Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
It is unlikely that DOE’s current level of R&D funding or the nation’s current energy policies will be sufficient to deploy alternative energy
sources in the next 25 years that will reverse our growing dependence on imported oil or the adverse environmental effects of using conventional
fossil energy.
The dangers posed by climate change are nearly as dire as those posed by nuclear weapons. The effects may be less dramatic in the short term than the destruction that could be wrought by nuclear explosions, but over the next three to four decades climate change could cause drastic harm to the habitats upon which human societies depend for survival.
[On a trip to China to talk about energy,] I was pleasantly surprised when they began their discussion of energy by saying post-oil. They get it.
Bush readies speech on climate change
Bush set for climate change U-turn
White House denies climate change U-turn
Stern upbeat over climate action, responds to critics
Science and faith join forces
Exxon softens climate-change stance
Chrysler questions climate change
Env ministers lack clout on global warming
U.S.
cutbacks impede climate studies
Canada can get rich by going green, Dion says
Is good weather bad for sustainable energy?
About 5 months into the Compact, I dreamt that I was at Crate & Barrel buying lamps and furnishings I didn’t need. At which point I thought to myself, “Oh no, I’m going to have to confess my purchases to the Compact Group.”
The heart of the hearings focused on the idea that 75 percent of the world’s oil reserves are now in the hands of national state-controlled oil companies and this percentage is expected to keep growing.
Monster bunnies For North Korea
Astyk: Agricultural efficiency?
Can organic farming save us from climate change?
Spin the (water) bottle
UAE beats Americans’ environmental harm
Clean air or TV: Where will Asia find more energy?
‘Spaceship Earth’ sculpture collapses
Overwork costly to environment
‘Ethical pharmaceuticals’ could change world politics?
Unconsumption
What’s the key to bright green cities?
Yes! Building a just, sustainable compassionate world
New quest in British politics: public happiness
Father of energy efficiency to get Fermi Award
China: rebirth of the bicycle?
End of the road for the US gas guzzler
Aviation’s role in climate change causes storm
Public transportation saves $6,200 per household, 1.4 billion gallons of gas
Klare: Emerging energo-fascism (part 2)
Rep Ron Paul: escalation in the Middle East
Iraq cultivating ties with Iran
Oil’s vital new power
Iran and Venezuela plan anti-U.S. fund
Iraq’s billions & the White House connection
Oil, the elites, and the commons
USA lends oil-helping hand to former Soviet republics
