Climate & environment – Dec 17
Pew’s Diringer discusses progress at Poznan talks, previews Copenhagen negotiations
Don’t expect recession to mean lower carbon emissions
Believe it or not, this was the tenth hottest year ever
Staff
New deal – Dec 17
Richard Heinberg on the Green New Deal
The Crisis: An Opportunity to Save the Planet
The newer deal for a newer world
Methane Hydrates: What are they thinking?
What is the next energy source that will give us what oil, coal and natural gas give us today? A Great many scientists, industry leaders and governments throughout the developed world believe that will be methane. More specifically they believe it will be methane hydrates.
Thoughts on Obama’s USDA pick
Barack Obama declared Wednesday his pick for Department of Agriculture chief, former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack. … Great. Rather than an advocate for a new, more sustainable, just, and healthy food system, we got someone who’s going to focus on burning food in car engines.
Ten practical tips for parenting in tough economic times.
The economic crisis is affecting the pocket book of many a family and as such, I’m starting to get questions as to how people can best cope. Here then are a few tips on parenting in difficult times.
Peak oil & copper – Dec 17
New Presentations by Matthew Simmons
Monbiot interviews Fatih Birol
Normally staid IEA says oil will peak in 2020
Chile: copper production down, copper price down … and it’s only going to get worse
Prices & supplies – Dec 17
Oil Prices Below $40 per Barrel
Will postponed investment push peak oil forward?
UK peak oil warning
UK Industry on Peak Oil: Virgin, Yahoo and Others Raise the Alarm
Preventing deforested moonscapes (part 3)
As peak oil arrives, and many Americans turn to wood fuel for heating and cooking, how can we mitigate the problems of particulate pollution and deforestation? Let’s talk about ways to get the appropriate information, skills, and technologies out to the public.
Mulch can cover a multitude of sins as well as weeds
Sometimes I think that Ruth Stout, the Queen of Mulch in the early days of organic gardening, did more to hurt the practice than to help it. She made it sound so easy and carefree. … As the old song puts in, “it ain’t necessarily so,” as we all found out. Mulching is one of the very best gardening practices, but like everything else, you have to master the details if you are hoping for quality time in the hammock.
Climate & environment – Dec 16
Next Climate Summit May Turn on Rich Nations’ Approach to Poor Ones
Global Warming, Hitler and World War II Rationing
Arctic melt passes the point of no return
Energy industry – Dec 16
Brazil: Petrobras euphoria fades with oil price
Greenwashing a tar sands sacrifice zone
UK faces energy blackouts without investment in nuclear and clean coal
Food & agriculture – Dec 15
Book review: German scientists developed fertilizer, then bombs and gases
Sainsbury’s pioneers food recycling process
Global grain rush under way as rich nations snap up farmland overseas
