Peak oil – March 30
End of oil heralds climate pain
Pickens: Fundamentals pushing up oil
Kunstler at the Commonwealth Club of Calif
Review: “Crude Impact”
Arbitrage – insights into Saudi knowledge
Good golly, Ms Moly
GAO: U.S. needs a peak oil strategy
Highlights from the just released GAO report on peak oil: “Uncertainty about future oil supply makes it important to develop a strategy for addressing a peak and decline in oil production.”
Coverage of the GAO peak oil report
Reactions from Matt Simmons, CNBC, The Oil Drum, Tom Whipple, AP, UPI, Wall Street Journal, EV World and Congressional Quarterly.
I’m going to go and eat some worms
Why should the United States, members of Congress asked, take any action on climate change when China and India weren’t doing anything about their CO2 emissions? One witness compared their attitude to the childhood lament, “Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I’m going to go and eat some worms.”
Peak oil – March 28
Variety gives thumbs up to “Crude Impact”
Peak oil – Who to believe?
Review: “The Last Oil” Shock by David Strahan
Peak oil scenario paints frightening future
Solutions & sustainability – March 28
Strategic consumption: Changing the world with what you buy
Sustaining change from the middle ground
APPLE leader inspires others to help planet
Organic gardens vs. chem-fed lawns
Less carbon, more community
The transition to renewable energy
Climate policy – March 28
Exclusive: Report charges broad White House efforts to stifle climate research
Norway’s Lutheran Church calls for climate efforts
What Markey’s Select Committee could do about global warming
Why don’t you sequester some carbon today?
New Stern climate warning
Climate – March 28
Coastal mega-cities in for a bumpy ride
Tiny island with a global warning
How long will the poles stay frozen?
Global warming study warns of vanishing climates
New, previously unknown climate zones seen by 2100
Middle East – March 28
Saudi king slams ‘illegitimate occupation’ of Iraq
Why is King Abdullah saying No to Bush’s dinner?
The Strait of Hormuz, Iran and the risk to oil
Nuclear – Mar 28
How to discuss nuclear energy reasonably
Env ministers: Nuclear energy ‘not the solution to global warming’
Iraq veterans contaminated by depleted uranium
Biofuels – Mar 28
Chinese biofuels expansion threatens ecological balance
Thailand looks to deadly nuts for biofuel
Ethanol boom a bust for ranchers
Brazil, Italy seek partnership on biofuel production
Bulbs and bags – March 28
SF is first city to ban plastic shopping bags
Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists
Bill to ban regular light bulbs introduced in House
