Washington (CNN) — President Obama met with the Dalai Lama — the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader — at the White House on Thursday despite strong objections from Chinese government officials. The meeting has the potential to further complicate Sino-U.S. tensions, which have been rising in recent months. China has warned it would damage Beijing’s ties [...]

As US President Barack Obama gets ready to meet the Dalai Lama later today, news comes that China has been vigorously selling US government debt. China dumped $US34.2 billion of Treasuries Dec 2009, its fastest rate of selling in a decade. At the end of 2009, China’s holdings of US government debt stood at $US755.4 billion. [...]

As if there weren’t enough problems for the ocean such as acidification which threatens to eradicate all crustaceans over the next 40 years, the pacific gyre garbage patch is such a bleak and immense problem, that at first glance, one can’t help but wish it wasn’t really true. Come aboard as the VBS crew takes a [...]

Putting a price on nature becomes meaningless if we treat the ecosystems upon which we depend as mere commodities with a price for trading The economy is no stranger to creating its own fantasy world with little or no relation to the real one. We witnessed the damage that can cause when the banks thought [...]