Housing & urban – Apr 23
Where we live may be to blame for obesity
Corporate subsidies that feed sprawl
New book: How Green is Your City?
Staff
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 23
Ashes to ashes isn’t such a hot idea
WSJ: Doing the math on carbon neutrality
More retailers go for green — the eco kind
How do you end up at Findhorn?
Transport – Apr 23
Farther, faster? Not anymore (Tainter at work)
Fill ‘er up. But with what? (Making ethanol more efficient)
Norwegian authorities fear steep crude decline
The Norwegian Oil Director is establishing “a slow and gradual decline” as a best case scenario for Norway, concluding that “serious efforts must be made in several areas” to achieve it. The alternative scenario? Steep decline.
Is Portland preparing for Pittsburgh’s future?
Pittsburgh should follow Portland’s example and get ready for the end of the fossil-fuel era
Where are the lifeboat communities?
Since the limits to growth first came into sight in the Seventies, the creation of “lifeboat communities” to preserve civilization’s legacy through the approaching dark ages has been much discussed. Very little has been done, though, to transform that discussion into action. Crucial lessons can be learned from that failure to act.
Media – Apr 22
WorldChanging Earth Day special
Local TV station WCCO does year-long series on energy
What to do? Apr 22
Jamais Cascio: Four futures for the earth
Ted Trainer: We can’t go on living like this
Carter had a powerful energy idea
Consume like there’s no tomorrow (critique of “shallow green” Sierra Club, ASES proposals)
ODAC News – Apr 22
Australia’s drought – situation grim
British Gas sees billions in green
Peaking of world oil production: Recent forecasts
Gasoline price rises as supply falls
The Peak Oil Crisis: Have the Troubles Begun
China turns net coal importer
China: Half of natural gas imported by ’20
East Siberian-Pacific Ocean pipeline struggles
Russians get rid of weakening dollar
Transport – Apr 22
Community Solutions on “The smart jitney: rapid, realistic transport”
Congestion fee proposed by New York mayor
Californians driving toward global warming: Solution? Smarter land use
Carbon tax threatens to ground Asia tourism
Making online maps bike-friendly
I dream of green schools
I dream of “green” schools in my community; of parents, students, teachers, and administrators working together to make our children’s education sustainable and earth-friendly.
Construction starts on world’s largest solar array
A groundbreaking will take place Monday at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the desolate, arid, windswept Mojave Desert. The ceremony will initiate construction on what will be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the United States, capable of producing 15-18 megawatts of power. The project highlights both the promise and the pitfalls of PV.
