ODAC Newsletter – Nov 27
A weekly digest from a UK perspective.
Staff
United States – Nov 27
Democrats brace for ‘midnight rules’ from Bush
Bad economy threatens Obama’s climate fix
White House prods allies to oppose limits on greenhouse gases
Left out of the bailout: the poor
United Kingdom – Nov 27
From the village green to the village blue
Homes and offices should take ‘green MoT’, says thinktank
Wasted opportunities
Transport – Nov 26
Ride-sharing: A technology for the long emergency
Always-on headlines in the EU – accelerating peak oil?
How US is Losing the Plug-in Race
Climate & environment – Nov 26
Heinberg: Top of the Food Chain
Carbon is forever
Acidic seas threaten coral and mussels
George Monbiot is arguing with me… that has to be good
The words “holy crap” were pretty much the first ones to my lips this morning, when several people sent me George Monbiot’s latest column…After being so flattered I could die, I suffered the irresistable desire to argue back, and I’m going to…
Energy policy – Nov 26
CBC finds secret advice to politicians: oilsands emissions hard to scrub
Global oil price collapse
World on cusp of clean tech revolution: Merrill Lynch
Financial crisis? That’s nothing
The IEA WEO 2008: Will coal usage be phased out?
Calls to pump up China’s oil stockpile
Biofuels & solar – Nov 26
Could a hyperactive hamster power your house?
Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet
Fuel from food? The feast is over
Solar towers will harness sunshine of southern Spain
Thanksgiving 2008 – Food Pantry Nation
Americans’ food stamp use nears all-time high
Food pantry woes
Food banks can’t meet growing demand
Peak oil – Nov 26
Kurt Cobb: The energy optimist’s lexicon
Norway slips on scarcer oil
Report available: “Impact of Peak Oil in South Australia”
Predicting future supply from undiscovered oil
Hubbert: King of the Technocrats
The peak oil crisis: electrical efficiency
Amidst all the bluster about “energy independence” the proper decision makers will soon figure out that tougher codes and regulations are the quickest and cheapest way to make progress towards this goal.
Water – Nov 26
One-third of China’s Yellow river ‘unfit for drinking or agriculture’
Water in the Middle East: Plugging the supply gap
Experts call for end of flushing toilets on World Toilet Day
