Death to the incandescent
People are finally starting to take to the streets to protest climate change. But for those who won’t or can’t do that, there are plenty of other actions you can take now to damp down climate change.
Kelpie Wilson
California set to cap emissions
California is set to introduce tough new legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions under a deal reached by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Peak oil forecasters win converts on Wall Street to $200 crude
As energy prices soar and violence convulses the Middle East, the peak-oil movement — an unlikely alliance of geologists, physicists, oil industry consultants and environmental activists — is winning converts. Peak-oil ideas are bubbling up from scientific journals and offbeat Web sites, much the way warnings of global warming did a decade ago. For the first time, the peaksters have begun to grab the attention of Washington and Wall Street. (excerpt)
Climate – Aug 31
Ancient heat wave may be wave of future
Devastation of an atoll
Feedback loop caused by methane
Caribbean ‘faces stormier future’
Scientists fear global meltdown
Peak oil – Aug 31
Von Hoffman: Honey, we killed the planet
BBC series on peak oil starts Sept 4
Entrepeneur T.J. Rodgers on solar & peak oil
Will the end of oil be the end of food?
Peak oil and permaculture
Steep decline in UK oil production (2)
Climate policy – Aug 31
McKibben: On a global-warming march
GW impacts on World Bank programmes
Investment & abrupt climate change
UK climate change protesters feel the heat
UK conservatives push market approach on climate
Food & agriculture – Aug 31
When genetically modified plants go wild
Monsanto buys ‘Terminator’ seeds company
Grist gets hungry (3)
New books tells us where our food comes from
Kitchen stories – a craving for fellowship
Biofuels – Aug 31
NYT: Fill up on corn if you can
NASA joins Brazilian biofuel effort
Rapier: Energy balance of ethanol versus gas
Preparing for a Crash: Nuts and Bolts
Will putting in fluorescent light bulbs and starting a window herb garden really help you if there’s a crash? Here are some nitty gritty suggestions for Peakniks…
Oil producers – Aug 30
Gadaffi scolds Libyans for reliance on oil
Chad orders foreign oil firms out
Bolivia’s Morales replaces head of state oil firm
Bicycles – Aug 30
Shanghai by bike:
Dodging cars as China drives
toward development
Safety and righteous fun for bicyclists
Maps to prevent bike accidents
Thoughts from Shell
Last week, Shell’s US President John Hofmeister came to Cleveland as part of a US tour to offer Shell’s perspectives on national energy security.
