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• Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth - After the positive reaction to the Inconvenient Truth in the United States, Australian cinemas are expecting a similar buzz when the film starts on the 14th of this month.
• Al Gore Praises Wal Mart - Speaking to an 800 strong audience of Wal Mart employees, the former Vice President of America Al Gore said "I believe that this kind of commitment is so important that the rest of the world is likely to be listening and learning", referring to the environmental changes that the giant retailing chain has been making in recent months.
• Post Peak Oil World - With the rising price of oil dominating the news each night there has been surprisingly little talk of a world without oil. Is it a problem that is just too difficult to contemplate, do we just want to leave it for the next generation, and is it simply a matter of us fearing a possible lowering in living standards?
• XXX Domain Names - After the recent rejection of the .XXX domain by ICANN, a Florida based company is planning to sue the US government because of the influence it had on ICANN.
  
• Californian Global Warming Slowdown - California will enact plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 level by 2020. In a public announcement the Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said "The debate is over. The science is in. The time to act is now. Global warming is a serious issue facing the world and California has taken an historic step with the release of this report. We are all convinced that we can protect our environment and leave California a better place without harming our economy."
• Australian Uranium off to China - John Howard and the Australian government have agreed to sign a deal to ship large quantities of uranium to China. Australia and China will sign an agreement today, and plan to ship nuclear fuel to China within four years.
  Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has put a positive spin on the deal, claiming that it does not make any difference whether they send nuclear fuel to China or not.
  
• Bush Increases Wetland Definition - The Bush administration has increased the total area of wetlands in the United States from 1998 to 2004 by 191,800 acres. Sounds impressive until you realize that this number includes manmade ponds, golf courses, and water hazards. I'm surprised they didn't include backyard swimming pools when measuring the total area of wetlands.
• Prime Minister Tony Blair on Climate Change - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the Australian government to take measurable action against the environmental problems we all face now. The Prime Minister addressed the Australian parliament during a visit to Australia at the closing of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
• Hillary Clinton at the Cleantech Venture Network - Senator Hillary Clinton has outlined her views on the current energy mess that the Bush administration has America in, while suggesting that a strategic energy fund, created with some of the profits from oil, and a massive public information blanket that educates consumers to be more efficient with their energy use.
  
• Organic Standards Attack - U.S. congress is looking to undermine the hard work of the organic foods business community, seeking to change the current strict organic standards.
• America, Europe and Climate Change - "Old" Europe seems to be taking the necessary steps towards changing the way we do business on our home we call earth, while "new" America steps backward.
• Gasoline for America's Security Act - The environment losing out to big money again, with the Gasoline for America's Security (GAS) Act designed to ignore laws protecting the environment, while increasing the oil refining capacity in the United States.
  

Posts that are related to Politics, but do not focus on the subject..

• Mikhail Khodorkovsky Verdict - Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky gets a nine year prison sentence for charges of fraud and conspiracy brought against him by the Russian government, lead by Vladimir Putin.
• Yukos and Russian Government - Big business in Russia loses out to the Russian government with the giant oil company Yukos being sold off. The main oil producing unit of Yukos (Yuganskneftegaz) was sold to an unknown company Baikal Finance Group for $9 billion.