Peak oil notes – June 18
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– Iran
Activism
Europe & UK – June 15
Emerald Isle plots green revolution
‘Global warming is hoax’ (but not peak oil): the world according to BNP’s Nick Griffin
Caroline Lucas: Forget the BNP. What about the planet?
Jobbik Rising (rightist party in Hungary)
Venice turns to tap to cut trash
Transition – June 13
Online screening of ‘In Transition’ for 72 hours
Financial crisis: high noon on the high street
Transition culture: Pushing back to a greener future
Transitioning Tampa Bay into sustainable communities
UK & Europe – June 9
European communist parties on energy
German regions selected for electric mobility pilots
Economy Shows Cracks in European Union
Alistair Darling says Labour to blame for BNP poll success
Obama’s speech to the Mideast
Obama’s Middle East Speech: VIDEO, Full Text
Using New Language, President Shows Understanding for Both Sides in Middle East
Obama’s Cairo speech
Shibley Telhami on Obama’s Historic Speech
UK & Europe – June 2
Beyond Westminster’s bankrupted practices, a new idealism is emerging (Transition movement)
Will Hammersmith eco-village inspire new generation of Diggers?
Critique of European liberal policy on energy
Solutions & sustainability – May 28
The Powerdown Show: brilliant, and now available
A Job and No Mortgage for All in a Spanish Town
The Case for Working With Your Hands
How To Boil A Frog (film review)
A lively film promoting activism via video that is in itself a sophisticated example of the medium. With a personal narrative from author/activist Jon Cooksey, this is a rapid fire account of five problems that are bringing the human race to the brink of disaster due to ecological deterioration of the planet.
The sinking Titanic: interview with Michael C. Ruppert
Interview with investigative journalist and author Michael C. Ruppert about his new book A Presidential Energy Policy.
U.S. discovers social democracy
As smash-and-grab capitalism collapses, the French economy shines
The happiest taxes on earth
Going Dutch
Capitalism’s fault lines (Richard Posner’s turnaround)
Movies, writing, science – May 19
How to Boil a Frog – the movie
Sleep Dealer – science fiction from below
Dating guide for the left-wing writer
Chris Mooney: Much of the public just doesn’t “get” science
United Kingdom – May 14
UK advertising rules save us from the climate lobbying mess in the US
Green movement ‘hijacked’ by politics
Monbiot: Funding for academic research has been taken over by business
G20 police ‘used undercover men to incite crowds’
