Renewables – May 30
Who owns the wind?
PV costs to decrease 40% by 2010
Spain’s new renewable energy rules
Staff
Where does your food come from?
Do you know where your fish is from?
Has big business turned organics into ‘yuppy chow’?
British film-makers ask: what is the hidden cost of your £2 latte?
From a Chinese oil refinery to your Twinkie
Producers – May 30
Middle East makes inroads into Alberta oil patch
Deals signed on Malacca Strait pipeline
Pickens eyes $70 mln for Clean Energy IPO
APEC to study impact of state-owned oil companies
Is the story of Iraq’s ‘massive untapped oil reserves’ fact or fictions?
Huge gas reserves found in southwest China
G8 must focus on energy, not just economy – Russia
The world should rethink its emphasis on unfettered economic growth and boost efforts to create environmentally-friendly sources of fuel, a draft statement by oil and gas giant Russia ahead of a G8 summit says.
The American Planning Association talks sustainability
As green building and alternative energy enjoy a new surge of interest and investment, planners have an important role to play in making sustainability possible in cities.
Peak oil – May 30
CNN special: We were warned: Out of oil
ODAC News
Sharon Astyk: Feels like I’m dying
peak oil in 600 words or less
Deep thinking – May 30
Interview with Thomas Homer-Dixon
The hard facts about parabolic spikes
[More] or (Less)
Because we’re worth it
Toxic Culture USA
John Michael Greer: Future fiction
Strange – May 30
Eating radiation: A new form of energy? (MIT)
Florida man invents machine to turn water into fire
Going West in China
I glanced out of my office window into the grey smog covering Chongqing, a city of 30 million people and have some thoughts to add on the expansion of this economy.
Preparing for Powerdown
This isnt just an oil peak- it is an all-time energy peak for humanity. Solutions are to be found by creating small-scale, local communities, and each community needs to work towards self-reliance in food, energy and essential trades and services.
Peak Oil – May 29
Kunstler: We Want Solutions!
Oil Prices; Blowin in the Wind
Limits To Growth?
Oil more expensive than it appears
Climate – May 29
Start here to learn about climate change
Kookaburra in the coal mine
Rich must pay bulk of climate change bill, Oxfam says
The cruelties of global warming
The Canadian Arctic: Anxiously watching a different world
Victim of climate change, Alaskan town seeks a lifeline
