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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
Radio Netherlands’ Jonathan Groubert recently interviewed David Neubert for his radio show The State We’re In. The topic of the day was “Changing the system from the inside.”
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 13 May 2008 )
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Written by Miranda Marquit
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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Self-described "longest continuous shareholders" want serious changes at Exxon. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 May 2008 )
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Written by Miranda Marquit
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Sudan/Darfur has brought human rights issues to the forefront in proxy voting. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 May 2008 )
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Written by Eben Esterhuizen
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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Links to interesting articles for ThePanelist.com readers...
Poverty and a billion starving people in Africa? Whisked away like dust. Overpopulation and water shortages? Waft, waft. Global warming and climate change? A little brush and they're gone. Jeffrey Sachs explains how to save the world.
The Earth's temperature may stay roughly the same for a decade, as natural climate cycles enter a cooling phase, scientists have predicted.
The financial crises of capitalism, written by Samuel Brittan at The Financial Times.
Economic Recession? It's a Guy Thing.
The global free market for food and energy is facing its biggest threat in decades as a host of countries push through draconian measures to hold down prices, raising fears of a new "resource nationalism" that could endanger world food security, says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard at The Telegraph.
Have a great weekend! |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 May 2008 )
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Written by Eben Esterhuizen
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
Photo:Eric Gjerde, Creative Commons, Flickr
It has been interesting to see crude oil climbing to record highs despite the resurgent greenback.
The common belief is that there is a negative correlation between the U.S. dollar and oil, a result of oil being priced in dollars. "As the dollar declines in value, so does the price of oil in non-dollar terms," explains Michael Woolfolk at the Bank of New York Mellon. "Consequently, foreigners bid up the price of oil and other dollar-denominated commodities. The result is that the price of crude oil and other commodities rise in dollar terms as the dollar falls in value against other currencies."
If, on the other hand, the dollar gains in value, so does the price of oil in non-dollar terms. The traditional argument is that a higher non-dollar price of oil reduces the demand from foreigners, sending oil prices lower.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 May 2008 )
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Written by Walker Lunn
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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Will Hyatt's new Vice President of Environmental Affairs create "deep green" or "green washing"? Will either translate into brand equity?
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 May 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
Following up on a previous report about global warming’s impact on songbird populations (Silent Spring Happening Now at a Forest Near You), comes this new report from Minnesota birdwatchers and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on additional songbird deaths.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 May 2008 )
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Written by Eben Esterhuizen
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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Links to must-read articles for ThePanelist.com readers. Enjoy!
Going green doesn't have to be as complicated as it sounds: 50 ways to help the planet.
The Rockefellers want ExxonMobil to think again on green issues but increasingly oil giants look to government for leadership.
Polluted, poisonous and immune to popular efforts to enforce a clean-up: Tai Lake is a metaphor for the state of China's politics, says The Economist.
"This contrast between the official government statistics and day-to-day reality has led to a boomlet in skepticism about what the government is up to," says David Leonhardt at The New York Times. "So when the new inflation numbers come out next week, they will indeed be misleading. They will be artificially high."
A cartoon explaining the stimulus package...
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 May 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
Photo:Charles Haynes, Creative Commons, Flickr
No sooner did New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman finish his latest column on the forlorn state of America than his detractors rose up to bite his ankles. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 May 2008 )
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
Photo:SoftPIX_Techie, Creative Commons, Flickr
This week, a conservative American think tank known as the Heartland Institute send out about 12,000 brochures and DVDs to Canadian schools urging teachers to correct the record on global warming. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 May 2008 )
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