Food & agriculture – June 13
Biochar surprise: less oxygen could be just the trick
Could Vermont feed itself?
Food bills rise as China gets a taste for milk and honey
Stashing seeds in ‘Noah’s fridge’
Staff
Solutions & sustainability – June 13
Transition Towns on BBC’s “You and Yours”
No Impact Man plugs “Riot for Austerity”
Helping planners set a context for local emission reduction targets
Intel and Google’s energy drive
Peak oil – June 13
Calif. Inst. of Technology researcher: “Hubbert’s peak, coal, and climate change”
ODAC News
Petrol problems about peak oil, not snake oil
4 takes on oil demand, supply and disruption
BP Energy Review: World has enough oil for 40 years
Climate – June 13
Scientists to Canada: clean your dirty snow
India snubs West on climate change
Monbiot’s final response to Alexander Cockburn
Greenland ice melt speeds up
United States – June 12
Senators to begin work on energy measure
Energy efficient, but still using more
To some, high gas prices have a silver lining
Deep thinking – June 12
The Shockwave Rider
Monthly Review: A new war on the planet?
Ancient innovations for present conventions toward extinction
How close to peak oil are we?
A simple observation – or why peak will be earlier than most people expect: “Global production falls when loss of output from countries in decline exceeds gains in output from those that are expanding.” (Slide presentation by the editor of Petroleum Review.)
Environment – June 12
“Humongous fungus” – the world’s largest organism – takes toll on fir forest
Antibacterial products may do more harm than good
As Northeast U.S. warms, tiny pests take root
Stemming tide of plastic bags in California
Climate – June 12
Impure as the driven snow
The wrath of 2007: America’s great drought
Kilimanjaro not a victim of climate change, UW scientist says
Climate policy – June 12
The Democrats lag on warming
Mexico taking a lead role in global warming
Coal – June 12
Historic coal peaks (peak coal)
Newcastle ‘to lose 2m tonnes in coal’
Peak oil – June 12
Heinberg video: “Global responses to climate change and fossil fuel depletion”
Oilwatch Monthly – June 2007
Energy news round-up from Canada
