Cities – Oct 23
Vaxjo, Sweden: A pioneering ‘clean’ city
Tehran air clears with anti-pollution efforts
Egypt: Environmental make-over for an ancient industry
Bradford: the greenest city in the UK
Some cities try going ‘green’ with blackouts
Staff
Food & agriculture – Oct 23
The farmer’s daughter has spiky black hair, 4-inch heels and rock-star dreams
Urban foraging and guerrilla gardening
Food supply and energy: What is the role of oil price?
Dysfunction – Oct 23
Canada: We’re the fattest nation of them all
Bob Dylan’s new ad for SUVs
Higher metal prices make theft attractive
Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids’ bodies
Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash fouling swath of Pacific Ocean
Planet in Peril starts on CNN tonight
Beginning tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT, CNN will air a two-part documentary that takes viewers to the front lines of environmental change. It focuses on four main issues: climate change, deforestation, species loss, and overpopulation. The four-hour documentary was filmed across four continents and 13 countries. (Check local schedule)
Fire and drought – Oct 23
New to being dry, the South struggles to adapt
California has enough water
Expert: Warming climate fuels mega-fires
China – Oct 23
China moves towards energy, not oil
Why China can withstand $90 oil- and higher
China’s rising living standard cranks up resource competition
Depletion and forecasts – Oct 23
Professor Saeedi: A catastrophic loss of 3.9 trillion Dollars in Iran’s oil reservoirs
RenCap again cuts Russian oil output forecast
CFR: Non-OPEC oil production
Council on Foreign Relations: Global oil trends
Climate policy – Oct 23
Climate change is a war that we must fight (Australia)
New Zealand aims to be world’s first carbon neutral nation
Swiss vote goes green with climate change
Green tech – Oct 23
What will turn the tide towards sustainability?
Labor of Lovins
Morgan Stanley sees $1 trillion green mkt by 2030
Hard times – Oct 23
Will increased income and wealth disparity lead to generational class war?
Why is Vancouver eating its young?
The heat or eat dilemma
Living paycheck to paycheck gets harder
Energy prices – Oct 23
Electricity prices see biggest jump in 25 years
The Economist: Roll out the $100 barrel?
Are oil prices at their highest? Hard to tell
Peak universe
While the price of oil ratcheted up hour by hour, the ASPO-USA conference members heard from an impressive range of experts who have been leading the public conversation on the Peak Oil story – with no help from the mainstream media or the political sector.
