Creative Commons: DaveTrainer In the UK and Canada, manufacturers are urging the government to give consumers money to get old cars off the road and into newer, lower emission vehicles and "catalyse a new low carbon transport revolution." George Monbiot calls it "bunkum" and worse. The whole thing i...

Here's a great video interview with BBC reporter George Monbiot and Jeroen van der Veer, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell.  The spin and bafflegab is almost too painful to watch. We need more reporters like Monbiot that push hard and ask the right questions. Enjoy: <!--break--...

The latest science suggests that preventing runaway climate change means total decarbonisation. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 25th November 2008 George Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, ripping the doors off their ...

Jenn Sierra:  The Web Warriors of Ft. Hard Knox will be on tonight discussing why it's important for political conservatives to be active online, and how we can do it!  Jeff Blanco:  LouisiannaConservative.com talks about his site, socialism in his backyard!  Teddy Bear of the Gr...

Unshackled from Waterstone's, Scott Pack seems to be set on making waves (and very welcome ones at that). Today's Bookseller has an excellent new opinion piece from him on the promotional use of 'novelty' items to preempt the arrival of hot new titles. Guilty as charged sir. Rather squeamishly I cas...