Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
London, Tokyo submerged by rising seas- in “Second Life”
Planting right trees could combat warming
Arctic meltdown creates hot policy issues
Taking the climate fight to Megawatt Valley
‘Hypocritical’ NSW Govt expanding coal export facilities
“Over the past two or three years or so, I’ve become pretty sure that peak oil isn’t as imminent as I first thought. There are a couple of reasons for this.”
“Global coal reserve data are of poor quality, but seem to be biased towards the high side. Production profile projections suggest the global peak of coal production to occur around 2025 at 30 percent above current production in the best case. There should be a wide discussion on this subject leading to better data in order to provide a reliable and transparent basis for long term decisions regarding the future structure of our energy system.” (Excerpts)
Peak oil at conference of American Assn of Petroleum Geologists
Heinberg interviewed on Iran and on peak coal
ASPO-USA site to be reinvigorated
Peak Coal – coming soon?
Simmons: Coal’s role in a peak oil world
Heinberg: Burning the furniture
PM’s forest plan ‘hypocritical’
Carbon karma: Green festival in Castlemaine
Carr predicts carbon trading among individuals
IPCC experts warn of climate mayhem
Howard’s punt is on the money
Australia faces extreme weather rise, says leaked UN report
Gore warns Congress of ‘planetary emergency’
Next big thing in environmental law: climate change
A technology competition to save the planet
Global boom in coal power – and emissions
Germany plans coal power plants
The precarious future of coal
A soon-to-be-released study by the Energy Watch Group in Germany on the future of global coal supplies has implications so surprising and far-reaching that energy policymakers may take years to digest it. The report’s central conclusion is that minable global coal reserves are much smaller than is commonly thought, and that a peak in world coal production is likely within only ten to fifteen years.
Arctic could have iceless summers by 2100
Warmest winter on record
Alberta is Canada’s top GHG polluter
Climate change ended Angkor
Clean coal technology ‘a lost opportunity’
Report: Burying greenhouses gases will be key
Interview with MIT coal report co-chair
Afghan Mine mirrors nation’s descent into hell
Study: Coal industry faces bleak future
Leading academics from an interdisciplinary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) panel issued a report today that examines how the world can continue to use coal, an abundant and inexpensive fuel, in a way that mitigates, instead of worsens, the global warming crisis.
