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UN ruling on Australia's continental shelf
April 22, 2008, 1 Comment

How may this affect the positioning of the nations claiming the Arctic? We note that the UN body involved in this decisi ...

The Arctic Oil Rush: Alex Shoumatoff
April 19, 2008, Comments Off on The Arctic Oil Rush: Alex Shoumatoff

No one should miss Alex Shoumatoff‘s piece on the Arctic Oil Rush In addition to a wealth of information about the ...

Wednesday Night #1363
April 16, 2008, 1 Comment

First, we would draw your attention to last Wednesday’s discussion of China, Tibet & the Olympics – a nu ...

Jeffrey Sachs: "Common Wealth"
April 16, 2008, Comments Off on Jeffrey Sachs: "Common Wealth"

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet Sachs appeal April 16 Charlie Rose: A conversation with Jeffrey Sachs Mar ...

Global Monitoring Report 2008
April 11, 2008, Comments Off on Global Monitoring Report 2008

World Bank IMF IMF’s Global economic prospects for 2009 (.pdf) April 11 Climate Change Rises On World Bank Agenda ...

China, Beijing Olympics
April 8, 2008, 3 Comments

 See also Tibet and The Olympic Protest Primer April 24 China to clear out students, refugees before Olympics Beijing & ...

Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam
April 5, 2008, Comments Off on Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam

More on Biofuels April 05, 2008 Scammers see green dollars Scam artists can smell a fad. They feed on naive enthusiasm. ...

The Generations Pact/Pacte des générations
April 3, 2008, Comments Off on The Generations Pact/Pacte des générations

3 April 2008 La ministre Line Beauchamp était de passage à Montréal pour annoncer l’octroi d’un montant de 250 00 ...

Bush's border fence destroys wilderness
April 3, 2008, Comments Off on Bush's border fence destroys wilderness

GETTY IMAGES Completion of the 670-mile fence on the US-Mexican border would harm endangered species and ‘pristine ...

Earth Hour 2008
March 31, 2008, 1 Comment

March 30 Sadly, Montreal was not one of the iconic cities for Earth Hour, Councillor Marvin Rotrand is quoted, but nowhe ...