Solutions & sustainability – Aug 23
When the sun is shining, break out the solar oven
Slow is beautiful
Building the climate camp (video)
Society
Transport – Aug 21
China’s new middle class in love with cars – big cars
Less driving is more cash for Portland
India: Plastic car will be world’s cheapest
Trains on track to play key role in bioeconomy
Zimbabwe air transport sector hits turbulence
Housing & urban design – Aug 21
New guidebook: Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty
Astyk: The brother-in-law on your couch vision of the apocalypse
Mud: building block of the future
Transport – Aug 20
Heathrow growth is Plane Stupid focus
PT users unite in call for federal funds
Legal quiz on £5.5m rail platform
Buses threaten strike if trams get the green light
Inspectors told to stay away
Bikes – Aug 20
Kenya: Levies threaten to push boda bodas off the roads
State of cycling (in NYC)
Beijing to rent out 50,000 bicycles ahead of Olympics
The one-of-a-kind wooden bicycle
Paris goes cycling mad, declares vélorution
Postal holiday
Posting at Energy Bulletin will be light and scattered through the weekend, returning to normal on Monday evening.
Geopolitics – Aug 14
Energy: Europe’s escape routes from Moscow
Energy-hungry Turkey drilling for more oil
Iranian president replaces oil and industry ministers
Printing problem – fixed
“Printable version” is now working at Energy Bulletin.
Ethical consumption: consumer driven or political?
“If ethical consumption campaigns are to succeed they need to transform the infrastructures of every day consumption rather than focusing on changing individual consumer behaviour”.
Water – Aug 8
Bottled water: the triumph of marketing finally gets the scrutiny it deserves
Queensland may continue outdoor watering
Urban design – Aug 8
Driving out the weak link (Smart City Brisbane)
World’s first carbon-free city … in Abu Dhabi
Oil producers – Aug 7
Struggle for Iraq’s oil as Kurds open doors to foreign investors
Power cuts worsen as Iraqi grid nears collapse
Chávez taps oil wealth to build socialism
Report: Venezuelan oil subsidies to Cuba top $3 billion
