Food & agriculture – April 19
TOD: Energy-conscious cuisine
Toronto exhibit highlights city dwellers growing own food
Beauty and the vegetable (insane EU regulations)
Organic White House garden puts some conventional panties in a twist
Staff
United States – April 18
New ruling: Carbon emissions pose danger, EPA finds
Energy Secretary Chu, on power sources old and new
Pentagon prioritizes pursuit of alternative fuel sources
Elizabeth Warren makes Jon Stewart feel better about bailout
Why Obama’s bank bailout could be bad for the environment
Protest – April 18
British police arrest protesters before coal protest
How do environmentalists spot a mole?
Kettling: another special relationship
Rush builds a socialist revolution?
Farmers – April 18
For young Japanese, it’s back to the farm
Industrial hemp
7 steps to solving the food crisis
In praise of peasants
Nobler instincts take time
Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a USC neuroscience group. Fast-paced digital media tools may direct some heavy users away from traditional avenues for learning about humanity, such as engagement with literature or face-to-face social interactions.
Renewables and biofuels – April 18
Can China catch a cool breeze?
Algae could ‘supply entire world with aviation fuel’
Environment Agency questions green credentials of biomass
Global palm oil demand fueling deforestation
Peak oil – April 18
Charles Hall in American Scientist: Revisiting the Limits to Growth after peak oil
Matt Simmons video
The “peak oil disruptor” – 4 rules to address the “global energy transition”
North Sea protection: U.K. oil industry seeks aid
Climate & water – April 17
Top scientists to gather at “350 Climate Conference” at Columbia U. May 2 (registration open)
Trees may dry up with global warming
Retreat of Andean glaciers foretells global water woes
Dry taps in Mexico City: a water crisis gets worse
Coping – April 17
How Americans spend now: thrift nation (TIME)
When you’re flush, but acting flat broke
Economic survivalists take root
No cash? Barter for services with “dibits”
ODAC Newsletter – 17 Apr
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Peak oil – April 17
Fort Collins Clean Energy Conference hosts RFK Jr., Shell Oil physicist
The 2009 EIA energy conference: day 2
Total, the ‘peak oil’ believer’s favourite IOC
Dave Cohen: Real GDP and the oil shock of 2007-08
Population – April 17
Paying for the excesses of youth
Consumption dwarfs population as main environmental threat
Attenborough warns on population
Overpopulation is a cultural challenge
