Petrodollars – Jan 12
The petrodollars poser
Petrodollars funding US deficit
Petrodollar power poses a bigger threat than China
Russia opts for some roulette with mighty petrodollar fund
Staff
Strange & stranger – politics shifts greenward
Tories push for 80% carbon emissions cut
Schwarzenegger blurs political lines
Canada’s NDP plots to out-green its rivals
Stay-at-home Brown reveals his green credentials
“Be Prepared!” – investment advisor goes survivalist
Investing in ethanol
From a national security standpoint, large-scale ethanol production from corn will not make the nation more secure in any measurable way. It will certainly destabilize the nation’s food supply and disrupt traditional export patterns.
The only hope is unity
When people unite to fight a great, imminent threat, as I predict we will, as events and developments accelerate, there will be rapid progress towards addressing problems. (With a response by Dmitry Orlov.)
Justice, Farms and Victory Gardens
We have the power to feed ourselves even in a future of resource depletion if we are willing to do the work of creating a subsistence economy.
U.S. energy – Jan 11
Sen. committee hearing: geopolitics of oil (video)
Oil keeps U.S. vulnerable, lawmakers told
Green gripe with Obama: liquefied coal is still…coal
Alaska energy czar: Bush must look beyond diesel
Geopolitical – Jan 11
Venezuela to nationalise key industries
Iran leader woos Latin America
Plan for economic strangulation of Iran
Putin stands firm on oil blockade
Climate policy – Jan 11
Call for 20% EU cut in GHGs
We have a bit of a PR problem on global warming, ExxonMobil admits
Swiss Re issues global risks 2007 report
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 11
Frances Moore Lappé: creating real prosperity
Independence from the corporate global economy
Economics of life in balance
Blair’s blooper on air travel
Blair, Monday: I’m not offsetting carbon. Blair, yesterday: Er, I’ve had a rethink
Tony Juniper: sins of emission
Transport and cities – Jan 11
Cities most innovative in global warming fight
World at urban crossroads, warns report
Worldwatch’s Sheehan calls for federal action on efficiency and transportation
Worldwatch: our urban future
Peak oil – Jan 11
Headlines, yes we have headlines
Peak Moment Television
U.S. Green Pres. candidate on PO in N. Calif.
Joy ride to global collapse
(reflections on Kunstler)
