Renewables & efficiency – Feb 24
The Dam Building Boom: Right Path to Clean Energy?
No fridge? Cool!
British Fight Climate Change With Fish and Chips
Should we pave the desert?
California’s renewable energy goals feasible
America’s future wind web?
Media & Communications
Tar sands
Oilsands scare ads tough to counter
NASA’s Hansen concerned about Canada’s oil sands
The Canadian Oil Boom: Scraping Bottom
United Kingdom – Feb 20
Scottish greenwash: Dirty claims on clean coal
Is it selfish to have more than two children?
Dumped in Africa: Britain’s toxic waste
Geopolitics – Feb 19
Egyptian Workers Strike against Fertilizer Export to Israel
David King: Iraq was the first ‘resource war’ of the century
Russian gas imports to Korea start in April
Crude Impact and The Tyranny of Oil
Why I’ll get arrested to stop the burning of coal
On March 2, environmentalist Bill McKibben will join demonstrators who plan to march on a coal-fired power plant in Washington D.C. In this article for Yale Environment 360, he explains why he’s ready to go to jail to protest the continued burning of coal.
Deep thought – Feb 18
Meet the doomsayers of our time
Buckminster Fuller’s Critical Path
Growth (some conservatives re-thinking growth)
Peak oil – Feb 17
“After Peak Oil” conference at Johns Hopkins March 12
Crude Cassandra (Forbes covers Simmons)
Take Peak Oil seriously – it’ll be here much sooner than you think
Threat of gas price rise as reserves run dry
Economics & social change – Feb 17
Wallerstein: The Politics of Economic Disaster
Peter Singer: Un nouveau capitalisme est-il possible?
Japan’s Economy Plunges at Fastest Pace Since ’74
Astyk: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (and Neighbors)
Transport – Feb 17
Network Rail to recycle rubbish into sleepers
Reports of Vélib’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated
China becomes biggest auto market
Motivation & media – Feb 17
Delivering The New Green Economy
Why most of us aren’t doing much about climate change – and what could change that
Mass media ‘screwing up’ global warming reporting says renowned climatologist
Climate & environment – Feb 17
The tropics on fire: scientist’s grim vision of global warming
Scientists: Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates
Plan B
Geoengineering Megaprojects are Bad Planetary Management
A Response to Kathy McMahon at Peak Oil Blues
It has been fascinating to read a series of three articles at PeakOilBlues.com looking at the arrival of Transition in the US…Apart from having a fantastic title that I really wish I had thought of, the piece also raises some key questions needing contemplation as Transition continues to spread vigorously across the US. I wanted to take the opportunity to address some of Kathy’s points in this post.
