Oil prices and supplies – Mar 27
Oil hits $108 on pipeline blast
Seeking supply: Al Husseini interview
Hofmeister on Charlie Rose – ugly mood about energy prices?
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Peak oil – Mar 27
ASPO hopes for a PO caucus in Mass.
Peak oil “Civil Defense Manual” for BC
Peak oil? Consider it solved
Mich. PO conference spkr deadline Mar 31
A recipe for disaster
Signs of an economic meltdown are springing up all around us. The U.S. is almost certainly in a recession now, but the worst is yet to come.
Over the next year we’re going to learn a lot about global oil demand and prices.
The expected economic impact of an energy downturn
We live in a finite world, and we are reaching limits in many ways – easy to extract oil is being exhausted, fresh water is in increasingly short supply, and climate change caused by human activity is becoming more of an issue. Because of these constraints, it is likely that economic growth will stagnate and eventually decline. [Transcript of a talk]
Climate at the Poles – Mar 26
Ice shrink in Arctic sea may attract oil firms
Antarctic ice shelf collapses
Land deal could open Alaska wildlife refuge to oil
Nuclear – Mar 26
Nuclear is UK’s new North Sea oil – minister
Nuclear power debate heats up in Europe
Geopolitics – Mar 26
Bangladesh fighting back against climate domination by rich nations
Swiss-Iran energy deal angers U.S.
Iraq oil animation from populist Hightower
United States – Mar 26
NY Times: Pain at the pump and beyond
Millions of jobs of a different collar (what are green jobs?)
For carbon emissions, a goal of less than zero for businesses
Food & agriculture – Mar 26
Sulfuric acid prices explode (due to biofuels, fertilizer demand)
Pig slurry solution to high fertilizer prices
UK fishing industry turning green
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 26
Scorned trash pickers become global environmental force
New green query: how often do you shower?
Project laundry list: “Hanging out” is time well spent
Renewable energy – the gritty reality
Bambi and Nemo are ‘unsung heroes of the green lobby’
Urban design – Mar 26
Transition Towns movement hits “The Archers”, UK cultural intitution
Urban jungle: growing fruit and vegetables in UK town-centres
China’s green building movement
Kunstler on zoning and “starchitects”
United States – Mar 25
White House sets long view on oil
Make oil a public utility
Into the economic abyss
Truckers ‘going broke’ and threatening to strike
‘You’re working for gas now’
