Energy sources – Dec 31
Wind: It’s free, plentiful and fickle
Australian PM puts faith in nuclear power
Biofuels may cut into Carolina cotton acreage
Transport – Dec 31
Woolsey: Gentlemen, start your plug-ins
NYT: travel habits must change to make a big difference in energy consumption
Forbes: Energy will color auto world in 2007
Train travel takes off in Ann Arbor
The Denial Machine
Global warming denial continues. The machine set in motion to deny it continues to have an impact in confusing the public. A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary deconstructs the power behind the denial campaign.
How to claim the energy battleground
The Democrats have lots of good ideas on energy and climate change – and lots of good people pushing them. Despite all this, I worry that energy policy will end up being captured by the right, because they still hold on to a major asset: their closeness to the corporate world.
Meet my solar dryer
The rewards of a well-used solar dryer are by no means limited to the energy and dollar savings reported on the monthly utility bill. The best part of the package is the time spent outside.
Peak oil – Dec 29
Taking Hubbert home: Regional energy models
Strategic thinking and strategic planning
David Hughes on Canada’s oil and natural gas
Climate – Dec 29
Giant ice island breaks off Arctic shelf
Munich Re sees natural catastrophes on rise
Gristmill: 10 top green stories
Climate roadmap for New England and Eastern Canada
Cars and carless – Dec 29
Razing farms for car factory creates battleground in India
Revived debate on German speed limit
The latest captive market: commuters
Carless in Seattle
Carless in Contra Costa
Carless in Chicago
Ethics of Biofuels
My goal in this paper is to survey the issues and offer up for discussion some potential ethical guidelines for biofuel production, with the long term goal of helping our nation deal with the moral questions of our need for energy, and worldwide hunger.
Energy – Dec 28
IEA report rings alarm bells for energy security
Discussion: energy crisis in the Urals
At war with Russia?
New US fuel ratings set double standard
Avatars consume as much power as Brazilians
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 28
A grass-roots push for a ‘low carbon diet’ – how new ideas spread
Visit to an island nation (Scotland and England)
Top 10 sustainability stories of 2006
Reviewing the year of 2006 from the perspective of sustainability in state and local government.
