Pacific Ecologist 5 - Autumn/Winter 2003

Contents

Editorial - The Bomb, the war AND a road map to peace: George meet Dr Strangelove

WAR

Invasion of Iraq - won the battle, losing the war - BISHAN SINGH

Conventional Weapons - Misuse of Resources - DES BROUGH

Spying for America - BOB LEONARD

Blood for Diamonds: The African Situation - RODERIC ALLEY

NUCLEAR ISSUES

New Nuclear Threats - ROBERT GREEN

Challenges to New Zealand's Nuclear-Free Policy - KATE DEWES

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Green energy prospects in Australia - GORDON FELLER

Renewable energy & New Zealand's energy crisis - MIKE KRAMER

Local efforts fuel U.S. Renewable Energy hopes - J.R. PEGG

FEATURES

Titan's battle - end of the industrial era - RICHARD HEINBERG

Greenhouse Gas and Australia: Why the reluctance? - PETER NORTH

U.S. failing to monitor GM crops - Pew Centre report

WORKERS RIGHTS

Plea for justice for Fiji's mining communities - 'ATU EMBERSON-BAIN

Workers rights in an unequal world - MAXINE GAY

BOOK REVIEWS

Nature, Culture and History: The 'Knowing' of Oceania by KERRY HOWE reviewed by Geoff Park

The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy - By NOREENA HERTZ reviewed by Les Gilchrist