows most Americans know that." Salon
- Obama Calls for an End to Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies NYT
- Wall Street fights rule limiting oil speculation--"Wall Street is pushing to stop a new rule that would crack down on speculation in the energy markets, which many blame for contributing to the spike in gas prices."
- Bloomberg News: Keystone XL Will Raise Gas Price
- Reality Check: The Fiat Dollar is the Real Reason for High Gas Prices--Says it;s because the dollar is worth less.
- Leak exposes how Heartland Institute works to undermine climate science--"Libertarian thinktank keeps prominent sceptics on its payroll and relies on millions in funding from carbon industry, papers suggest."
- EXPOSED: The 19 Public Corporations Funding The Climate Denier Think Tank Heartland Institute
- Climate Whistle Blower Outed--" But instead of being lauded as a public hero for uncovering the coordinated plot to undermine scientific truth with ideology, he’s being publically shamed by colleagues and critics alike...."
- BP expects to pay $7.8B in Gulf spill suit deal
- US government to continue BP Deepwater Horizon case
- BP Oil Still Tars the Gulf
- Obama: Conservation boosts the economy--"The argument that environmental conservation stands in the way of economic growth is 'a false choice.'"
- Amazon defenders face death or exile--"Brazilian activists who inform on illegal loggers laying waste to the rainforests can expect a visit from the gunmen."
- Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot NYT
- One Month in Beijing = Smoking 5 Cigarettes
- The next 'revolution' for Nicaragua: energy independence--"Oil dependent Nicaragua is battling high energy costs and trying to build a sustainable economy by focusing on wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal."
- Nearly 450 Elephants Killed in Cameroon
- New taste for Thai elephant meat--"A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species."
- Indonesia's tiger habitat pulped for paper, investigation shows
- Carbon emissions could wipeout marine species
- Overfishing leaves swaths of Mediterranean barren
- Rhino dies in anti-poaching demo by conservationists--Poor Spencer.
- High demand for sea turtles in China sends poachers toward Philippines
