Environment – Mar 17

Northern ozone pollution spurs Arctic warming: NASA /
Evidence of the warming West is everywhere /
States calculate global warming pricetag /
Mike Davis: “Planet of Slums” /
Ice retreats in Arctic for 2nd year; will it vanish? /
Elizabeth’s Kolbert’s book on climate change /
Will climate change worsen infectious diseases? /
CU-Boulder’s Roger Pielke on the rising cost of natural disasters

Peak oil – Mar 17

Salon gives new film “OilCrash!” a big thumbs up /
Review of “OilCrash!” at The Oil Drum /
Oil shortage threatens military /
Corps of Engineers energy report should be required reading /
Canada, the US, and oil — a bizarre relationship /
“Nuclear Power in Context of Peak Oil” London event March 21 /
156 ideas on Australia’s future oil supply

Other energy – Mar 17

Brazil: soya is not the solution to climate change /
Mexico discovers ‘huge’ oil field /
Australian oil output peaks on slippery slope /
Terror risks of nuclear fuel /
Big Oil’s smaller cushion /
Russia on energy (hints of peak oil?) /
US, Russia in nuclear power call

The Heart and Despair of Peak Oil

A new Peak Oil workshop initiative recently started in Melbourne, Australia. Early signs indicate it has broader relevance and excellent potential for effective communication, project initiation and community building.

Other energy – Mar 16

Pentagon to unveil energy conservation effort /
GE Energy’s Rob Wallace on wind power, clean coal, climate /
A supergrid for Europe /
US says it will still need more foreign oil /
Russia’s growing influence on energy issues /
Senate panel interrogates wary oil executives

Peak oil – Mar 16

Rep. Bartlett on CNN’s “Situation Room” at ~4:30pm ET /
Peak oil conference in Maryland May 7-9 /
do no harm (we have a cultural problem, not a technical one) /
Peak oil conference for New York City: April 27-29
Lundberg: Where do we go from here? /
Pickens sees $5 per gallon gasoline worldwide

Superbia! (book review)

How humans are able to adjust the setup of the suburbs to meet their basic needs in times of trouble will fall to those in need. Necessity is the mother of invention, or reinvention as it were.

Mexico’s Ability to Export Oil

Khebab’s technical analysis demonstrates the high likelyhood of a precipitous drop in Mexican oil exports from a country near its peak in production, with a growing population and appetite for oil.

Environment – Mar 15

Burst oil pipeline causes ‘catastrophe’ in Alaska /
UK: New suburbia is an environmental cul-de-sac /
U.S. about to become net food importer /
Is America facing yet another dust bowl? /
Climate change ‘irreversible’ as Arctic sea ice fails to re-form /
Even Bush’s business allies have seen the light on global warming, but he’s dug in /
UN report: 2004 set record for carbon dioxide

Solutions & sustainability – Mar 15

“Living on the edge”, the balcony garden designers guild /
Landscape architects and global warming /
Getting cars out of the city center /
More news outlets, fewer stories (blogs an answer?) /
Why isn’t there more new urbanism?