China – Jan 4
China looks to coal bed methane
Chinese shrug off $100 oil
Mao’s home province goes green
Neighbors wary of China’s Three Gorges dam
Staff
$100 oil and the centuries-old art of the deal in Russia
Russians are among the most amazing negotiators in the world. Century after century, decade after decade, they somehow get westerners to fall over themselves to trade the store for access to the Russian market.
Food & agriculture – Jan 4
New Year’s food resolutions
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
UN to Asia: Grow more food in cities
UK beef producers getting short-changed
Jamie Oliver campaigns for chicken welfare
Renewables – Jan 4
Wafer-thin solar cells brings green power closer
New energy uses for asphalt
Shell, Biopetroleum to build algae plant
Europe’s biodiesel drive sputters
Burning biofuels may be worse than coal and oil, say experts
United Kingdom – Jan 4
David Fleming: The Lean Guide to Nuclear Energy (online booklet)
Scientists take on Brown over nuclear plans
Pressure to veto coal-fired power station
Climate policy – Jan 4
Alex Steffen: 350 ppm
Bert Bolin, 82, is dead; led UN climate panel
Earth Atmospheric Trust: A system to control climate change and reduce poverty
Climate – Jan 4
Melting ice may not explain warming Arctic
Nature and man jointly cook Arctic
Australia: This drought may never break
California feels health hazards
A nomadic life destroyed in Senegal
United States – Jan 4
NY Times: The one environmental issue
Global warming goes to court
Morgan Freeman on the end of oil
In Bush’s final year, the agenda gets greener
Environment gets unprecedented focus during campaign
Oil prices – Jan 4
IEA chief: Oil may rise to $150 on China demand
From $1.80 to $100 in 37 years
Matt Simmons: If demand rises 1.5% to 2%, economic growth may stall
WSJ: Higher oil prices long term may impede global growth
Peak oil – Jan 4
Vaitheeswaran vs Hirsch
Resource wars? A debate
Guardian on peak oil
Saudi Arabia: An attempt to link oil discoveries, proven reserves and production data
Medicine at the crossroads of energy and climate change
If medicine would regard peak oil as likely to occur within 12 years, in line with most predictions, then it will choose strategies which automatically address climate change as well. If the health care industry fails to lead, it will suffer the draconian consequences of having ignored the driving forces of the opening decades of the 21st century.
Survival tools — farming, stories, poetry, writing, and leaning
I sense that we are approaching a tipping point, so I decided to re-embed myself within institutions to have more contact with people and resources to help make a transition to whatever we can create to thrive during the changing times.
