Green Options

This week, US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev are meeting in Moscow to negotiate a treaty to succeed START. President Obama seems to understand that if the US expects Iran and North Korea to give up their intentions to develop nuclear weapons, we can’t act as hypocrites hoarding our own nuclear arsenal. Russia and the United States currently own “90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons”.

Five years have gone by. The U.S. casualty toll is now 4,000. It is estimated that some 80,000 plus Iraqi civilians have lost their lives in the war.

Photo Courtesy of Luke Plunkett @ Kotaku.com

There isn’t a body count for wildlife, native plants, or eco-systems that have been killed in the struggle.

War takes a priceless toll on everything natural. Yet, nature may be the last thing that nations go to [...]

Editor's note: This week, Lighter Footstep editor Chris Baskind takes a rather controversial position in light of all the attention paid to climate change: perhaps there are issues that are more threatening. We don't know if you'll agree with Chris' position, but we're happy to publish it — and add to the discussion! This post was originally published on July 6, 2007.

On Saturday, over a hundred artists and some

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