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Nuclear problems may boost UK energy costs /
Hinkley Point power station ‘may never open again’ /
Hunterston nuclear station’s cracks ‘a threat to safety’ /
Think-tank raps Blair over nuclear policies /
UK nuclear cleanup to cost $122 billion /
What is the best solution to dispose of Britain’s nuclear waste?
Global warming could cut the world’s annual economic output by as much as 20%, an influential report by Sir Nicholas Stern is expected to say.
Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Coping with climate dread /
Solving Iraq problems with permaculture? /
Sail Transport Network /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter
Cellulosic ethanol vs. biomass gasification /
Beyond corn: ethanol’s next generation /
Biofuel subsidies cost U.S. billions /
When kitchen waste isn’t wasted
The arrival of peak oil does not take place in a political vacuum, on any level of politics — global, local, or personal. In a global arena dominated by the decline of America’s empire, the parallel decline of petroleum production makes for a potentially explosive future.
Supreme Court tackles global warming /
Tackle climate change or face deep recession /
UK parties bid for the environment /
Australia unveils $500M climate change drive/
Australia: warming to the idea
Hunger strike in protest of coal-fired plants /
Thanks for the cheap gas, Mr. Hitler! /
More coal equals more CO2 /
US coal plant boom poses ecological, economic questions
Foreign Affairs: The new Middle East /
Bush’s petro-cartel almost has Iraq’s Oil #2/
Putin gets mugged in Finland /
TOD comments on Gazprom /
Water wars
Green Left: Global warming: looking beyond Kyoto /
Kent Council’s 12 ways to combat climate change /
Climate change ‘will threaten Britain’s water supply’ /
Baffin Island a global warming hot spot
The tradeoffs are sobering: thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste generated each year and a greatly increased risk of nuclear weapons proliferation or diversion of nuclear material into terrorists’ hands. Developing the necessary nuclear technologies and building the additional power plants is an enormous undertaking that probably would take longer than the 50 years that experts say we have in which to come up with solutions to global warming.
WWF: Global ecosystems ‘face collapse’/
Marine life stirs ocean enough to affect climate/
UN: number of Ocean “dead zones” rising fast
How to wean a town off fossil fuels (about Kinsale & Rob Hopkins) /
1st issue of Relocalization Network Newsletter /
Never mind altruism: ‘Saving the earth’ can mean big bucks
