Solutions & sustainability – Nov 8
Eating locally in Willits /
Learning how the desert bloomed /
Secret shame: I can’t ride a bike /
A growing trend: small, local and organic
Year: 2006
U.S. energy policy – Nov 8
Interview with Michael Klare – Iraq marks ‘turning point’ of U.S. empire /
Complacency feared as NG prices drop /
Lower pump prices fuel political conspiracy theories
Russia – Nov 7
Russia set to double gas prices for Georgia /
Russia reacts angrily to U.S. warnings over Baltic Sea gas pipeline /
Russia faces chilling prospect of winter short of gas
Electricity & demand – Nov 7
Power failures hit Europe /
Smart metering and smarter metering /
Flat screen televisions ‘will add to global warming’
Elegant Technology
Technology is only of value to the degree that it provides for quality of life without creating negative power-relationships that outweigh that benefit.
Transport – Nov 7
Ryanair boss labels flight critics ‘econuts, idiots and headbangers’ /
Insurance by the mile: a simple way to slow global warming /
Aid groups drive to curb deadly gas-guzzling cars
The ‘dark matter’ of American politics
The state of our physical world exerts a kind of hidden gravitational pull on the important issues of the day. And yet, to listen to the rhetoric of the most recent election campaign, you would conclude that the ecological underpinnings of our civilization are in such good condition that they require virtually no attention.
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 7
Heart and soul of the city (eco-restoration in Seoul) /
Douthwaite interview (local currencies) /
The new rage on the road is ecological
Environment – Nov 7
WWF Living Planet Report – decision time /
Dawn of the dead zones /
Wild seafood will disappear in 50 years /
China turns to salt water to ease drought
Climate – Nov 7
Economists study price of climate change /
Africans are already facing climate change /
Australia – worst drought in 1,000 years /
In ancient fossils, seeds of a new debate on warming /
Idea that forests are ‘carbon sinks’ going down drain
Climate policy – Nov 7
Climate change: threat and promise /
Canada public suprisingly ready to accept a ‘carbon tax’ /
Economist: Stern Review targeted at U.S. /
China to pass U.S. in 2009 in emissions
IEA World Energy Outlook 2006 – reports (updated)
Developing world to drive 70% oil demand /
IEA backs nuclear power /
World must spend extra $3 trillion on energy by 2030 /
World risks ‘dirty’ energy future /
Top energy agency warns of ‘dirty’
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