Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
American politicians continue to push the fantasy of energy independence, a world where ethanol made from corn (and, they hope, from switchgrass) will replace oil and American soldiers will never again need visit the Persian Gulf, except, perhaps, on vacation
Guinea – as fuel prices soar, a country unravels
Near-term peak unlikely to happen
Statoil CEO discusses peak oil
Progress in stopping global warming (methane)
Pace of global warming causes alarm
Sir Nick Stern on climate change review
US: Climate change climate changing
Push for environment policy change in new House
Iraq: Yes, things can get worse
Send in the subpoenas: energy a ripe target
Self-sufficiency plan for a suburban home
Science cafés: Knowledge in a casual setting
McKibben: Is corporate do-goodery for real?
Visionary architect William McDonough
Slow Food in Turin – the path toward ethical eating
Orchard thieves – thefts run into $millions
Up to 100 million acres needed for renewable energy in US
Why had I became an environmentalist in the first place? To find out I would have to go back to that other life, the one with no catchy slogans, no rousing mission statement, no words at all even, only pictures flickering in my mind.
More about the post-peak scenario presented in “Christmas Eve 2050,” the first of three snapshots of life in a deindustrial future.
Air conditioning and refrigeration are the most significant contributors to end-use household electricity use. Here’s some suggestions on how you can reduce your cooling costs not by a few percentage points, but by orders of magnitude.
Should Google go nuclear? (new fusion tech, and Robert Hirsch’s nuclear past)
Geoengineering: new talk of manipulating Earth’s climate (updated)
She harnesses viruses to make things (bio-nanotech)
Waste management: One man’s trash… (plasma tech)
Breaking the H2 marriage (new catalyst)
Greenhouse masses
More paying for ‘carbon neutrality’
China shifts to support a Carbon Tax
US scorns French ‘polluter pays’ tax proposal
Climate change means big business for reinsurers
Thieves target wind farms for high-cost copper cables
Australia: High-voltage copper theft strands commuters
South Africa: Copper theft causing chaos
Copper thieves strip Italy in “red gold” rush
Canada: Despite the dangers wire theft continues
UK: Theft causes widespread blackout
Micronesia: A new type of crime rises
