Radical overhaul of emissions allocation required
As the Montreal conference on global warming opens, we cannot hope for progress on climate change unless the approach to negotiations is drastically revised.
Richard Douthwaite
A world without easy oil: What now?
The era of easy oil is over. What that means for car companies, policy makers, investors, consumers and the future of U.S.-China relations, however, is far from clear. The International Herald Tribune gathered a round table of experts in the board room of The New York Times on Nov. 15 to discuss these ponderables, along with Ford Expeditions, prairie dogs and the odd possibility that gas may, in fact, be too cheap.
Politics & economics – Dec 4
Is CAFE kaput? /
Embrace the new energy economy /
US, China should develop joint energy programs to avoid war: Sen. Lieberman /
A changing China offers lessons for the world /
Disposable chic: For retailers, fashion turnover gets ever faster, cheaper
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 4
Enviros need to get social, says sociologist Ganz /
Tory hopeful and environmentalist Zac Goldsmith /
Meat wall (ick!) /
With the grain on the Hundred Mile Diet /
Dreaming big to keep America rolling /
Green cities movement – is Eugene on the bus?
Environment – Dec 4
Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warming /
Climate change – have a look at 2100 scenarios /
The climate in Montreal /
China urges U.S. to join Kyoto treaty
Peak oil – Dec 4
Inventor of public key cryptography comments on PO, recommends Lovins /
Pemex: ‘We are in the middle of Hubbert’s curve’ /
IEA: Only conservation efforts will keep a lid on energy costs /
ASPO-USA Denver World Oil Conference highlights, day 2 /
Couple take reins in world oil crisis
Solutions and sustainability – Dec 2
Kill all screensavers / Sustainable grass farming in Virginia /
Grist tips for greening conferences and events
Congressman backs post-oil planning: Thompson says Willits can set national example
“We can’t keep going the way we’ve been going,” said Congressman Mike Thompson. “That’s a no brainer.” Speaking during Mondays meeting with local officials and members of the Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) group, Thompson was referring to an economy based on insatiable consumption of fossil fuels.
Revisiting International Energy Outlook 2001
In late 2001 Roger Blanchard published a critique of the EIA’s publication “International Energy Outlook 2001”. Roger thought they would miss their mark. Four years later I thought I would check some of their predictions and see how they were doing.
Peak Oil – Dec 2
Investing: another peek at peak oil / Washington stirs / Aleklett in NZ / Peak Oil Is Happening Now / Syriana and Iraq
How Europe is choking itself – and the world
How Europe is choking itself – and the world
Revealed: environmental cost of continent’s consumption
Other Energy – Dec 2
Global warming scuppers Blair’s nuclear power plans / Oil Shale Technology – Old & New / Saudi’s plan refineries in South Korea and Philippines / Kentucky faces big backlog of abandoned oil, gas wells / Calpine runs out of gas
