Energy policy – Oct 29
Morales’ gas nationalization complete /
Bolivia waiting for nationalization /
China limits exports of energy intensive commodities /
Miliband calls on UK Chancellor to devise new menu of eco-taxes
£3.68 trillion: The price of failing to act on climate change
Landmark report reveals apocalyptic cost of global warming.
Britons face the prospect of a welter of new green taxes to tackle climate change, as the most authoritative report on global warming warns it will cost the world up to £3.68 trillion unless it is tackled within a decade.
Impressions of ASPO-USA
Impressions of the ASPO-USA conference held this week at Boston University.
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Energy policy – Oct 28
Shell president talks about CO2, Calif Prop 87; denies lowering prices for Republicans /
When an oil executive is worried . . . /
Japan hits setbacks in push for energy /
‘Fund clean energy with oil tax’
British nuclear – Oct 28
Nuclear problems may boost UK energy costs /
Hinkley Point power station ‘may never open again’ /
Hunterston nuclear station’s cracks ‘a threat to safety’ /
Think-tank raps Blair over nuclear policies /
UK nuclear cleanup to cost $122 billion /
What is the best solution to dispose of Britain’s nuclear waste?
We are living like gods. How to return to earth?
Random snippets from ASPO conference just held in Boston.
Raise the gas tax
With the midterm election around the corner, here’s a wacky idea you won’t often hear from our elected leaders: We should raise the tax on gasoline. Not quickly, but substantially.
(The author is professor of economics at Harvard.)
Climate’s last chance
With a world facing as grave a threat as it faced in 1938, [Australian PM] John Howard is quickly becoming the Chamberlain of the chequebook, while a climate-change Churchill is nowhere to be seen in Australian politics. I sincerely hope I’m wrong, because this Government and the one that follows it may well be the last in Australian history to have the chance to avert a climate disaster.
Rising seas – Oct 28
Gulf Bay double whammy: rising seas, dammed rivers /
Rising seas and stronger storms threaten New York City /
Tiny island states seek help from rising Pacific
Climate – Oct 28
Senators to Exxon: stop the denial /
Hansen: the planet in peril /
Sea change: why global warming could leave Britain feeling the cold /
Indonesian forest fires may fuel global warming
Economics – Oct 28
Der Spiegel: America and the dollar illusion /
The hunger for oil conquers all /
GAO Chief warns economic disaster looms
