The GAO report

The report is clearly a milestone on our journey through the oil age for it is the first time the staff of a major government agency has looked at the issue and concluded that peak oil is real and, if it occurs soon, could cause a world-wide recession.

Biofuels – Apr 4

Foreign Affairs: Biofuels could starve the poor
Castro: US to starve world

Monsanto 2Q profit boosted by corn sales
Fertilizer shortage this spring due to ethanol

Transport – Apr 4

Stay on Track

China tests for sixth railway speed boost

UK government U-turns on Gatwick Express

Mitsui wins $763 million order for Saudi railway

IT in public transport integration

Nuclear – Apr 4

Nuclear power revisited in California
Oil prices, CO2 concerns to spur nuclear renaissance: CERA

Food & agriculture – Apr 4

Heinberg: Why peak oil mandates a new farming paradigm

Oil, climate threaten food supply: B.C. report
Newsweek gets organic
What’s happening to the bees

Climate – Apr 3

Reports from 4 fronts in the war on warming

Tax on carbon emissions gains support
Brotherhood of St Lawrence calls for action

Aus business: No planet, no profits
NZ govt applauds businesses acting on climate

Trends – April 3

Barbara Ehrenreich: How we learned to stop having fun
Projecting population, fertility and HIV/AIDS

In BC, life begins at 30

Geopolitics – Apr 3

Risks of rising oil nationalism
Puplava: The politics of energy

Venezuela signs oil deal with China

Water – Apr 3

Mike Davis: Denial in the desert
Drought means no palms for Palm Sunday
Asia’s river systems face collapse

Malaysia makes rainwater collection mandatory for big roofs

Peak oil – April 2

Peak oil: Why smart folks disagree (#2)
Bakhtiari: End of peak oil’s modeling phase
Review of Crude by Sonia Shah

Urban & housing – Apr 2

Squatter communities as model intentional communities
Ten things wrong with sprawl

Bright green buildings & dark green buildings

Reflective scientist sees a red roof and he wants to paint it white

Climate – Apr 2

U.S. spies urged to assess global warming

Supreme court rules against Bush in global warming case
60 Minutes: The age of warming
TIME special on global warming survival