Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Rescuing reporting in the global South
Professor Garnaut’s new report on climate: Think big, Australia
India reveals its first climate change plan
UK: Climate no longer just a middle-class issue
I’ve seen the effects of climate change – and if people won’t face up to it, governments must make them
Your brain lies to you
AP took it to the wire but needs to rethink its role (Associated Press vs bloggers)
Here Comes Everybody – falling in love with the Internet all over again
Chinese bloggers scale the ‘Great Firewall’ in riot’s aftermath
Hoarding nations drive food costs ever higher
Slow Food Nation comes to San Francisco
Home-grown veg across UK ruined by toxic fertiliser
The Southern Willamette Valley Bean and Green Project
Interview with ‘The Future of Food’ director Deborah Koons Garcia
We all know that even in the United States the guarantee of free speech has limits. The Supreme Court long ago said that no one has the right to endanger his or her fellow citizens by, for instance, falsely yelling “fire” in a crowded theater. Such acts of speech are said to pose “a clear and present danger.” James Hansen, perhaps the most respected climate scientist on the planet, thinks that the fossil fuel lobby and its disinformation campaign about global warming may pose a similar threat.
The idea that you can suddenly change the course of history by pushing a big green button is itself a very pointed dig at our lack of grasp of the challenges we face and what sustainability will really entail.
Six Degrees, but no PhD (science writing by non-scientists)
Environmental stories you can localize: climate change, food crisis, water pollution
The Internet and its discontents
Energy Kid’s Page from the EIA
Izzy Stone, Patron Saint of Bloggers
The Ups and Downs of Giving a Peak Oil Presentation
Broadcast Legend Bill Moyers on Media Reform
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
The Associated Press, Bloggers, Boycotts, and Copyright Issues
Blogger arrests hit record high
Peak Oil 101: Why isn’t this class available yet in my college?
Interview with Raise The Hammer editor
Energy Policy TV
Yale Environment 360, a new online magazine dedicated to covering the global environment, is launching today at http://e360.yale.edu. Edited by Roger Cohn, the former editor of Mother Jones and Audubon magazines, Yale Environment 360 aims to become one of the leading Web sites for commentary and reporting on the crucial environmental issues of the day.
ASPO-USA’s fourth annual “Dialogue with the Experts,” a high-level conference to discuss impacts of and responses to a peak in world oil production.
Kenneth Deffeyes: Oil production, oil price
TOD: Peak oil media
Kunstler on reactivating small cities, Peak Oil New Zealand
Tennessee: So long to cheap oil
Report on Michigan peak oil conference
Posting will be light during the next week. EB will be back at full force June 7.
UPDATE (June 2) Sorry for the outages. The tech staff says it’s due to lots of people trying to access Energy Bulletin at once.
