Solutions & sustainability – Jan 17

‘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

Transport – Jan 17

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

Geopolitics – Jan 17

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

Wealth angst – Jan 16

China: New wealth and its discontents

Advertisers: Your life is totally vile

Affluenza: Earn more, spend more, want more

My cure for affluenza (ecovillage)

The price of bling

Self-sufficiency – Jan 16

Bio-intensive mini-gardens – recipe for survival

Wealth and health from waste and worms

How to build a cold frame

Climate – Jan 15

Nature on air travel and global warming

Connecting the global warming dots
EU eyes climate, energy in new China talks
WEF: global risks outpacing the ability to mitigate them

U.S. – Jan 15

Saudi Arabia’s oil? Responsibility trumps sovereign rights!
Officials covered up oil lease problems, IG says
Euro displaces dollar in bond markets

Has globalization passed its peak?

U.S.: ethanol – Jan 15

Ethanol debate: Kammen vs Patzek

New gov. envisions Iowa as the energy capital of the world

Ethanol boom to evaporate corn surplus

Corn rockets, triggers trading limit

Pig farmers, ethanol don’t mix

Peak oil – Jan 15

Kunstler: The cheap oil mirage
Managing the transition from peak oil
The URGE
Inflation and building big things
New book: The Battle For Barrels – Peak Oil Myths & World Oil Futures