Deep thinking – June 8
Archdruid: Is history on anyone’s side?
The empire of crime
Preaching the gospel of green
The thing about technology
Activism
Communication – Jun 3
A Note to Writers: Choose Your Voice and Your Media Carefully
Communication Tools: Make Them Simple and Ubiquitous or They Won’t Be Used
Not everyone’s a Feynmann
Depletion, racism and paving the road to hell
A while back a gentleman named Harvey Winston sent me an email, trying to explain why it is that the peak oil and climate change movements are as lily white as they are.
Geopolitics – May 28
Privatizing Iraq’s Oil for US Companies
UK presses Norway to direct new gas pipeline to Scotland
Japan Infiltrates the Middle East
About 70 pct of Iran oil income in non-U.S. dollar
Climate policy – May 26
California acts to limit use of coal power
Climate change activists plan Heathrow camp
Flying addicts take dim view of air taxes in poll
Relocalization: A strategic response to peak oil and climate change
The case for relocalization will be made in the context of responding sensibly to two problems facing societies right now: climate change and peak oil and gas. Relocalization advocates rebuilding more balanced local economies that emphasize securing basic needs.
Climate change despair and empowerment
“People are much more knowledgeable and ready to get involved. People are saying we are not here to discuss, we are here to take action.” (Interview with Australian climate change and rainforest protection activist Ruth Rosenhek.)
Dysfunction – May 18
Pivotal moment in the green scare
Dmitry Orlov: Civilization sabotages itself
Ten lessons from Katrina on our [in]ability to cope with crises
The view from the grassy knoll
Some leading authors on peak oil insist that US government complicity in the 9/11 attacks is crucial to understanding the subject. How relevant are these claims to the predicament of industrial society?
Labor conference on global warming fails to address energy
The labor movement has not yet grasped the relationship between climate change and fossil fuels. At a recent conference, union representatives began to grapple with the topic, but there are still differences between the U.S. and international efforts.
Tar sands – May 11
85-year-old grandmother takes on Syncrude
The censored website
Choke point for oil sands may be water shortage
Climate – May 8
Gore sees ‘spiritual crisis’ in warming
GAO: severe weather’s effect on insurers
Arctic land melts creates new land rush
Socialist Alliance on climate change
FT: The rush to go green could end in the red
Curbing warming won’t bankrupt economy
