The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) earns my gratitude, but not my respect, for publishing this commentary:

Opinion: Economic Growth Is Not Compatible With Environmental Sustainability

Could it be the people will do the right thing even when the law doesn’t require it? I am thrilled at the news in this Associated Press story

Wisconsin State Representative Scott Allen makes the Wall of Shame this week for two guilty counts:

1. Worrying that population decline is a problem (shrinking labor force) rather than celebrating population contraction toward a sustainable level.
2. Suggesting that women should incubate more workers in order to boost economic growth.

You might think the biggest threat to human civilization, or at least to a comfortable life, is climate change. It’s not, and Richard Heinberg makes the Wall of Fame today for clearly articulating this. He gets extra credit for putting technology in its place (not our savior) in this piece originally published in Ecowatch, but better headlined here at postcarbon.org:

Columnist Robert J. Samuelson has made the Wall of Shame here before, so I’m glad to confer Wall of Fame status today. I must admit it’s not richly deserved, but this is a start: