Geopolitics – Jan 25
High oil prices prompt a scramble for Africa
An oil-powered Russia
Elites love to pig out on energy
Staff
Economics – Jan 25
For those too young to remember, this is what a recession looks like
‘Bernanke rides to the rescue’ – more cowboy deception
Reich: The Politics of an economic nightmare
Soros: The worst market crisis in 60 years
Steady state economy
Nuclear – Jan 25
Drought could force nuke-plant shutdowns
Future of Yucca, expansion of nuclear
Biofuels – Jan 25
Vinod Khosla: Biomass I, II and III
Der Spiegel: Critique mounts against biofuels
Food & agriculture – Jan 25
Eco-Farm: Eric Schlosser on Florida pickers and fair wages
Gates hopes his money can help poorest farmers
Canada: Faraway food production
Mendocino renegade
Housing & urban design – Jan 25
My other car is a bright green city
Daniel Lerch on post carbon cities
Mayors climate protection summit
Peak oil – Jan 25
Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years
The Gospel According to Matthew [Simmons]
Hagens, Savinar interview
PO talk in Minnesota
PO activist in Saturdays’s WSJ
Climate – Jan 24
Academia moving fast enough on climate change?
Europe plans revamp of carbon trading
Businesses want a say in global-warming bill
Photojournalist Braasch gives first-hand account of warming’s impact
Waste – Jan 24
From toilet to tap
Whole Foods sacks plastic bags
Ontario to end ban on clotheslines
Peak oil – Jan 24
Candid piece on PO from Bloomberg: “Prius designer says industry must lose oil addiction”
Energy: Centre of power is on the move
The universal mining nachine
Oil pimping: Kunstler interview
Lawn to farm: suburbia’s silver lining
I look at the empty countryside around our farm and can’t help but wish it were as thick with people as when my grandparents made a living here.
The peak oil crisis: The future of cars – part 1
Since the end of World War II, the private gasoline-powered automobile has become the center of life in America. There are few other cultures in the world today that are not trying to emulate America as soon as their economic circumstances permit.
