Category Archives: Environmentally Ill

Economy, ecology…they’re closer than you think

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This piece on the Beeb gives me the heebie-jeebies. Not because it tells me anything new, but because finally, a mainstream media outlet is publishing what regular enviro-lefties like me have known for a long, long time: The global economy … Continue reading →

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Taking the streets in Argentina

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

A toxic, energy- and water-gobbling mine in the Argentine province of Catamarca drew protesters to the streets of the provincial capital on August 28 in a good old-fashioned escrache:

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Al Gore, I love you!

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Watch this, and in half an hour, I guarantee you’ll be in love too:Al Gore makes the case for a no-carbon energy economy. And in so doing, he kills a lot of crapitalist birds with one stone. It’s a brilliantly … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Amy Katz on the falsities of the “free” market

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“The problem is not the issue of personal choice–it’s the doctrine of personal choice. We are constantly being told that change begins with us, that only we can solve our own problems, that we are the authors of our destinies. … Continue reading →

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Bzzzzzzzzzzzz–STING!!!

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Remember all those stories about mysteriously dying honeybee populations? Looks like we’ve got the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder all figured out, kiddies. Or at least, one very unsurprising chief suspect: Germany has banned a family of pesticides that are … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, Isn't That Illegal?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files | Comments Off

Harper, Harris–what’s the diff?

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Not a dime’s worth, apparently, beyond the fact that the one is federal and the other provincial. The one’s from out west, the other’s from up north. Our “new Conservative” PM is well known for his penchant for recycling right-wing … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Canary in the global coalmine

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Cuban permaculturist Roberto Perez tells how his country adapted to economic and ecologic necessity thanks to the big US embargo aimed at starving the revolution out: To outsiders, the Cuban system is frequently presented in the media as a failure; … Continue reading →

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Halliburton is poisoning the troops

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sadly, this is NO April Fool’s joke:If you know a returned Iraq vet who has been in contact with any facilities “serviced” by Halliburton, KBR, etc.–please, urge them to see their doctor to be tested for waterborne pathogens. You could … Continue reading →

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ExxtortionMobil fails!

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

(Translation: “Gimme everything you got under your belt.” The belt in question is the Orinoco Belt, a region rich with extra-heavy crude oil.) Pardon me for the Schadenfreude, but this is just too sweet…

Posted in Barreling Right Along, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | 2 Comments

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Hard home(boy) truth about FUX Snooze:…and a shout-out to Barack Obama at the end. Let’s hope that if nominated and elected, he’ll be able to make REAL change to all this.