He may be the most famous humpback whale in the world but Mister Splashy Pants has lots of less famous friends too, all of them named by our supporters around the world.

He may be the most famous humpback whale in the world but Mister Splashy Pants has lots of less famous friends too, all of them named by our supporters around the world.

As candidates line up for representing their party in the 2008 presidential election, other players in the mix are former Vice President Al Gore and global warming. Following his lost bid to be president in 2000, Gore became the standard bearer in the fight against global warming and even won an Oscar for his performance in the environmentally-based movie An Inconvenient Truth.

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As candidates line up for representing their party in the 2008 presidential election, other players in the mix are former Vice President Al Gore and global warming. Following his lost bid to be president in 2000, Gore became the standard bearer in the fight against global warming and even won an Oscar for his performance in the environmentally-based movie An Inconvenient Truth.

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Cheap cigarettes from the Balkans and Southeastern Europe are prized by smugglers, who sell them in the West at huge markups. The illicit trade fuels border-crossing corruption and crime, and costs regional governments billions of dollars in taxes.


Photo: Bulgarian cigarettes/Pudpuhduk

Cheap cigarettes from the Balkans and Southeastern Europe are prized by smugglers, who sell them in the West at huge markups. The illicit trade fuels border-crossing corruption and crime, and costs regional governments billions of dollars in taxes.


Photo: Bulgarian cigarettes/Pudpuhduk

President Bush has tried again to make the world believe that he will rectify his shameful record of ignoring, denying and fuelling climate change. He’s announced that by 2025, the US will stop growing its emissions. Yes, for another 15 years the country that has spewed more emissions into the atmosphere than any other country on Earth will continue to emit more and more.

President Bush has tried again to make the world believe that he will rectify his shameful record of ignoring, denying and fuelling climate change. He's announced that by 2025, the US will stop growing its emissions. Yes, for another 15 years the country that has spewed more emissions into the atmosphere than any other country on Earth will continue to emit more and more.

Are biofuels an eco friendly alternative fuel? There are questions as to their use as an alternative energy, their impact on biodiversity and the environment.

Are biofuels an eco friendly alternative fuel? There are questions as to their use as an alternative energy, their impact on biodiversity and the environment.