by Daniel B. Botkin
For several years, many voices, including Texas energy baron T. Boone Pickens, have been touting natural gas as the best energy source to form a bridge between the current fossil-fuel economy and a renewable energy future. Proponents contend that not only is natural gas a cleaner-burning fuel than coal, producing lower greenhouse [...]

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by Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers
Yes, all politics is indeed local — at the same time it is national and international. The interconnections are more numerous and important these days.

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by Dave McGill
So far in June, 91 coalition troops have been killed in the Afghanistan War making it by far the deadliest month in the nearly nine-year war. The toll includes 50 Americans. And, behind the stark numbers questions continue to be raised relative to veteran care.

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by Naomi Klein – Writer
Reprinted from The Guardian

Obama cannot order pelicans not to die (no matter whose ass he kicks). And no amount of money not BP’s $20bn, not $100bn can replace aculture that’s lost its roots.’ flickr image by kbaird
Everyone gathered for the town hall meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the [...]

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by Dave McGill
On the one hand, a steady increase in the Taliban’s power seems to be outstripping Afghanistan’s efforts to police itself, a combination of trends that does not bode well for an early pullout.

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