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
Year: 2006
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.
Letters to the editor: global warming
My account on the global warming presentations that were delivered at the recent ASPO conference in Boston generated quite a bit of e-mail. In fact, I received more e-mail from readers on the global warming article than I have received on any article I have ever written.
Peak oil / permaculture movements – Nov 6
Reports from recent ASPO-USA conference /
New hippies are fighting to replace oil /
Cooling the planet at the gas roots / Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Powerdown and permaculture – at the cusp of transition /
FTW report on Boston world oil conference /
Robert Hirsch scares me out of my wits
Solar Anniversary
These cycles of conservation efforts and new consumer trends prompt the nagging thought that my efforts are, but the futile offerings of an environmentalist do-gooder. It was with these thoughts that I sat down for the 17th annual Bioneers conference and took out my notebook.
Synchronised thinking
Plenty of people are calling for a global effort to reduce carbon emissions, but only one group has offered a viable way of doing it writes Mark Braund.
Calif. proposition 87 and biofuels – Nov 6
Venture capitalists pony up in sizzling market that may get boost from Prop. 87 /
Patzek: cellulosic ethanol will not save us /
Water scarcity may dampen case for biofuel /
Lester Brown: Exploding U.S. grain demand for auto fuel /
Harvard prof: the ethanol illusion
Enlightened survivalism
A true survivalist hopes deep in their heart that the good life never ends for anybody. They just know that trouble sometimes does happen, and want to be as well situated as they can be if bad things do come to be.
EB interviewed about recent energy stories
Listing of articles discussed during a radio interview November 6. (updated)
Urban design – Nov 5
Our ailing communities: car-dependent suburbia is bad for your health /
Where will everybody live? /
Kunstler: Gawn south
Nuclear – Nov 5
IEA urges world to build more N-plants /
Australia: nuclear power will ‘worsen drought’ /
Thorium: Safe nuclear power can avert the energy crisis /
Nuclear cleanup site has cities cleaning up financially
Climate policy – Nov 5
It’s hard to explain, Tom, why we did so little to stop global warming /
Scientific news grim for UN talks on GW /
Thousands rally against GW in UK /
2 TV stations refuse to cover climate /
Might Bush shift course on the Kyoto?
