Water & health – Nov 11
A drop-sized way to bring clean water to a thirsty world /
Toilets underused to fight disease: U.N. study /
China – threat of 60 million obese citizens
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 11
Relocalize Network Newsletter for November /
One billion trees – their ecological services /
A trip to the Agroforestry Research Trust’s forest garden
Peak oil – Nov 11
The interesting demographics of peakoil.com /
Peak oil activism that denies petrcocollapse
Energy policies – Nov 10
Japan energy: Goodbye Iran, hello Iraq /
Iran smart cards a step to petrol rationing /
Energy insecurity tops G20 agenda /
Aust Govt rules out carbon tax /
Interview with Germany’s Green Party chair
Climate – Nov 10
Climate threatens agricultural crisis: UN /
Water flow in China’s Yellow River at record low /
Expert says oceans are turning acidic /
Billions needed to climate-proof Africa
Climate policy – Nov 10
Australian: no real energy for global action /
Peak CO2 needed by 2010-2013 /
Annan: As climate changes, can we? /
Nairobi climate talks split on CDM carbon burial
Review of George Monbiot’s “Heat”
The ultimate irony of Heat is that Monbiot’s prescription is probably the only one that can save this planet from the scourge of global warming, but that, as simple, direct and painless as it is, this prescription has about the same likelihood of actually coming about as a snowball’s chance in hell. Or, perhaps I should say, a snowball’s chance on Earth after Monbiot’s brave, well-researched, and ingenious ideas have been forgotten.
N. America energy policy – Nov 10
Lessons for U.S. from Russia and China /
‘Energy independence’ on Bush agenda /
Environment policy change in new House /
An acceleration toward alternative fuels? /
Door open for shift in energy policy /
Alberta’s Dinning calls nuclear power oilsands option
Boxer pledges shift on global warming
Momentous change, as Republican Sen. James Inhofe is replaced as head of U.S. Senate’s environmental committee. Sen. Inhofe has called global warming “the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people.”
Climate update – Nov 10
Boulder approves city-wide carbon tax /
Kenya’s Maasai plead for help against global warming /
The moral climate – climate coverage changes from science to economics to ethics /
IPCC scientists attacked by deniers /
Canadians’ use of cars, trucks drives up greenhouse gases
An assessment of world oil exports
ASPO-Portugal has developed a draft assessment of World Oil Exports, here defined has the total amount of liquid hydrocarbons that are surpluses in producing countries. This assessment is made by projecting into the future fixed change rates that reflect current trends in liquids production and consumption in countries where presently the difference between the two is positive. The outcome of this assessment is worrisome.
Politics: Rebuilding Civil Society
The transformation of American democracy into an elective oligarchy funded by the profits of empire was one consequence of the petroleum-fueled prosperity of the 20th century. As cheap oil and American empire meet a common end, the renewal of civil society offers one option to begin rebuilding a viable society in the twilight of the industrial age.
