Time magazine finally covers peak oil
Round-up of peak oil coverage in the mainstream press.
Concepts for a low carbon future
UK environment secretary Margaret Beckett declared that technology would be essential in making the transition to a low carbon economy – which might ameliorate, if not eliminate, the ills of climate change… Just a quick bicycle ride away, British scientists and engineers were gathering to showcase and debate some of these technologies…
Environment Headlines – 3 November, 2005
Study warns of total loss of Arctic tundra / Interpol links environmental crimes to mob / Blair crumples on climate change / Australia opposes post-Kyoto limits / Bruce Sterling: The planet *is* an ark / Calculating climate change / UN: poverty as world’s lakes evaporate / Hurricanes spawn oil industry scams / Canadian Cheifs warn of nuclear waste plans for native territory
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 3 November, 2005
Polyculture ‘modules’ for small farms, suburbia / Heavy metal bioremediation / A sustainable-ag champion gets plowed under at Iowa State / Bill Mollison interview / Los Angeles: trading the car for the train / Ocean aquaculture conference
Simmons and Kunstler speak in Dallas
The state of the world’s oil supply is rapidly declining, and the world economy is not ready for the backlash, according to two speakers at a lecture presented by the SMU Environmental Science Program and the Greater Dallas Planning Council.
US foreign policy, petroleum and the Middle East
The US elite are getting serious about energy, as shown in this Senate testimony by Robert Ebel, energy expert for CSIS, an influential think tank.
Peak Oil Headlines – 3 November, 2005
Peak oil debate in Canada newspaper:
Energy policy or disaster / A tax on imported crude oil? / Pfeifer: Peak Oil in 2005? / Peak oil now in Dutch mainstream press / Morning rememberance: Richard E. Smalley
Politics and Economics Headlines – 3 November, 2005
Chávez Restyles Venezuela With ’21st-Century Socialism’ / Even with gas at 4¢ per litre, Venezuelans still complain / Is China to blame for the rise in oil prices? / A Separate Peace- elites resigned? / Friends of the Earth slam World Bank over money for clean energy[2] / Stop oil company price gouging / Frist orders oil price probe / A world becoming more peaceful? / Former UK soldier wins landmark case over Gulf War Syndrome
Coalescence
Summary of patently pro-coal report that makes strong arguments as to why coal is here to stay and what it could look like in years to come.
Stopping Runaway Climate Change
Begins with a hair-raising review of the real and present danger of runaway climate change, then proposes stopping the Arctic thaw by strategic placement of millions of wind turbines.
Environment Headlines – 1 November, 2005
Lake algae confirm global warming link / No Escape: Thaw Gains Momentum / European Union emission trading multiplies / UK Prince’s plea over climate change / Global warming: help or hindrance? / Mighty Amazon close to running out of water / China’s Next Big Boom Could Be the Foul Air
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 1 November 2005
Fearing oil crisis, group encourages community to hitch a ride / Climate Crisis Coalition – Day of Action on December 3, 2005 / The Green alternative to the energy crisis / Fuels of the future touted
