Biofuels – May 2
U.S. eyes shift away from corn ethanol
Scientists advise halt to biofuels
Women farmers threatened by biofuels
Wheat, corn and ethanol fight for acres
Staff
Food – May 2
An unlikely way to save a species: serve it for dinner
No easy access to fresh groceries in many parts of Seattle
Food crisis – May 2
Bush seeks $770 million more in world food aid
Israel and PO: Food troubles are here to stay
China: Dealing with a rice crisis
Sharon Astyk: Why food is complicated
Fertilizers – May 2
NY Times: Shortages threaten farmers’ key tool: fertilizer
Vietnam’s farmers face paradox of the paddy
Scotsman: Global fertiliser shortage looming
United States & Canada – May 2
Thomas Friedman: Dumb as we wanna be
Lawmakers forced to give up gas-guzzlers
National security requires oil security plan
Canada: Ethanol to get green light
BC’s Liberals deserve prize for climate of secrecy
Deep thought – May 2
TOD Book Review: World Made by Hand
Darley: The day the gas dried up
Food, fuel, finance: crises are intertwined
Longtime environmentalist Speth: capitalism need a radical transformation
Demise of civilisation may be inevitable
Psychological – May 2
Green is the new neurotic
Eco-anxiety: a call to action
Astyk: Kindergarten ethics and disasters
We can survive but can we communicate?
Relocalization – May 2
Rethinking our food and fuel systems
Rob Hopkins: eco worrier
Totnes – their own currency
McKibben assesses environmentalism
Natural born survivors
Heinberg on resilient communities
Oil industry – May 2
Exxon profit soars, production falls
Lower oil production is the real story
Shell lambasted for pulling out of world’s biggest wind farm
Peak oil quotes
Fatih Birol interview: ‘Leave oil before it leaves us’
The International Energy Agency (IEA) gives the alarm: The world could run out of oil faster than expected – the danger of a supply shortage is rising. (Translation of an interview with the chief economist of the IEA)
Air travel – May 2
Rising costs reshaping air travel in US
Airlines face worst crisis since 2001
British Airways is big loser as public stay grounded
Flying into trouble
Before fossil fuels, Earth’s minerals kept CO2 in check
Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely tuned natural feedback system — a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed.
