1. Ukraine’s world

    Meet Ruslana: the pre-shears Spears of Eastern Europe — and a vocal supporter of clean, green energy. We can’t quite make out all those lyrics, but we’re pretty sure her skimpy outfits are a commentary on the effects of global warming.

    Photo: Ruslana.ua

  2. Trying to rubber the right way

    Hard up for ways to preserve the Amazon, Brazilians are waxing euphoric about a new factory that will produce sustainable rubbers — no wood required. What a contraceptive!

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  3. Spot a tee

    Doubt that sexy passersby will ask you to remove your shirt so they can read the climate-change missive written inside? Hey, NVR SAY NVR …

  4. Out on a limb

    Reason #794 why Ted Turner is not the best spokesperson for the climate crisis: “We’ll be 8 degrees hotter in 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.”

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  5. The spy who greened me

    Keep your spies peeled for a new Bond film that finds Craig (Daniel Craig) shaken (but not stirred) by a lost love. The secret agent man points the (Gold)finger of revenge at “eco-entrepreneur” Dominic Greene. But could the villain be Greenewashing? (Dr.) No!