Environment – May 13
Threat seen from antibacterial soap chemicals /
NY Times defends its coverage of climate change / Don’t dump old medicine in toilet / RealClimate on Al Gore’s movie
Other energy – May 13
Special coverage of oil at Business Week / Crop shortages could curb European biofuel growth / Congress considers hydrogen prize / Pacific islands look to coconuts to cut oil costs / Europe warned of steep rise in gas price as Russia runs out
Politics & economics – May 13
U.S. worried about China’s involvement in Americas? /
Japanese consumers feeling high cost of crude oil / Cheney has Turkey in his sights / Qatar pours oil profits into science /
Fuel shortage paralyses Gaza
US energy policy – May 13
The Nation: for a sane energy policy / Lester Brown: raise gas taxes and lower income taxes / Ibbotson: a sure cure for oil addiction /
Inside the lives of ‘extreme commuters.’ / Grist: push to raise fuel-economy standards gaining new support
Peak oil – May 13
Peak Oil & the Environment conference – TOD’s wrap-up / New ASPO Newsletter for May / Bryn Davidson interview / Julian Darley on Democracy Now! / Peak Oil: The cavalry is not coming
Peak oil & Sweden: what a small country can do
The Swedish Government has set a new policy target: the creation of the conditions necessary to break Sweden´s dependence on oil by 2020. It is already a major competitive advantage for Sweden´s industry and the economy that, by international standards, Sweden is not so dependent on oil. (Speech to the “Beyond Peak Oil” conference, Washington DC, May 9)
China unveils new plan to lift reserves of strategic metals
The Chinese government has announced what appears to be a new plan to stockpile strategic commodities.
Media alert: notes from a dying planet
The appalling truth is that none of the major political parties are prepared to propose the systemic changes that are necessary to address impending climate catastrophe. And the media is failing in its vaunted, but illusory, role of holding power to account – even as humanity’s fate lies in the balance
Reason and light
Scientist Sir John Houghton tells Caspar Henderson how he convinced the leaders of 30-40 million evangelical Christians in the US to get serious about climate change.
Heat & light: UK energy and climate policy in context
This week the New Statesman has released a special supplement on energy. More than 20 articles on different aspects of the energy crisis are available free, online.
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Does nuclear power produce no CO2 ?
Fossil fuels, especially oil in the form of gasoline and diesel, are essential to every stage of the nuclear cycle, and CO2 is given off whenever these are used. (Photo essay)
