Climate – Nov 10
Climate threatens agricultural crisis: UN /
Water flow in China’s Yellow River at record low /
Expert says oceans are turning acidic /
Billions needed to climate-proof Africa
Staff
Climate policy – Nov 10
Australian: no real energy for global action /
Peak CO2 needed by 2010-2013 /
Annan: As climate changes, can we? /
Nairobi climate talks split on CDM carbon burial
Review of George Monbiot’s “Heat”
The ultimate irony of Heat is that Monbiot’s prescription is probably the only one that can save this planet from the scourge of global warming, but that, as simple, direct and painless as it is, this prescription has about the same likelihood of actually coming about as a snowball’s chance in hell. Or, perhaps I should say, a snowball’s chance on Earth after Monbiot’s brave, well-researched, and ingenious ideas have been forgotten.
N. America energy policy – Nov 10
Lessons for U.S. from Russia and China /
‘Energy independence’ on Bush agenda /
Environment policy change in new House /
An acceleration toward alternative fuels? /
Door open for shift in energy policy /
Alberta’s Dinning calls nuclear power oilsands option
Boxer pledges shift on global warming
Momentous change, as Republican Sen. James Inhofe is replaced as head of U.S. Senate’s environmental committee. Sen. Inhofe has called global warming “the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people.”
Climate update – Nov 10
Boulder approves city-wide carbon tax /
Kenya’s Maasai plead for help against global warming /
The moral climate – climate coverage changes from science to economics to ethics /
IPCC scientists attacked by deniers /
Canadians’ use of cars, trucks drives up greenhouse gases
An assessment of world oil exports
ASPO-Portugal has developed a draft assessment of World Oil Exports, here defined has the total amount of liquid hydrocarbons that are surpluses in producing countries. This assessment is made by projecting into the future fixed change rates that reflect current trends in liquids production and consumption in countries where presently the difference between the two is positive. The outcome of this assessment is worrisome.
Wasting away
Allow me to introduce you to the greenest people I have ever known. They are paragons. If the world had only followed their example we might not now be facing the threat of either drowning in the floodwaters created by global warming or watching fertile land turn into desert.
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Let’s speak about energy (and a gas tax) now
Limiting fuel consumption is a matter of national security. Taxing such consumption – in increasing amounts over time – is a simple signal that this national security issue is taken seriously and that everyone is involved.
It’s the patriotic thing to do
Gov’t, industry on peak oil – Nov 9
Shell president on new fuels, energy security /
How Chevron spins black gold /
Energy Tribune Speaks with Guy Caruso (U.S. Dept of Energy)
Peak oil – Nov 9
ASPO-USA conference presentations online /
Our natural gas treadmill (ASPO talk) /
EB interviewed about recent energy stories /
Sad news from Michael Ruppert and FTW /
Ruppert: Evolution – a matter of community
Politics: Rebuilding Civil Society
The transformation of American democracy into an elective oligarchy funded by the profits of empire was one consequence of the petroleum-fueled prosperity of the 20th century. As cheap oil and American empire meet a common end, the renewal of civil society offers one option to begin rebuilding a viable society in the twilight of the industrial age.
