Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Crude tactics in the Niger delta /
Niger Delta: the gathering storm of war /
The 21st century threat: global energy terrorism /
S.Africa energy crisis may hit investment /
Ecuador reaches truce with oil protesters /
Bush advisers urge veto of oil company tax break cuts
Smart friction-free sailing /
Lovins and other links /
Forgotten by many, a Brooklyn neighborhood nourishes its own /
How the feds make bad-for-you food cheaper than healthful fare (the cheap-corn policy)
The time has come at TransitionCulture to address one of the less palatable but, I think, more fascinating aspects of this whole energy descent business. What happens when it becomes too costly, unfeasible or, due to sudden disruptions to our energy supplies, impossible, to run our mains sewage system?
Over the past several months, the normally restrained voice of science has taken on a distinct note of panic when it comes to global warming.
Whipple: The Hirsch Report — one year later /
Writer Michael Ventura on Things to Come /
The earth’s half empty oil tank (visualizing peak oil) /
Looking at energy supply in terms of Cubic Miles of Oil (CMOs)
We need the computer power you’re not using. Join in the largest climate prediction experiment ever, developed by climate scientists for the BBC using the Met Office climate model.
“My name is Randy, and I’m addicted to oil.” /
Schlesinger thinks seriously about energy and oil’s future /
Al-Hayat: The West striving for a new age of energy /
Swami Beyondananda says Wake up America
Ex-CIA director Woolsey on oil addiction and alternatives /
Good news: [natural] gas prices are up. Bad news: they’ll fall again /
Pain at the pump doesn’t faze new-car buyers /
Indian villages for sale /
Interview with Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Khristenko
Weak links could cause climatic catastrophe /
UK radiation jump blamed on Iraq shells /
Glaciers are our business /
Combating global warming makes economic sense /
Saving the Earth can bring profit to startups
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba had to deal with extreme energy and fertilizer shortages. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington gives us some insight into how they transformed their agriculture.
San Francisco examines power of dog droppings /
Making compost of infected flocks may curb spread of bird flu /
UK & Japan: Achieving a low carbon society /
Amazonian terra preta soil can transform poor soil into fertile, reduce carbon /
States are already pushing to end our addiction to oil
A translation of a Norwegian article from December 2005 relating to prospects of a euro denominated Norwegian oil bourse.
