Climate – July 6
Gray whales are skinnier; scientists suspect Arctic warming
Al Gore’s inconvenient tax
NY Times:
Global warming and your wallet
Energy Policy
Nuclear – July 4
Nuclear expansion is a pipe dream, says report
Nuclear demand will outstrip supply: CEO
US, Russia pledge to expand nuclear energy cooperation
Barack Obama’s nuclear ambitions
Energy policy – July 4
How we can survive the age of energy anxiety
Hindustan Times: A burst of energy
Germany’s Merkel presses energy efficiency, emission targets
Warning over Ireland’s oil dependence
China to impose tariff on energy-guzzling products
Oil industry – July 4
The true cost of oil: $65 trillion a year?
Shell chairman Ollila works to recast company
Oil majors have bit more life in them yet
U.S. climate policy – July 3
Schwarzenegger’s actions work against his tough talk
Al Gore:
Moving beyond Kyoto
Exxon Mobil: A proud oil giant comes to the climate change policy table
European climate policy – July 3
UK public ‘still sceptical on climate change’
Why hot air could be big business
HSBC and The Independent
EU warn: Adapt to climate change now
Monbiot: IPCC too optimistic on climate, UK response stymied by business interests
New prime minister steps up to the plate
Unrealized benefits of transport electrification are within reach
Disruptive high power battery technology is going into production in California. Moving transport combustion from the street to the power plant cuts oil utilization in half and reduces both “fuel” cost and emissions by two thirds.
North America – June 29
Dems’ plan on energy tilts (pale) green
California no longer leading on wind energy
Conservative think-tank calls for walloping carbon fee
Solutions & sustainability – June 28
The 12 steps of Transition – the movie(s)
Soil: The secret solution to global warming
Terra Preta- agricultural miracle from the past?
10 Steps to a slow home
Germany mulling program to boost energy efficiency
United States – June 28
Friedman on energy bill: This baby is just plain ugly, folks
How to ease New England’s energy crisis
Power line aimed At Maryland – nation’s biggest
Global efforts to substitute for oil: Learning by doing ourselves in
Contemporary peak oil discourse overlooks the “own demand” of substitution. It takes a lot of oil to substitute for oil.
Climate – June 26
Tim Flannery: 10 climate change predictions that have come true
Armies must ready for global warming: UK
U.S. efforts to address global warming
