U.S. energy policy – Apr 12
Rep. Jay Inslee, clean-energy champion
Gingrich goes green in Kerry climate debate
EPA: full speed ahead with ethanol
Calif governor likes LNG despite panel vote
Schwarzenegger exports his brand of ‘green’
Energy Policy
Climate – Apr 9
Monbiot interview at Newsweek
Carbon copy: Should journalists give up flying?
Mayors take the lead in U.S.
The fungus that came to Canada
U.S. energy policy – Apr 9
Pelosi, Clinton, Obama favor nuclear plants
Forces dig in for California LNG battle
Conservatives warm to climate: nuclear, dams, thinning forests
Peak coal by 2025 say researchers
“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)
Looking beyond – Apr 5
JM Greer: The shadow of our downfall
Sharon Astyk: World War II as metaphor
The limits of eco-localism: Scale, strategy, socialism
Climate – Apr 4
Carbon trading won’t work
Tourism council launches climate debate with global ad campaign
Corporations whacked with the environment stick
Clean air is for liberals
“The Great Global Warming Swindle” debunked
The GAO report
The report is clearly a milestone on our journey through the oil age for it is the first time the staff of a major government agency has looked at the issue and concluded that peak oil is real and, if it occurs soon, could cause a world-wide recession.
Climate – Apr 3
Reports from 4 fronts in the war on warming
Tax on carbon emissions gains support
Brotherhood of St Lawrence calls for action
Aus business: No planet, no profits
NZ govt applauds businesses acting on climate
Peak oilers on the GAO report
Responses from Robert Rapier, Andrew Leonard (Salon), Lou Grinzo and James Kunstler.
Climate – April 1
UK’s CO2 emissions reach 10-year high
Understanding and evaluating carbon offsets
Global warming may be bad for asthma sufferers
There’s only one movement now
The days of balkanized little movements must end. Because Peak Oil and Climate Change are, obviously, issues for women – and for every man who has a reason to care about their mothers, their sisters, their friends, their lovers, their daughters – that is, all men
Coal – March 31
Peak Coal – coming soon?
Simmons: Coal’s role in a peak oil world
Heinberg: Burning the furniture
