Transport – April 18
Tory transport policy to make rail a priority
New Yorker: The soul of the commuter
GM puts brakes on new rear-wheel drive vehicles
Staff
Deconstructing the New York Times
In its recent coverage of the world’s oil supply, the New York Times has failed to meet either of McChesney’s criteria for covering this paramount social issue.
Climate – Apr 17
Seattle Times challenges readers on climate
Climate scenarios scare, motivate kids
Step It Up rallies take aim at U.S. Congress
Dying creatures in rainforest – climate warming
Trees: Leafy, green and good
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 17
Cascadia: More than a dream
It’s all about distribution
Peak oil and “Little Miss Sunshine”
Kickstarting communications for a PO world
Welcome to Appropedia
Food & agriculture – Apr 17
Preparing for a world without honeybees
GAO: U.S. food aid practices are wasteful
Astyk:
Food security and relocalization
WSJ:
Ethanol helps lift food costs
Climate change poses serious threat to U.S. national security
New report was released Monday from blue-ribbon panel of senior admirals and generals. “People are saying they want to be perfectly convinced about climate science projections,” said retired General. Gordon R. Sullivan, former Army chief of staff. “But speaking as a soldier, we never have 100 percent certainty. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.”
Peak oil – Apr 17
UC Berkeley study: Risks of the oil transition
Peak Oil Law Center (what’s the future?)
“Crude Demand” film reviewed in Louisville
Humbugs Along the Potomac
With a track record for erroneous forecasting that verges on the spectacular, why should anyone bother to listen to EIA when more reliable predictions can be found on the daily astrology page?
Renewables – Apr 16
Earth, Wind & Fire
Solar energy conversion
Renewables branded a ‘crime’
Wanna bet the farm on carbon capture and sequestration?
But if you want to go on living on the planet Earth, then you’d better learn how to love sequestration. Because if sequestration doesn’t work, the planet is toast. (Excerpts from coverage of Senate hearing)
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 15
A manifesto for sustainability in design
PO/climate fiction: A Friend of the Earth
She used to get mad…now she’s getting even: Katharine Hamnett and ethical fashion
Citified suburbs becoming model for Bay Area
North America – Apr 15
What Cheney energy task force talked about
Global warming called U.S. security threat
Canada’s Dion: Put industry on a carbon diet
