Month August 2007

Ethanol from corn

Colin at Celcias is bicycling across the nation and is currently pushing through Nebraska. He’s awed by the amount of corn grown there, but then does the math on the huge subsidies for corn ethanol. Corn ethanol subsidies totaled $7…

New Orleans remains a tale of two cities

Malik Rahim, community organizer in New Orleans, talks about the unequal recovery from Hurricane Katrina. It’s almost two year almost two years after Katrina destroyed much of New Orleans. What is the situation now? It is still a tale of…

Greek fires caused by developer greed?

Some of the raging forest fires in Greece may have been deliberate arson for financial gain. Forested areas are not allowed to be developed, but cleared areas are. The Greek government is now saying the fires may be considered as…