The Rio+20 conference was a bust because our so-called leaders could not decide on a purpose much less any significant results. This seems like a predictable outcome given Buckminster Fuller's perspective that "all politics are not only obsolete but lethal."

Many have decried the final Rio+20 outcome document as weak and watered down, but the news is not all bad. Amidst the negative sentiments, there are new areas of commitment that foster hope that we are making meaningful progress in moving the needle on the sustainability agenda.

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was hard to find a happy soul at the end of the Rio+20 environmental summit. Not within the legion of bleary-eyed governmen...

(Corrects to show U.S. was not among countries blocking clause on fossil fuel subsidies) * Text fails to define 'sustainable developme...

The Rio+20 summit will accentuate the management crisis that characterizes international environmental corporation. New networks -- spearheaded by companies, NGOs and cities -- will set the agenda for the future

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The largest-ever United Nations conference, a summit billed as a historic opportunity to build a greener future, appears to be...