Collapse – Jan 9
Collapse of civilisations linked to monsoon changes
Climate change killed off dynasties in China, Mexico
Apocalypto: a movie review
Staff
China – Jan 9
China pushes ‘Green GDP’ – officials unsure
Confusion over energy (biofuels)
China’s coal future (part 2)
Cars – Jan 9
SUV growth grinds to a halt
Detroit auto show: where’s the green?
GM’s Volt recharges interest in electric cars
This guy gets 59mpg in a plain old Accord-beat that, punk.
Climate – Jan 9
Warming could spur weed “evolution explosion”
Richest fuel global warming – poorest suffer most
What Gore hasn’t told you about global warming
Transport – Jan 9
Carry on flying, says Blair – science will save the planet
Monbiot: open letter to the prime minister
Cities rediscover allure of streetcars
Bridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism
The problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil both result from societal dependence on fossil fuels. But just how the impacts of these two problems relate to one another, and how policies to address them should differ or overlap, are questions that have so far not been adequately discussed.
Biofuels – Jan 8
Minnesota poised to go green
NYT: Rise in ethanol raises concerns about corn as a food
Soybeans may grow scarce
Climate – Jan 8
Interview with Greenpeace director
Blizzards, reindeer, darkness: new Klondike is hottest place in Europe
Kunstler on The Warming
Environment – Jan 8
Life on Mars? We may have found it – and killed it
Grim prognosis for Earth
How quickly are animals and plants disappearing, and does it matter?
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 8
10 books on solutions for energy descent
Google hires William McDonough to design green center
Online activism 2.0: movement building
Energy consumption – Jan 8
Clean air vs. TV in poor India villages
Japan:
the land of rising conservation
Taking control of electric bill, hour by hour
E. Europe: Open windows in winter
Colorado’s electricity infrastructure needs jump-start
Peak oil – Jan 8
Slick new Peak Oil Primer from ASPO-Spain
Heinberg: bridging peak oil and climate change activism
Kunstler: A wake-up call in the shadow of oil scarcity
Kunstler foreshadowed
Reason: political peak oil
