A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity.

Dangerously declining amounts of drinking water, over-fished lakes and seas, a warming planet, plus a rising population: the UN says the world is living beyond its environmental means.

New studies reveal European and American multibillion dollar support for biofuels is unsustainable, environmentally destructive and much more about subsidising agri-business corporations than combating global warming.

Studies show that children should not be allowed to use mobile phones because their thinner skulls and developing nervous system make them particularly vulnerable to damage from the microwave radiation.

Italians have long known how to enjoy life and are striving to save their cities from multi-national corporate blight. Now other countries are adopting some of the same policies to preserve their communities.