Stern Stern on climate change at Senate hearing
Climate report author Sir Nicholas Stern lays down the law at a U.S. Senate hearing: the costs of inaction on climate change will be far higher than the costs of acting today. No more excuses.
Energy Policy
Big Oil speaks – Feb 14
Shell president “shocked at how many people believe in peak oil”
Cheap oil to last, “doomsday” fears overblown says Maugeri of Eni SpA (Italian oil)
Chevron CEO calls for US to triple ethanol use
Exxon-Mobil’s Tillterson: focus on meeting oil/gas demand
Chevron CEO wants national regs for GHG
Transport – Feb 12
Million motorists embarrass road price ministers
Cuts in gasoline use decades away: US automakers
Transport chief pledges to get Auckland moving
U.S. Energy Experts Announce Way to Freeze Global Warming
As scientists sound daily alarms about the dire consequences of global warming, Americans are asking one question: What can we do about it? The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has an answer: Deploy clean energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies now!
Washington feels the heat – Feb 12
Updating Bush’s spin on climate change
Global warming debate heats up in Washington
Bush put on the defensive over climate
Business now hugging trees – Feb 12
Business schools are going green
How to get Wall Street to hug a tree
WSJ on renewables and energy
The Economist: High energy
Coal to liquids – Feb 11
Biggest Chinese coal mining company plans huge coal to liquids programme
Governor calls for CTL plant funding
Victorian Minister meets Anglo on venture
Coin in the fuse box
By subverting the feedback we need concerning global warming, peak oil and a host of other environmental problems, those engaged in this public relations game of confusion risk letting the equivalent of a house fire occur in the biosphere.
United States – Feb 9
US seeks ethanol partnership with Brazil to
counter Venezuela
Re-energizing Daily Kos’s Energize America
US moves in on Africa
Poverty shifts to the U.S. suburbs.
Climate policy – Feb 9
China drafts plan to curb emissions
Bush changing his views on global warming?
Reactions to IPCC report
Britain helps citizens atone for emissions
Science journals focus on energy
Coverage by science journals is both heartening and discouraging.
Science special: sustainability and energy
Nature special on the IPCC report
The peak oil crisis: Connecting the dots
There are trend lines and clues from across the earth pointing to serious troubles just ahead, but once again they are not generally perceived as making a “convincing case,” especially when nobody really wants to contemplate the conclusion.
