Transport – March 9
Revealed: how cars cause urban floods
States ready to rev up the rails, but freight trains are in the way
Electic-powered trucks in Russia
Worried automakers ponder
fuels of the future
Staff
Housing & urban design – Mar 9
Urban transportation strategies
Huge homes are out of style
Green acres is the place for many
Grow your own home from seed
Building energy-saving house from wine bottles
Europe – March 9
EU agrees to reduce carbon emissions by 20%
Split on nuclear power threatens climate agreement
Europe takes lead in fighting climate change
German cars need to go green
UK’s Milibrand on energy security and climate change
Far-right BNP: Going “Green” – thinking beyond Peak Oil!
Ghawar Is Dead!
Perhaps we should be mourning after the world’s largest oilfield, rather than dead celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, for Peak Oil means the death of the American dream, not just one queen of kitsch.
Biofuels & Latin America – Mar 9
Bush hails biofuels pact in Brazil
Brazil’s ethanol slaves
US looks to Brazil to fuel energy revolution
Cuba-Venezuela: Making biofuels without wasting food
Tortillas spark inflation, drive down Mexico’s peso
Pemex reduces its estimation of prospective resources in the Gulf by 60%
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) have dropped their estimation of prospective resources in the waters of the Gulf of México, in an area called Deep Coatzacoalcos, from 10 billion to 4 billion barrels.
The peak oil crisis: our 4 storms
Until last week, a good guess would have been that shortages in oil available for export would impact us first. This would be followed by economic decline, peak oil production, and finally a meaningful reduction in the burning of fossil fuel in response to global warming. News from the last few weeks, however, makes it look like more of a horse race.
Energy Policy – Mar 8
Chinese Premier vows targets must be met
Chinese Academy of Sciences on energy sources
Guardian: Giving up oil
Standard inertia from US Energy Department
Renewable energy fight likely to set EU summit mood
Renewables – Mar 8
What’s So Bad About Big?
PG&E sees power in North Coast waves
Analysis: Nile Basin energy future
Green energy deals ‘mislead customers’
Solutions & Sustainability – Mar 8
The Psychology of Energy Efficiency
Bay Localize
A Greener and Healthier Holi
Kinsale joins Willits in seeking energy self-sufficiency
Corporate hippies seek bliss in ‘Environmental’ Economy
Singing the Vegetable Opera
Has there ever been a financial collapse with brighter or louder warning signals?
Peak Oil – Mar 8
A Nosedive Into the Desert
Three new presentations from Matthew Simmons
Announcing the CERA News Center Archive
New documentary: “Escape from Suburbia”
Hubbert speaks!
