Environment – Aug 20
China’s anti-pollution efforts stink /
Engineered grass found growing in wild /
Scientists add years to ozone recovery
Society
The democratization of envy
The question for a future with ecological limits becomes: What shall we do with this powerful force of envy which has been awakened across the globe? How will people, both the rich and those aspiring to greater wealth, come to grips with limits which will undermine the consumer society within which that envy flourishes?
Energy Descent – Aug 17
Australia: Heinberg & Holmgren – Peak Oil & Permaculture Tour /
Hopkins: Launching Transition Town Totnes! /
The Priest and the Prophet /
Social revolution that may well save our planet
Water – Aug 16
Billions face water shortages, crisis looms: agency /
Cost of water shortage: civil unrest, mass migration and economic collapse / Rich countries like poor face water crisis
Environment – Aug 16
Large oil spills in Indian Ocean, Philippines /
Corroding sewers, not Alaskan oil pipes, are the real danger /
Water shortage ‘a global problem’ /
Why don’t we change?
The peak oil crisis: rethinking America’s cars
To get through the first decades of peak oil, only those that get very high mileage, or preferably do not use liquid fuels at all, will be affordable or useful for most of us.
Peak oil and relocalization in Ohio
What would you think if someone told you that we could simultaneously create strong, safe, sustainable, and vibrant communities while also solving the most urgent problems of our times?
Housing & urban design – Aug 15
Could rising gas prices kill the suburbs? / Sick cities: fast life, slow death / It’s getting easier to be green (building green in NYC) /
I think that I shall never see
A greenhouse gas reduction strategy as lovely as a tree
Russian energy geopolitics – Aug 14
Russia-Algeria Gas Agreement Can Mean Higher Prices for Europe /
Gazprom & Rosneft’s fierce rivalry /
Malaysian peak oil prompts Petronas to buy into Rosneft /
Moscow Court Confirms $130M Back Tax Claim against TNK-BP /
Russians prepare for African energy, mining push
Environment – Aug 14
There’s Money in Thirst /
Plasma screens threaten eco-crisis /
Java sinks deeper into toxic crisis /
Pacific’s ‘dead zone’ is larger than first feared
Housing & urban design – Aug 11
The role of storytelling and imagery in successful planning movements (new urbanism) / Chicago mayor pushes urban ecology into the mainstream / Reconquering world cities / NYT: build green, make green
Geopolitics – Aug 11
Bolivia: The policy of “Gas for Sea” will continue to be a lever (with Chile) / Renewable energy systems wanted in Iraq by U.S. military / Halting Iran nuclear program trumps oil price – Bodman
