Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The importance of social capital / Why sustainability is important to you / New green/labor alliance brings Sierra Club and Steelworkers together / Le Monde profile of Jerome a Paris / Bryant Terry, food-justice activist
BBC: Finding green in the concrete jungle / California: The Vampire Slayer (Act of 2006) /
Norway launches global seed bank /
Some farmers trade tractors for animals
Peak Oil passnotes: the oil wave ripples / A Megaproject list from the “Oil and Gas Journal” / The most powerful force on earth (population & inflation) / Foreign oil woes drive trend toward deepwater drilling / Swiss television journalist Basil Gelpke on his new 90-minute PO documentary
What might a Geo-Green third party platform look like? Its centerpiece would be a $1 a gallon gasoline tax, called “The Patriot Tax,” which would be phased in over a year.
Iran grants Lukoil rights on oilfield exploitation / Looming energy crisis requires new ‘Manhattan Project’: US scientists / Popular Science: 10 steps to end America’s fossil-fuel addiction / “Oil shale development imminent” (skepticism) / Heads of Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron on Meet The Press
Final part of the Energize America presentation at the recent YearlyKos conference. This grassroots campaign for a progressive energy policy was initiated by members of the Daily Kos website.
Leaders from government, business and the media from throughout the nation participated in the National Energy Symposium June 15 at the University of Southern California. Faculty and panels included some of the nation’s leading experts, who discussed America’s and California’s energy future. (Many resources are available online.)
UK Private Sector Raises Doubts on Nuclear Support /
Floating atomic plant for Russia /
Sweet or sour? In oil, that’s a big deal /
Use of coal surges as firms seek alternative /
CERA: Global products to remain tight through 2007 /
US: As Natural Gas Glut Looms, Producers Eye the Weather /
BP To Invest $550 Million in Biofuels Research Centre
What can we learn from innovative approaches to addiction that might prove to be useful tools for weaning communities off oil? Reader feedback and further thoughts.
Korea: addicted to oil /
Urgency picks up for oil alternatives in Australia / Thailand – an energy case study / Nate Hagens – ecological economics and fossil fuels /
We are cutting energy use – but it is dirtier (BP report) / Oil-supply anxiety overblown, BP chief says
Klare: The tripolar chessboard – putting Iran in great power context / In oil-rich Angola, Cholera preys upon poorest / Saudi Arabia’s growing list of new friends / Quebec unveils carbon tax
Peak Oil and Climate Change are unprecedented global challenges. Four energy transition scenarios are presented to help guide dialogue and decision making: Lean Economy, Collapse, Techno-Markets, Burnout.
