Climate science – Dec 13
Warmest year in Netherlands in 300 years
Arctic ice could disappear in summer by 2040
Greenhouse effect could cause a space problem
Hydrate deposits may be more unstable than thought
Small nuclear war could lead to cooldown
A small-scale, regional nuclear war could disrupt the global climate for a decade or more, with environmental effects that could be devastating for everyone on Earth.
Climate policy – Dec 13
Penalties of acting alone stall effort on climate change
Business & the the cost of an overheated planet
Climate change catching voter attention
Wall Street eyes heart of darkness: global warming
Biofuels – Dec 13
Biodevastation, hunger & false carbon credits
Biofuels seen as a luxury China cannot afford
Sun worship – advantages of biomass
South Africa: Biofuels ‘could drive up staple food price’
Oil and Iraq – Dec 13
PSAs and Iraqi oil
ISG report: Has the Empire really failed?
The Baker Boys: stay half the course
Russia – Dec 13
Russia gets tough on energy sales to Europe
U.S. senator urges use of NATO defense clause for energy
The KGB’S great power-grab
$20bn gas project seized by Russia
Peak oil – Dec 13
Coming soon – Escape from Suburbia!
Review – New Peak Oil Film “Crude Impact”
Interview with James Howard Kunstler
Elephants and quagmires: PO & the Bush denial
The foundations of peak-oil doomerism
The peak oil crisis: EIA — The greatest failure of them all?
By refusing to think, write, or warn about the realities facing this country’s energy supplies, they are doing a major disservice to the nation.
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 12
In praise of sweet darkness
Composting toilets offer solution to water, sanitation problems
How to give up cycling
Peak Oil to Peak Gas is a short ride
While Peak Oil is grudgingly accepted, at least to the extent that ‘After Oil’ is a buzzword in corporate planning and political policymaking circles; Peak Gas is an almost entirely unheard of and unwelcome spectre.
Climate – Dec 12
Climate change is killing the oceans’ microscopic ‘lungs’
Alps experiencing warmest time in 1,300 years
Climate change wiping out crops in Sri Lanka
Vast African lake levels dropping fast
North Pole ice could vanish by 2040
Russia & China – Dec 11
Russian oil: a slippery substance
Russia to create giant company for oil and gas production at sea shelf
Shell offers to sell stake in Russian project to Gazprom
Chinese demand growth continues (for oil and everything else too…)
