Speaking very gently about die-off
The story of the summer of 2006 was one of hiatus, of collapse postponed – of the party prolonged.
Transport – Oct 10
High oil prices clip travellers’ wings
Military wants a fuel-efficient Humvee
Behold, the bus of the future
Assessing GM’s fuel cell strategy
Yachts are getting bigger
Forest roads crumble
Water – Oct 10
Water for millions at risk as glaciers melt
Monbiot: The freshwater boom is over
$3 water purifier could save lives
U.S. energy policy – Oct 10
Nation still needs a sane energy policy.
Energy vacation (Bush energy bill)
Politics of climate change – why Democrats should stand up now
Raise the gas tax? Funny, it doesn’t sound Republican
Without renewable power, U.S. Army could fail in Iraq
Gazprom to develop Shtokman alone, pipe gas to Europe
In a surprise move, Russia’s OAO Gazprom announced on Oct. 9 that it will develop giant Shtokman (Shtokmanovskoye) natural gas-condensate field in the Barents Sea without foreign partners and will pipe the gas to Europe rather than convert it to LNG for North American markets as had been planned.
Peak Oil and Healthcare Relocalisation
Dr Paul Roth explores some of the general principles that might combine to form a sustainable and ethical health care system.
Politics and Economics – Oct 9
Britons personal debt runs out of control
The Chinese bank puzzle
How America grows: A tale of two cities
Infrastructure vulnerable to hacker attacks
Jamaican government admits received $31 million from oil firm
Today is World Overshoot Day
The day that we begin living beyond our ecological means is creeping ever earlier in the year as human consumption grows.
Climate – Oct 9
Extreme droughts will spread, warn forecasters
Tasmania: dry farms
Green thinking: Planet Earth… but not as we know it
Hansen: Global temperature change
Audio: Rasmus Benestad talks climate change
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 9
Downtown Revitalization Rules
China releases green accounting study
Faith, Hope, and Clarity: God & the Environment
Video: Stick a Yellow Ribbon up Your SUV
Peak Oil – Oct 9
Raymond James: even the Saudis may be close to hitting peak production
Ruppert: The bumpy plateau – Markets react to peak oil
Minister: Peak oil and global warming
64 squares and a grain of sand
Peak Oil: Yet another ‘inconvenient truth’
Crude Assumptions – The State of the Peak Oil Debate
Headlines, we have headlines
Nuclear – Oct 8
Helen Caldicott links nuclear power to global warming
UK: Greenpeace challenges ‘legally flawed’ energy review
Australia: BHP says enriching uranium locally ‘unviable’
