Peak oil – Oct 28
Complete notes on ASPO-USA conference
On the other side of the mountain (=PO)
It’s not ‘oil’, it’s ‘liquids’
Australia: the place to be
Society
Energy & nation – Oct 27
China’s green energy gap
ConocoPhillips CEO: U.S needs decisive energy policy
Rescuers comb Gulf for survivors after Mexican oil rig collision
Geopolitical – Oct 24
Claiming Antarctica: oil, water and environmental risks
Chile to lay claim to piece of Antarctica
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO):
“NATO of the East”
Media & persuasion – Oct 24
Science’s worst enemy: corporate funding
The social web ain’t rocket science
Calendar of environmental conferences and events
Cities – Oct 23
Vaxjo, Sweden: A pioneering ‘clean’ city
Tehran air clears with anti-pollution efforts
Egypt: Environmental make-over for an ancient industry
Bradford: the greenest city in the UK
Some cities try going ‘green’ with blackouts
Dysfunction – Oct 23
Canada: We’re the fattest nation of them all
Bob Dylan’s new ad for SUVs
Higher metal prices make theft attractive
Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids’ bodies
Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash fouling swath of Pacific Ocean
Planet in Peril starts on CNN tonight
Beginning tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT, CNN will air a two-part documentary that takes viewers to the front lines of environmental change. It focuses on four main issues: climate change, deforestation, species loss, and overpopulation. The four-hour documentary was filmed across four continents and 13 countries. (Check local schedule)
More on the Energy Watch Group peak oil report
Interview with Chris Skrebowski of UK Petroleum Review
EWG: Peak Oil could trigger meltdown of society
Executive summary of report
Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture
RGE Monitor (consultancy)
Other coverage
Deep thought – Oct 22
Comparing What a Way to Go with The 11th Hour
Stop calling me a “doomer”
Desire and the green cure (consumerism)
A strange feeling as a way of life
Developing community constitutions
Can we apply the elements of the Systems Engineering process to create a constitution that ensures a sustainable and open community?
Willits meets the S-curve
It has been a hard lesson: rational explanations of threats such as peak oil and climate change can only get one so far. People in any group or community adopt ideas at different paces based on their orientation toward change.
Population, health & pollution – Oct 19
Are boys an endangered species?
Mother fears ‘stinky neighborhood’ caused son’s cancer
Dioxin pollution leads to more baby girls: study
China’s surplus of sons: Geopolitical time bomb
Harbor seals may help determine effect of eating toxic fish
