Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The Internet writings of John Michael Greer—beyond any doubt the greatest peak oil historian in the English language—have finally made their way into print. Greer’s searingly perceptive blog entries on peak oil, which for the past several years have enjoyed a robust online following, have now been incorporated into a single bound volume from New Society Publishers titled The Long Descent.
The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons (updated)
Against all the odds, the world is becoming a happier place
Lessons from Climate Camp
The fastest way to put the brakes on global heating (it’s not George Monbiot’s)
World Bank increases fossil-fuel funding despite pledge
Polar bears’ long swims blamed on global warming
Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study
Statistical fluke prevents nuclear incident in Ohio
Debbie Cook: Abandon 19th century fuels and move toward 21st century reponses
Drilling boom revives hopes for natural gas
Schumer: “The drilling issue has peaked”
Big Coal’s Big-Time Lobby
Coal production and consumption in China
China warns on winter energy supply
German churches set up energy firm to fight rising fuel prices
George Monbiot: Climate change is not anarchy’s football
UK risks climate leadership over dirty coal, say US groups
Barack Obama selects Biden as his running mate (Biden’s energy positions)
Energy politics proving difficult to master
‘A whole new world’: oil and Alaska
Xcel takes unusual step to shut down coal power plants
Pickens’ plan and California’s Proposition 10
Californians wary of costs of going green: survey
More than halfway through the games, a rarity for Beijing: a breath of fresh air
Coal’s toxic legacy to the Arctic
Birds can’t keep up with climate change: study
Oman turns to coal for power
Carbon sequestration frustration
Oil shale stuck between rock and wild place
Survey of the ecological and economic resources critical to the perpetuation of our American way of life.
Friedman on McCain & renewables: 8 strikes and you’re out
Colbert on offshore drilling
Raleigh county mountain at center of coal vs. wind debate
Beware the energy hot air (the Pickens plan)
Woolsey on T Boone Pickens
API: Oil demand at 5-year low
Windfall tax lets Alaska rake in billions from Big Oil
Do it ALL for energy?
China chemicals starve Indian pharma
Transport costs could alter world trade
Exports account for one-third of China’s emissions
