UK Government carbon transition plan – July 16
UK announces long-term carbon reduction strategy
Climate change: Green dreams
Energy bill rises to tackle climate change are tiny
Staff
Transport – July 16
England’s pork barrel politics is paying for airlines to burn the planet
Groups plan pedal power for the homeless
Ontario looks to jolt electric car market
On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming
Get wired (again): Trolleybuses and Trolleytrucks
Solutions & sustainability – July 16
Real People, Real Preparation, Part One
In Public Housing, Talking Up the Recycling Bin
High-rises on hold: What to do with empty lots?
Climate & responsibility – July 16
Introducing The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Policy
The Bill
Big Oil/Lundberg Survey Scare Tactics Against Climate Legislation
Peak oil notes – July 16
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– The Nabucco pipeline
Exxon: Late, But Always the Bride
Quite apart from the long-shot chance that the venture could actually succeed, Exxon benefits from being able to brandish an environmental pin on its lapel, and its association with an authentic biofuels rock star.
Nature, Wealth, and Money
Money may not be the root of all evil, as the often-misquoted proverb has it, but it has played a large and rarely recognized role in biasing the industrial economy toward its own self-destruction. In this post, part of a continuing series on the economics of peak oil, the Archdruid explores some of the ways that money distorts the production, distribution, and understanding of wealth.
Nations & resources – July 15
Obama remains diplomatic on oil and guns
European countries sign up for Nabucco deal to break Russia’s gas monopoly
Australian oil warning
Hard times – July 15
The State of Homelessness in the U.S.
Looming crisis spells stimulus (Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Will Lose Unemployment Benefits Soon)
Food banks squeezed by prices, demand
Reflections on the G8 summit – July 15
The Alternative G8 Summit: Final Summary Statement
The G-8 Is Dead
G8 summit features evolution of global governance
European pipeline politics – July 15
Pipeline politics
A Mideast Pipe Dream
Media ponder ‘energy chess game’
Three Plans for Fuel Emergencies
Three plans for fuel emergencies have recently been released by UK public sector agencies. This review compares the three plans, highlights certain points from each, and provides internet links to the documents.
