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When there is such a clear disjunction between knowledge and action, there must be obstacles in the socio-political arena to explain this. In fact, there are three quite powerful obstacles to action: the interests of producers/ entrepreneurs, the interests of less wealthy nations, and the attitudes of you and me.
Halliburton moves CEO to oil-rich Dubai
Halliburton heeds the call to Go East
The new Seven Sisters: oil and gas giants dwarf western rivals
Arctic gas project costs top $16 billion
Report: Burying greenhouses gases will be key
Interview with MIT coal report co-chair
Afghan Mine mirrors nation’s descent into hell
Study: Coal industry faces bleak future
NPR: Biofuel threatening food supplies?
Energy solution is growing on trees in Sweden & N. Europe
Ethanol wrong biofuel option say US experts
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!)
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’
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.
Linking regional farmers and buyers in Idaho
An experiment in back yard sustainability
Big Food’s lie about feeding the world
Malaysia: Fast food sector bows to ministry’s ad demands
Monthly Review on ecological catastrophism
Coming to Terms with Nature
Deceitful Solutions To America’s Energy Dependence
EcoSocialism or Barbarism: There is no third way
How to cut the carbon pie
British Airways green scheme fails to take off
English village spearheads carbon neutral drive
Dimwits: Why ‘green’ lightbulbs aren’t the answer to global warming
Leading academics from an interdisciplinary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) panel issued a report today that examines how the world can continue to use coal, an abundant and inexpensive fuel, in a way that mitigates, instead of worsens, the global warming crisis.
As someone who is familiar with the literature and follows the peak oil story on a daily basis, I can report that the folks on the Portland Peak Oil Task Force have produced a succinct, outstanding report that should be read by every local official everywhere.
