Climate Change Will Supersede Everything

By Michael Klare, Tom Dispatch

Why should climate change be included in a Department of Defense report on security developments in relation to the People’s Republic?

Can China Save the Planet?: Review

By Craig K. Comstock, Resilience.org

A current book asks Will China Save the Plamet? The author, Barbara Finamore, served as the China representative of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Her story gives first-hand material less for answering this question than for showing how a big country can  move from defensive nationalism to global leadership in starting the transition to a green economy.

Eco-Civ 101

By Albert Bates, The Great Change

If you want to put meaning into meaningless slogans, he said, think about an eco-civilization that means local resource sovereignty, multidiversity solidarity, and sustainable ecological safety.

What Does China’s “Ecological Civilization” Mean for Humanity’s Future?

By Jeremy Lent, Patterns of Meaning

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, affirms an ecological vision that is in line with progressive environmental thought. Is it mere rhetoric or does it have a deeper resonance within Chinese culture? The answer may ultimately have a profound effect on humanity’s future.

Stop using China as an excuse for inaction on climate change

By George Monbiot, The Guardian

Invoking Yellow Peril tropes over China’s carbon footprint fails to recognise the fact its energy use is tied to our consumption, the country’s coal demand is dropping and Chinese people care more about climate than we do

Peak oil review – Apr 1

By Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA

A weekly roundup, including: -Oil and the global economy -The Middle East -China's green GDP -Quotes of the week -The Briefs