Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Climate data hint at record hot 2005 / Economists fear warming’s effects / The Heat Death of American Dreams / Nearly Half of Americans Cite ‘Too Little’ Environment Regulation / Damalot by Jacques Leslie’s / Zoo fears polar melt / Six-Nation Climate Change Meeting Likely Delayed / Biomimicry 101
Informal Survey of the Political Blogosphere / Renewable energy: too little, too late / Roscoe Bartlett on fuel economy, peak oil, DeLay / Price Hikes / We may be running out sooner than we think / Survivor’s Guide to the Energy Crisis
States urged to prepare for victims of climate change. Natural disasters displace more people than wars.
The former oilman who occupies the White House today shares a problem that plagued Carter, a former peanut farmer and naval nuclear engineer: How to solve an energy crunch in a nation utterly dependent on fossil fuel?
Not even the staunchest public transit advocates believe that the bus or train will become the dominant way to get around Northeast Ohio – even with sharply higher gas prices. Too much is stacked in favor of the car.
Historically, people of limited means have tended to scrape by on what’s locally available, while the wealthy have used their resources to draw in fancy food from far away. Now, that situation has turned upside down.
Oil Depletion? It’s All In The Assumptions — Part 2 / IEA report ‘Resources to reserves’ deeply flawed / If oil is the problem, what are the solutions? / Energy independence requires a multifaceted approach / Iran shutting down some heavy? / Report on the Peak Oil conference in Ohio
Experts Link N.M. Tree Die-Offs to Warming / The connection between me and a receding glacier / Business leaders, scientists warn about global warming in Oregon / Amazon Rainforest Suffers Worst Drought in Decades / More energy security vs. hazy views in US parks / Study Shows Wyoming Gas Projects Harming Mule Deer
Car-sharing service saves 1 million gallons of gas / Energy Conservation Is Back. What’s Your Company Doing? / Greenpeace: EU ready to lead the way to a clean energy future / Learn ’em right – “avoiding diapers is organic” / Eternally Yours: Time in Design / Don’t be duped by bottled water
UK: Coldest winter for decade could spark energy crisis / UK Energy: The Winter Outlook & Energy Trends / An Energy-Emitting . . . Backpack? / A pellet heating champion / Pessimism surrounds falling oil production in Iraq / MP’s clean coal energy solution / Big oil getting desperate: Making oil with nuclear energy
Acres of chard and lettuce in Golden Gate Park? The Marina Green with community gardens? Wind turbines on top of the Bank of America Building?
Peak Oil for real estate professionals / Oil Depletion? It’s All In The Assumptions — Part 1 / A greener [EV] world – a possible dream / Peak Oil goes mainstream in Sweden / Kurt Vonnegut interview / The ‘Energy Police’ Are Coming!
