Climate – June 8
Pushing the scary side of global warming (behind the scenes at IPCC)
Western USA: A drought for the ages
Hong Kong winters may vanish in 50 years
Global dimming, global warming & peak oil
Staff
Deep thinking – June 8
Archdruid: Is history on anyone’s side?
The empire of crime
Preaching the gospel of green
The thing about technology
The little sheikdom that could
Examining reserve numbers from Qatar underscores some of the problems in assessing the worlds proved oil stocks. Qatar could take a step toward resolving this uncertainty by allowing an independent audit of their reserves numbers.
Corn is for eating… or drinking
Unlike subsidies to farmers for growing corn, which tends to bring the price of corn down, the more corn that subsidized ethanol plants use, the higher the price rises, and so inevitably, the price of meat, milk and eggs too. Somewhere along the way, the consumer may face a momentous decision: shall I eat or shall I drive? The best use of corn in my opinion is to make good bourbon. At least we might die happy if our civilization crashes like the corn-dependent Mayan culture did.
G8 climate deal – June 7
Europe and U.S. reach climate deal
Environmentalists: “not worth the paper it was written on”
Merkel-Bush quarrel concerns details not substance
Bush outplays the other developed countries
On the edge – June 7
Cyclone Gonu: TOD post-mortem
OPEC: Drive on biofuels risks oil price surge
The Iraqi war against labor
Thomas Friedman: Our green bubble
Solutions & sustainability – June 7
Garrison Keillor makes case for simple life in a small town
Haul your non-recyclables on your back for 2 weeks? Ugh
David Hess on localism and social change
Farewell message from Sustainability Network Newsletter
Michael Shuman on local economic development
England swings – June 6
Transition Culture moving ahead in UK
London goes carbon crazy
Free electricity monitor
Blair: I can persuade Bush on climate change
Peak oil – June 6
Chris Skrebowski on spare global petroleum capacity
Cyclone Gonu Thread 3
ODAC News
Dysfunction – June 6
CIA Factbook: China has best current account balances; U.S. the worst
Helium: a vanishing commodity
Australian Farmers say government laws are illegal in land clearing
Nature-deficit disorder
Corn-based ethanol: Is this a solution?
Analysis of corn-based ethanol, with some surprising answers.
The peak oil crisis: Twin problems
Although very high U.S. gasoline prices should, in theory, allow us to outbid others for cargos of gasoline, there are many possibilities for disruptions to gasoline imports before the summer is over. Any piece of bad news is likely to lead to higher prices very quickly.
