Putin Turns The Screw on BP

June 5, 2007By Andy RowellBlog Post 1 Comment

Well all the papers this morning are about the new cold war stand-off between American and Russia over its missile defence system, with Putin retaliating that he might position Russian nuclear weapons towards Europe. Well nuclear missiles are not the only standoff Putin is involved in at the moment. He also cranked up the tension … Read More

The Dark Side of Biofuels

June 5, 2007By Andy RowellBlog Post

The Guardian reports this morning that armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of the biofuel, palm oil. Surging demand for palm oil has prompted rightwing paramilitaries to seize swaths of territory, according to activists and farmers. Thousands of families are believed to have fled a campaign … Read More