Geopolitics – Aug 26
– Ukraine won’t siphon Russian gas – PM
– Energy is focus for Chavez in China
– Russia spins global energy spider’s web
– Moscow making Central Asia its own
Staff
Oil and coal – Aug 25
– Shell president Hofmeister speaks live Aug 25 (podcast)
– Consultant: oil firms ‘hushing up’ crisis of corroding pipelines
– How “merchant coal” is changing the face of America
– European coal mining revival?
Helping cities, towns and municipalities adapt to peak oil
For readers interested in what can be done on a local level, please consider taking the following suggestions and recommendations to your local government leaders. (Report and recommendations from a member of the Portland Peak Oil Task Force.)
The strategy of salvage
The humble alternator, junkyard fodder in an industrial society but a valuable resource in a deindustrial one, offers a snapshot of the possibilities for action in a post-peak society.
Food & agriculture – Aug 25
РLapp̩: a right to food?
– Biofuels may strain U.N. goal to end hunger
– I was a student dumpster-diver
– The shocking truth about bread
Climate – Aug 25
– Climate change shifting European seasons
– Cascades’ reddened forests
– Risky business (insurers & climate change)
– Air con is ruining our environment
Climate policy – Aug 25
– For sale: pollution – a good idea?
– McKibben: fired up over global warming
– Report: 6 Steps to beat global warming
– Colorado joins effort to fight global warming
– Calif. to act on its own on global warming
Peak oil – Aug 25
– Sydney newspaper profiles Heinberg
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Depletion estimates and the CGES
– DOE predicts gas shortages
(new Hirsch report)
– Peak pipelines
– Peak oil prophecies
Biofuels – Aug 24
– Ethanol isn’t a good answer for replacing oil
– Home-grown crops accelerate drive towards biofuels (sugar beets in UK)
– Does biofuel make sense?
Urban design – Aug 24
– Cities healthy for cars, unhealthy for people
– Building the New Urbanism
– Eco-friendly small-town America
Chimpanzees and culture change
“Female, age 40, seeks wild, swinger male for procreation purposes, no commitments. Bonobo preferred but regular chimpanzee acceptable.”
Energy policy – Aug 24
– Actor/environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr., on environmental and energy issues
– Alternative energy gets mainstream treatment
– Letter from Sweden: fossil fuel-free by 2020, maybe
