Dysfunction – Feb 8
As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy Plunges
Irans nuclear plans in chaos
Uganda’s energy crisis continues
Learning From Chaco: P2P Risk Networks?
Staff
Bartlett addresss House on reducing fossil fuels
Three different groups in our country have common cause in campaigning for a reduction in the use of fossil fuels. The three interests are national security, peak oil and climate change.
Polar bears on parade
Are polar bears going to save the world from global warming? At a Senate committee hearing today on the effects of global warming on wildlife, the fate of polar bears seized center stage
Energy Policy – Feb 7
Pennsylvania Launches Energy Independence Plan
Nigeria’s Energy Crisis
Saudi to boost US forces fuel supply
China’s military ordered to cut energy use
China’s strategic oil reserve begins operation
Housing & urban design – Feb 7
The ubiquitous sprawls of America
Exurbs hardest hit in recent housing slump
Scholars to consider the shrinking of cities
Food & agriculture – Feb 7
Vegetarian is the new Prius
Dale Alan Pfeiffer on eating fossil fuels
Deconstructing dinner: Farming in the city
Cloned food items won’t come with warnings
Climate – who’s going first?
Globally, no rush to mend ways
China blames the west for global warming
Blame Canada for climate change
Brazil’s Lula blasts rich nations on climate
Carbon tax – Feb 7
Global warming’s simple remedy
Australia: A tax for our future
Climate ‘realism’ demands carbon tax
United States – Feb 7
Cheney’s fund manager attacks…Cheney (US energy policy)
From Afghanistan to Iraq: Connecting the dots
Going for broke On climate change
Image of change: not Toyota Prius, but the Berlin Wall crashing down
Australian Senate inquiry into future oil supply and alternative transport fuels
This inquiry was prompted by the question of whether Australia should be concerned about ‘peak oil’. This term refers to the theory that, for fundamental geological reasons, global conventional oil production will reach a peak and then start an irreversible decline soon enough to be of concern.
Biofuels – Feb 6
US News & World Rpt: Is ethanol the answer?
Indonesia: Massive biofuel program to go ahead despite concerns
NYT: The price of corn
Kudzu a potential fuel source
Food industry wants balanced biofuel policy
Bus Week: Food vs fuel
Climate – Feb 6
IPCC scientist Susan Solomon
WorldChanging:
Thoughts on climate
Veteran reporter: Doubt gives way to certainty
Turkey prepares action plan on climate change
Emissions of key greenhouse gas stabilise (methane)
