Politics and economics – Oct 16

Oil thirst from China adds fuel to US-Canada trade tussle /
Investment in renewable energy heats up /
U.S. consumer prices soar on gasoline /
Who is politically unstable? /
Omar Freilla and green worker cooperatives /
Bush asked to explain why he won’t release heatoil /
U.S. counts more oil, gas rigs destroyed by storms

Cob building in the country

Of all the earth-building methods, cob building embodies a mystery in its sensuous curvy walls. How does it work? How does it get built? …cob building is [best] understood as pottery or sculpture.

Solutions and sustainability – Oct 16

Rise of the eco-city /
Downside of wind power /
A billion gallons of gasoline saved /
Bioneers: heeding the law of the land /
Best of Treehugger /
“My clouds could beat global warming” /
Philippines: Wait for ruin or embrace opportunity

Other Energy Headlines – 16 October, 2005

Economic Brief: E.U. Plans for Alternative Energy’ / Shell E&P on the challenge of meeting expanding energy demand / USA expresses interest in Iran-Armenia pipeline / Schlumberger Glossary / A New Push to Mix Oil and Water / ‘Scientists trade theories on how petroleum arises’

Peak oil headlines – Oct 16

Robert Hirsch: Inevitable peaking of world oil /
When will PO arrive? /
WSJ: $70/barrel? Relax, it’ll come down /
Kos: Proposal for a serious energy policy /
Japan: What me worry? /
Report on London PO conference /
Malta in shock over fuel prices /
Chavez: world faces major energy crisis /
Americans expect ‘miracle’ oil reserves /
Marxists on PO /
There is no Plan “B”

Farmings future: perennials, ‘weeds’? (3 audio)

Interviews with Jerry Glover on organic agricultures oil habit and The Land Institutes efforts in breeding perennial grain varieties, Pat Collins on edible and medicinally valuable weeds, and David Holmgren on the valuable natural services of weeds.

Politics and Economics Headlines – 14 October, 2005

Bangladesh rations natural gas / The supermarket goes south / Has the Green dream wilted? / Inflation surge: Here to stay? / Natural Gas Users to Take Hit This Winter / Refiner Madness / Greenspan Says Economy Handling Energy Costs `Reasonably Well’

Environment Headlines – 14 October, 2005

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

Peak Oil Headlines – 14 October, 2005

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

Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 13 October, 2005

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