Climate & environment – Apr 25
Industry ignored its scientists on climate
Rich nation greenhouse gas emissions rise in 2007
Forest fires mostly overlooked by climate modelers
Is white the new green? (painting roofs white)
Staff
Coal – Apr 24
U.K. Says No New Coal Plants Without Carbon Capture
Monbiot: Miliband’s coal decision is cynical and meaningless
A ‘Propaganda War’ Over ‘Clean Coal’
The ‘Clean Coal’ Lobbying Blitz
Soros invests in carbon capture
Deep thought – Apr 24
Deadly Sins Taking Toll on the Earth
From Studying Chimps, a Theory on Cooking
10 Big, Really Hard Things We Can Do to Save the Planet
Transport – Apr 24
America needs passenger rail
Optimizing Transportation Infrastructure in a Changing World
Making Streets Safer For Seniors
Transition – Apr 24
Dark optmism: Jamais Cascio on The Transition Timeline
Transition Towns and participatory problem solving
Do Worry. Be Happy.
Time to start growing your own bread
It is gratifying to know there are still Americans who, instead of wringing their hands at a possible problem headed their way, start figuring what to do about it. Self-reliant people are taking a look at what is happening in our financial world and wondering if it is time to plow up the backyard or that old horse lot and plant some food.
People get ready – Apr 24
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
A Future Too Big to Fail: Ecological Ignorance and Economic Collapse
Is the 2000 Watt Society Sustainable in Switzerland?
Oil & the economy – Apr 24
Exxon Profits, Everyone Else…Not So Much
Blame oil, not banks, for recession
Further Evidence of the Influence of Energy on the U.S. Economy – Part 2
Revisiting the Limits to Growth after peak oil
In the 1970s a rising world population and the finite resources available to support it were hot topics. Interest faded — but it’s time to take another look
ODAC Guest Commentary – How green are electric cars?
I have been reading and watching with some bemusement a number of stories appearing in the British press and on television this past week on the subject of electric cars. The media interest is largely a reaction to the UK government’s recent announcement of plans to provide cash incentives to buyers of plug-in vehicles, designed to stimulate the market for highly efficient vehicles. A number of articles, some of which have hot-links from the ODAC website, have ‘experts’ variously dismissing the environmental benefits of electric cars as fiction, claiming their mass adoption will cause blackouts, or accusing the government of a cheap gimmick.
ODAC Newsletter – 24 Apr
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Planes, trains and automobiles
Maybe I’ve been wrong all along—maybe just believing is enough. Maybe we don’t have to actually use less oil now or ever. Maybe all we have to do is imagine we’re using less oil.
