Energy Crunch: on the edge?
Our energy and climate systems are being pushed to the edge. With global supplies entering a new era of insecurity, the scramble to prop up business as usual has intensified.
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Oil is Back!
Despite what you may think, Americans, on average, are driving more miles every day, not fewer, filling ever more fuel tanks with ever more gasoline, and evidently feeling ever less bad about it.
Degrowth and the Carbon Budget: Powerdown Strategies for Climate Stability – Part 2
In order to fully understand the necessary scale and speed of action required to significantly reduce climate change risks, citizens and governments must first understand the full extent and implications of the carbon budget challenge.
The Case for a Moratorium On Tar Sands Development
The rush to develop this resource has outpaced sound analysis of the impacts on the environment, human health, and the global climate system.
Degrowth and the Carbon Budget: Powerdown Strategies for Climate Stability – Part 1
In order to keep within a ‘safe’ temperature threshold, deep and rapid decarbonisation is required, and yet existing trends show that global emissions are still growing rapidly.
Why Peak Oil Refuses to Die
Peak oil and climate change are two sides of the same coin. The coin itself represents our reliance on fossil fuels and their unique energetic benefits.
A Big Summer Story You Missed: Soaring Oil Debt
Last July the government agency, which has collected mundane statistics on energy matters for decades, quietly revealed that 127 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies are running out of cash.
As Obama Settles on Nonbinding Treaty, “Only a Big Movement” Can Take on Global Warming
As international climate scientists warn runaway greenhouse gas emissions could cause "severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts," the Obama administration is abandoning attempts to have Congress agree to a legally binding international climate deal.
Burning the Budget
The U.S. Forest Service is spending so much of its money fighting fires that it’s struggling to keep our national forests healthy.
Climate Comeback: A Grassroots Movement Steps Back Into the International Arena
The citizens’ movement for action on the global climate crisis has, over time, developed a love-hate relationship with international campaigning.
Mideast Water Wars: In Iraq, A Battle for Control of Water
Conflicts over water have long haunted the Middle East. Yet in the current fighting in Iraq, the major dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are seen not just as strategic targets but as powerful weapons of war.
During extreme drought, farmers try for resiliency
For those who take the long view, there are bigger ideas to achieve resilience in the face of extreme weather.
