Energy international – Jan 9

Belarus cuts off Russian oil to Europe
Intl oil groups face new terms in Venezuela
Energy independence – S. America’s dream

Resource wars (leftist analysis)
France consumes less electricity in 2006

Collapse – Jan 9

Collapse of civilisations linked to monsoon changes
Climate change killed off dynasties in China, Mexico

Apocalypto: a movie review

China – Jan 9

China pushes ‘Green GDP’ – officials unsure
Confusion over energy (biofuels)
China’s coal future (part 2)

Cars – Jan 9

SUV growth grinds to a halt
Detroit auto show: where’s the green?
GM’s Volt recharges interest in electric cars
This guy gets 59mpg in a plain old Accord-beat that, punk.

Climate – Jan 9

Warming could spur weed “evolution explosion”
Richest fuel global warming – poorest suffer most
What Gore hasn’t told you about global warming

Transport – Jan 9

Carry on flying, says Blair – science will save the planet
Monbiot: open letter to the prime minister
Cities rediscover allure of streetcars

Bridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism

The problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil both result from societal dependence on fossil fuels. But just how the impacts of these two problems relate to one another, and how policies to address them should differ or overlap, are questions that have so far not been adequately discussed.

Climate – Jan 8

Interview with Greenpeace director
Blizzards, reindeer, darkness: new Klondike is hottest place in Europe
Kunstler on The Warming

Environment – Jan 8

Life on Mars? We may have found it – and killed it
Grim prognosis for Earth
How quickly are animals and plants disappearing, and does it matter?

Energy consumption – Jan 8

Clean air vs. TV in poor India villages
Japan:
the land of rising conservation
Taking control of electric bill, hour by hour
E. Europe: Open windows in winter
Colorado’s electricity infrastructure needs jump-start

Peak oil – Jan 8

Slick new Peak Oil Primer from ASPO-Spain
Heinberg: bridging peak oil and climate change activism
Kunstler: A wake-up call in the shadow of oil scarcity
Kunstler foreshadowed
Reason: political peak oil