Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Biodiversity extinction crisis looms says renowned biologist
U.S., Europe show gains in forests; rest of world loses ground
Destruction of Forests in Developing World
‘Out of Control’
Fishermen alarmed as sand closes Entrance port
A short history of what man covets
most – STUFF
The end of garbage
Britons throw out a third of all food
Kovattana: A hoarders guide to the end of the world
Innovation in hard times?
Do environmentalists conspire against their own interests?
Sharon Astyk: On market failure
Lovelock: ‘We should be scared stiff’
Iraq: beyond quagmire
Stumbling on happiness
Federal judge finds that Chevron covered up role in murders, torture in Nigeria
Q&A with Heinberg, Campbell and Leggett
A Requiem For Mitigation
Interview with Dr. Bakhtiari
Energize America, DailyKos and Congress
When there is such a clear disjunction between knowledge and action, there must be obstacles in the socio-political arena to explain this. In fact, there are three quite powerful obstacles to action: the interests of producers/ entrepreneurs, the interests of less wealthy nations, and the attitudes of you and me.
Halliburton moves CEO to oil-rich Dubai
Halliburton heeds the call to Go East
The new Seven Sisters: oil and gas giants dwarf western rivals
Arctic gas project costs top $16 billion
Report: Burying greenhouses gases will be key
Interview with MIT coal report co-chair
Afghan Mine mirrors nation’s descent into hell
Study: Coal industry faces bleak future
NPR: Biofuel threatening food supplies?
Energy solution is growing on trees in Sweden & N. Europe
Ethanol wrong biofuel option say US experts
The target wreckers in Labour govt (UK)
Survey: Climate change seen as threat
Swiss issue key climate report
NYT on McKibben: Renewing a call to act against climate change
Kudos to Fox News (for real!)
World may get greener, then wilt, due to warming
Hansen grim on sea level rise
Climate report warns of drought, disease
Sneak preview of big report: Change is ‘already showing up’
My experiences did not confirm the widely held view that world leaders know about Peak Oil and have secret plans to deal with it. …[The likely explanation] is that few if any world leaders understand this enormous, impending dilemma or have any idea what to do about it.
