Water & environment – Jan 23
When will the water run out?
Old-Growth Forests Dying Off in U.S. West
Ecologists warn the planet is running short of water
Staff
Food & agriculture – Jan 23
Gene Logsdon: Andrew Wyeth and the Percheron on the world’s most famous farm
Grow your own: The seeds of change
Foodie Food Storage
Peak oil & prices – Jan 22
The Dystopians
Interview with James Howard Kunstler
Top 100 Stories of 2008 #1: The Post-Oil Era Begins
Oil Price Over $100, in a Blink
United States – Jan 22
Bush advisors told him downturn ‘could be greater than the Great Depression’
Pascal’s Wager and Climate Change
The Pornography of Political Fear
Renewables & efficiency Jan 22
The Cost of the Biofuel Boom: Destroying Indonesia’s Forests
Advice to Pres. Obama: go for wind power, seriously
Open Letter on Biofuels
Crunching Electricity Demand With Smart Grids
EntropyPawsed Solar Electric System
Europe – Jan 22
Iceland’s coalition struggles to survive protests
Renewing Renewables
Lessons from the Russian Gas Dispute
The peak oil crisis: what of 2009?
The big unknowns for 2009 are just how far and how fast the world’s GDPs are going to fall and just how fast the demand for oil will fall with them.
Peak for Pemex could help push Mexico to ruin
Wednesday, Pemex is expected to release historic reduced output numbers. With everything going wrong with Mexico internally, what can the government do about losing revenue from its largest cash cow? Will Mexico continue to be a steady U.S. supplier? By the time it’s all over U.S. troops may be securing what’s left of Mexico’s oil fields.
Peak Oil – Jan 21
A prince and four peaks: peak oil, gas, coal and uranium
Forget “peak oil”, West’s demand growth peaking
The twilight of an age (John Michael Greer interview)
ASPO Newsletter – December 2008
Energy industry – Jan 21
Two directors take on oil industry
Court Halts Oil and Gas Leasing in Utah Wilderness
Oil Addiction: Don’t Count on Mexico to Supplant Mid-East Crude
United States – Jan 21
Obama Starts ‘Remaking America” By Tackling Banks, Afghanistan
Pile up! KU report makes commute even more depressing
Crop to Cuisine: The Politics of Food
2009 Japan prize honors lead author of ‘”The Limits to Growth”
Dr. Dennis Meadows, lead scientist and co-author of The Limits to Growth (1972) and its subsequent updates, is the winner of this year’s Japan Prize from the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan for “Transformation towards a sustainable society in harmony with nature.” This prestigious award is given once a year to people from all parts of the world whose original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for humankind.
