The Clean Green Pipeline Machine – a Free-Market Fairy Tale
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Fossil fuel interests and their allied governments attend international climate conferences singing of a glorious future of clean growth – but behind the scenes they work to ensure that no binding commitments are made to reduce carbon emissions. According to Donald Gutstein’s new book The Big Stall, the corporate takeover of international climate negotiations goes back nearly 30 years.
Quantifying Climate Hypocrisy – the Canada File
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
In 2015 Canada proclaimed itself an ally of vulnerable island nations and pushed for an ambitious climate mitigation goal. But since then Canada’s actual commitments under the Paris Agreement have ranked with the world’s weakest. Behind the discrepancy is the lack of a global agreement on a fair method for allocating the remaining carbon emissions budget.
A Tale of Three Cities – Cycling in Valencia, Paris and London
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Although our geographic and political situations vary a great deal, nearly all cities in industrial civilization have been dominated by car culture for a few generations, and we face many common challenges as we work back towards cities that are safe for everyone who could and should be moving about our streets.
When Good is not Enough – Extending the Bicycle’s Reach in The Netherlands
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
The Netherlands has a worldwide reputation as a bicycle-loving country – but bikes account for only a small proportion of kilometers travelled.
A Modest Investment with Major Dividends: Cycling Culture in the Netherlands
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
How would you describe the process in which a small country builds a 35,000 kilometer network of fully separated bike infrastructure – and traffic-calms 75 per cent of their urban streets to a speeds of 30 km/h (19 mph) or less?
Can Nuclear Power Extend the Economic Expansion?
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Rhodes argues that the only realistic – and the most ethical – way forward is a gradual progression on the path we are already taking, and that means an “all energy sources except coal and oil” strategy.
Energy: A Human History – a Slim Slice of History and Science
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Rhodes tells an engaging tale of energy transitions over some 500 years. Yet the limitations in his field of view become critical in the book’s concluding chapter, when he reveals which particular axe he is especially eager to grind.
Kings of the Yukon: a Travel Story as Deep and Wide as the Great River
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
As a travel tale the book is first-rate. But Weymouth’s keen interest in the Chinook – aka King – Salmon, and his listening skills when he meets dozens of river-dwellers whose cultures have been shaped by the migrations of this fish, combine to fascinating, awe-inspiring, and often heart-breaking effect.