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
How Long Can the World Feed Itself?
The world’s grain supply for human consumption is being eroded by three different factors: meat, heat and biofuels.
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 27
Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Coping with climate dread /
Solving Iraq problems with permaculture? /
Sail Transport Network /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter
Global warming ‘threat to growth’
Global warming could cut the world’s annual economic output by as much as 20%, an influential report by Sir Nicholas Stern is expected to say.
Biofuels – Oct 26
Cellulosic ethanol vs. biomass gasification /
Beyond corn: ethanol’s next generation /
Biofuel subsidies cost U.S. billions /
When kitchen waste isn’t wasted
Politics: imperial sunset
The arrival of peak oil does not take place in a political vacuum, on any level of politics — global, local, or personal. In a global arena dominated by the decline of America’s empire, the parallel decline of petroleum production makes for a potentially explosive future.
Climate policy – Oct 26
Supreme Court tackles global warming /
Tackle climate change or face deep recession /
UK parties bid for the environment /
Australia unveils $500M climate change drive/
Australia: warming to the idea
Coal – Oct 26
Hunger strike in protest of coal-fired plants /
Thanks for the cheap gas, Mr. Hitler! /
More coal equals more CO2 /
US coal plant boom poses ecological, economic questions
