TheStar.com
David Stringer

INTS KALNINS/REUTERSIceland’s social affairs minister Johanna Sigurdardottir speaks to media in Reykjavik on Jan. 26, 2009. Sigurdardottir has been picked to lead an interim government after the conservative-led government collapsed Jan. 26.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
[...]

Motorola Introduces First Phone Made From Recycled Water Bottles
By John Platt
At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Motorola introduced its new MOTO™ W233 Renew phone — what it billed as “the world’s first mobile phone made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles.”Of course, the entire phone isn’t made of [...]

Watch CBS Videos Online
Has peace in the Middle East become nothing more than a pipe dream? As Bob Simon reports, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians feel that a two-state solution is no longer possible.

[From MAKE: Blog]

The Pharos Lens: one “green nutrition label” project
Companies at CES may be starting to equate being green with making green:

Consumers will soon look for more information on how a product was manufactured, what the packaging consists of, and what materials are used inside, according to research published as CES begins.
The report, prepared by [...]

[From Right Pundits]
Keeping a campaign promise of sorts, the U.S. military bombed Pakistan today killing at least seven people on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Barack Obama Continues Bush Policy
One recalls that candidate Obama threatened to invade Pakistan during the primary campaign, a boast that was either laughed off by supporters or alarmed critics. The remarks caused a [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

[From Wired.com]
By David Kravets
The Obama administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal judge to set aside a ruling in a closely watched spy case weighing whether a U.S. president may bypass Congress and establish a program of eavesdropping on Americans without warrants.
In [...]

[From On the Wilder Side]

Live blogging of the Inauguration by Kimberly Wilder (one green’s perspective):
Joseph E. Lowery did the ending prayer/benediction.
Reverend Lowery was inspired and entertaining.
He spoke of “inclusion, not exclusion” and “tolerance, not intolerance.” This seemed like a hidden message reflecting on the public attitudes of Reverend Rick Warren. Reverend Lowery’s speech was profound [...]

keep looking »