Climate – March 17
Arctic could have iceless summers by 2100
Warmest winter on record
Alberta is Canada’s top GHG polluter
Climate change ended Angkor
Clean coal technology ‘a lost opportunity’
Renewables – March 17
Abu Dhabi: Turning to the sun in the land of oil
Green energy enthusiasts also bet on fossil fuels
Can renewable energies be turned to a source of advantage by developing countries?
Tar sands – March 17
Report: Oil sands costs up 55 percent
Oil versus tar: Here’s where it gets sticky
Fort MacMurray oil
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 16
Profiles in municipal sustainability
Company fuels Second Harvest during Alberta’s fuel crisis
Earth: Home sweet home (animation)
Blogs can top the presses
Peak oil – March 17
Army foresees natural gas crisis
Peak Oil Task Force recommends Portland cut fossil fuel use
Prophecy, peak oil and the path for the faithful
Paul Roberts points out signs at energy crossroads
Movie review: “How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
Big Gav: Peak oil in 30 seconds
Lester Brown: The coming decline of oil
Peak Oil – 16 Mar
6th Intl ASPO conference: “Time to React?”
Could Saudi Arabia Be More Than 70% Depleted?
Oil companies running hard to stand still
ODAC: UK was net oil importer in 2006
Environment – Mar 16
Biodiversity extinction crisis looms says renowned biologist
U.S., Europe show gains in forests; rest of world loses ground
Destruction of Forests in Developing World
‘Out of Control’
Fishermen alarmed as sand closes Entrance port
Garbage & stuff – March 16
A short history of what man covets
most – STUFF
The end of garbage
Britons throw out a third of all food
Kovattana: A hoarders guide to the end of the world
The times they are a’changing
Innovation in hard times?
Do environmentalists conspire against their own interests?
Sharon Astyk: On market failure
Lovelock: ‘We should be scared stiff’
Climate policy – March 15
The target wreckers in Labour govt (UK)
Survey: Climate change seen as threat
Swiss issue key climate report
NYT on McKibben: Renewing a call to act against climate change
Kudos to Fox News (for real!)
Climate science – March 15
World may get greener, then wilt, due to warming
Hansen grim on sea level rise
Climate report warns of drought, disease
Sneak preview of big report: Change is ‘already showing up’
Speaking to European Parliament about peak oil
My experiences did not confirm the widely held view that world leaders know about Peak Oil and have secret plans to deal with it. …[The likely explanation] is that few if any world leaders understand this enormous, impending dilemma or have any idea what to do about it.
