Climate policy – Feb 22
Climate Code Red – the new denial and the failure Of democracy
Hunters, anglers join global-warming outcry
Poor need insurance against climate change
Energy Policy
The peak oil crisis: Connecting the dots
When you connect the dots, it says there is a very big change coming, a paradigm shift far greater than any of us have known in our lifetimes.
What is Canada doing about peak oil?
An open letter to Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Hon. Gary Lunn. The author has been researching peak oil for the National Farmers Union.
Climate policy – Feb 20
Costa Rica aims to be carbon-neutral
Climate change spurs local action
Rich, poor and climate change
24 world cities in ‘Earth Hour’ black-out
Monbiot: Juggle a few numbers, and it makes economic sense to kill people
Climate – Feb 20
Interview with author of Climate Code Red: the Case for a Sustainability Emergency
Snail loss catastrophic for food chain
Geopolitics – Feb 20
Slouching towards Petroeurostan (Iran oil bourse)
Korea resources diplomacy: aim for a
prudent, precise approach
Iraq oil law stalled, no end in sight
German regulator warns of Europe power shortages
Coal markets rocked by Eskom (S.A.)
Smoke and mirrors: China’s green energy
Coal – Feb 16
Vietnam to cut coal exports
Rethink coal dependence
U.S. moving toward ban on new coal-fired power plants
Oil industry – Feb 15
Quick hits from CERA’s oil day
Mankind can’t afford more oil drilling -Ex-BP exec
CERA: Aramco chief calls for energy planning, cooperation
Top oil firms spend more but get less crude
France wants global oil tax
Climate – Feb 13
Lake Mead could dry up by 2021
UK report: Climate change could kill thousands
Michael Klare: climate as security issue
GM chief urges dealers to oppose states’ greenhouse gas limits
Stopping deforestration better than biofuels
Tiny nations seek climate help at UN
Climate Code Red: The case for a sustainability emergency
Why peak oil and climate change must be treated together.
Peak oil address to House of Representatives
Ny wife tells me I shouldn’t be talking about these things because don’t I remember that in ancient Greece they killed the messenger that brought bad news. I tell her this is a good-news story. The sooner we start, the easier the trip will be. I’m really exhilarated by this.
Hard times – Feb 8
Tajikistan ‘facing catastrophe’
Frozen Tajikistan pleads for energy aid
Pakistan industry warns of economic turmoil due to energy crisis
Botswana power shortage a serious obstruction to growth
