Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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?
Random snippets from ASPO conference just held in Boston.
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.)
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.
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
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
Der Spiegel: America and the dollar illusion /
The hunger for oil conquers all /
GAO Chief warns economic disaster looms
The world’s grain supply for human consumption is being eroded by three different factors: meat, heat and biofuels.
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 could cut the world’s annual economic output by as much as 20%, an influential report by Sir Nicholas Stern is expected to say.
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.
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
