'Deep Economy': ideas for a better world
(Prairie Public Broadcasting: Thu, 07 Jun) Bill McKibben envisions a new economy more attuned to environmental harmony and human satisfaction. His round-the-world reporting and thoughtful analysis give great weight to both his warnings and his prescriptions for change.

Local news briefs
(Stevens Point Journal: Wed, 06 Jun) The countys public safety/emergency management committee voted this morning to support a recommendation made by deputy corporation counsel Blair Ward regarding a settlement to end the employment of Portage County Jail Captain Evan Hansen.

Peak Oil Passnotes: Normalising $70 Oil
(Resource Investor: Thu, 31 May) These days as prices bounce around just under $70 we are hearing politicians say that the “low price” of energy is helping dampen inflationary pressures. So is $65-$70 oil now low? What will be the next high?

Economic View: Self-interest will do more to cut carbon emissions than all the low-energy light bulbs in the world
(Independent: Sat, 02 Jun) The wind has shifted direction. The acknowledgement last week by President Bush that the world needed a new treaty to curb carbon emissions, and that the US would support this, is an important back-cloth to this week's G8 economic summit in Heiligendamm on Germany's Baltic coast.