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John Michael Greer The end of the age of cheap abundant energy marks a watershed in the history of industrial society. The rise of resource nationalism in recent years is one foreshock of a transformation that promises to leave little of today’s conventional economic wisdom unshaken.
I have seen a number of films on Peak Oil, climate change and the other ills of our society and planet, but none has moved me so much as this one.
Juan Cole: Oil peak or peak oil?
New Scientist reviews Crude Awakening
Oilwatch Monthly – October 2007
World energy and population: trends to 2100
Earth’s natural wealth: an audit
ODAC News
Local groups use peer pressure – and fines – to cut carbon emissions
Harvest the rain; build a rain garden
Sweden’s sustainable finance system
Hey kids, check out these energy-saving tips
Harvest: Around the world in crops (photos)
World Bank neglects African farming
The challenges of Chinese organics
Climate change creating jobs (in agriculture)
Warming prompts California water regulators
Rhode Island planners ready for sea-level rise
Rob Hopkins: The single most depressing thing I have ever read
Sharon Astyk: Have we hit the critical climate tipping point?
Barriers keep fresh, organic food out of school lunches
How does Alice Waters’ message play in the Heartland?
Do food miles make a difference to global warming?
Albuquerque: Why are we planning for growth when we need to cut back?
Oil vulnerability auditing
England’s countryside ‘set to vanish in decades’
Prospects for organic solar cells damaged By questionable reports
Human waste can help save planet: Indian expert
California fuels expert Alex Farrell makes case for low carbon fuel standard
No long-term global oil shortage: US official
Thomas Friedman on Van Jones
Le Monde:
Bush, climate and the technology illusion
Energy package is hung up on taxes on oil cos.
Global warming divides G.O.P. contenders
Candidate Ron Paul on energy and the environment
Soaring oil prices have yet to derail economy
Economies adjust as oil heads for $90 a barrel
When oil prices rise, so does just about everything else
Finance Round-Up from TOD:Canada
Not much oil at risk from Turkey/Iraq tension
We’re doing all we can: OPEC chief
Consumption of Venezuelan crude oil and petroleum products rising sharply
‘Many in the US military think Bush and Cheney are out of control’
Ecuador oil: more trouble ahead
