Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff “After four decades of studying these issues, I’ve concluded that energy is the core of the environment problem, environment is the core of the energy problem, and resolving the energy-economy-environment dilemma is the core of the problem of sustainable well-being for industrial & developing countries alike.”
Arctic melting, revealing new sources of oil and gas
NASA climatologist on suppression of science: 5 years from now, we’ll know less
UNICEF: U.S., British children worst off in industrialized world
Court overturns 22-year sentence for SUV fire
There are two big problems with the Earth Challenge prize. First, and most important, it sends the wrong message to those who are just waking up to the true threat of climate change: it says we can solve this problem by inventing the right techno-fix. …The truth is that we already have all the technology that we need to save ourselves.
In energy electricity conservation, California sees the light
Net uses 1+ percent of US electricity
US servers use more electricity than color TVs
Internet claims role in fighting global warming
Big Oil frets over rising costs, tough access
Ex-oil minister dis on Iraq oil
Big Oil sees big risks as it places big bets
It’s CERA Week — Houston, we have a problem
Global Warming: It’s All About Energy
Oil crisis constant concern
Another high-risk lender goes under
Housing Sales Drop in 40 States
Australian dream just a recession away
The real problem with corn-based ethanol
For Ethanol, the Future Is Now
British Millers Worried by Biofuel Subsidy
Biofuel demand unsustainable?
Confectioners questions EU biofuel policy
Smaller Footprints, Cooler Stuff and More Cash
Relearning how to live as voluntary peasants
Escape from America
U.N. OKs CO2 injection into ocean floor
Coal can’t be clean – Flannery
Montana must turn coal from black to ‘green’
Rival firms dispute coal gasification
The US Department of Defence is the single largest oil consumer in the world, and while cost has driven some savings, progress is limited.
Modern healthcare is dependent upon enormous inputs of energy and an array of petroleum-derived products. Nevertheless, there is silence and inaction regarding the threats posed by the end of the fossil fuel era,
