Food & agriculture – July 10
Fears over health fuel 30% rise in sales of organic food / Deconstructing dinner in Canada /
Rising popularity for organic beer /
Housing & urban design – July 10
Interview with smart-growth expert Anthony Flint / The next real estate boom /
Plants, grass on the rooftop? No longer an oddity in Chicago.
Oil sands – July 10
The Canadian oil sands will not save us / Interview with EnCana spokesman Protti / Some oilsands projects could end up shelved – rising costs / Cost of Athabasca could hit $20-billion /
Oilsands: Alberta’s gravy train – ‘single largest hydrocarbon deposit on the Earth’ / Canada’s oilsands rush hits the buffers
Energy policy – July 10
Revealed: G8 plan for global nuclear expansion /
Nuclear to power ahead of renewables in UK plan / Germany’s new power (renewables) / A dated carbon approach / EU may introduce carbon tax on airplanes / So we drive on
Four Corners broadband: Peak Oil
This just aired Australian TV special on Peak Oil is available to watch online along with additional footage. Features Robert Hirsch, Colin Campbell, Chris Skrebowski, and others. Requires Flash plugin version 8.
Transport – July 9
Arianna Huffington: Who killed the electric car? / Costly tar hurts paving / Blowing in the wind (sail revival)
Energy policy – July 8
US State Department: “Clean Energy Solutions” / Greenspan raises red flag on energy / How a ‘green’ Britain should look in the year 2020 /
Revealed: Blair’s energy blueprint / Russia’s energy wasteland / EU pitches Russia free trade for fuel / Dear Financial Times, ‘Energy Security is within our control’
End of cheap oil, the global energy crisis and climate change
We in India who have lived in a biodiversity and biomass energy economy are rushing into oil addiction precisely when the global oil supply is running low and prices are running high.
Peak oil – July 7
The last perfect day / Richard Neville: Power down, pecker up / Linearize this… / Portland announces peak oil task force / Minneasota columnist on PO /
Peak Oil? (Australian TV July 10, 12:)
Oil – July 7
Oil rigs leaving Gulf of Mexico / Oil companies reluctant to invest in Iraq / Fox-hailed deepwater well a modest gas find / Costs explode at Shell Canadian venture
Environment – July 7
Rising levels of CO2 threaten marine organisms / Grain production dropping; fuel thefts rising / Wildfire increase linked to climate / Climate change making ominous mark on Midwest / Disease, habitat loss and climate change threatens amphibians / A chat with freshwater experts Peter Gleick and William K. Reilly
Biofuels – July 7
Tapping the latent power in what’s left around the barnyard / Shell says biofuels from food crops “morally inappropriate” / Malawi: turning the future into charcoal / Malaysia weighs palm oil share for food, energy
