UK & Europe – June 9
European communist parties on energy
German regions selected for electric mobility pilots
Economy Shows Cracks in European Union
Alistair Darling says Labour to blame for BNP poll success
Politics
Geopolitics – June 8
Krieg um Öl: Ein Erdölimperium als deutsches Kriegsziel 1938-1943
The Geopolitics of Global Energy
Developed countries responsible for climate change: Chinese expert
Peru: Police, Indigenous Indians Clash in Protests Over Resources
What a bleeping joke
I’ll admit that I never had much hope for the Waxman-Markey Cap & Trade climate bill, but now it’s just a bad, bad joke.
Economics – June 6
Ailing, banks still field strong lobby at Capitol
Herman Daly: From a failed growth economy to a steady-state economy
How Wall Street Fleeced Millions from Wisconsin schools
Solutions & sustainability – June 5
Passing of Father Thomas Berry, noted ecological thinker
It Isn’t Nice
A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality
ODAC Newsletter – Jun 5
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Obama’s speech to the Mideast
Obama’s Middle East Speech: VIDEO, Full Text
Using New Language, President Shows Understanding for Both Sides in Middle East
Obama’s Cairo speech
Shibley Telhami on Obama’s Historic Speech
Energy descent and transition in Mexico, part 1
“In Mexico nothing happens, until it happens.” This is an old proverb here, and it can also easily apply to the current situation. Everything feels tranquilo and smooth, as if it is nothing out of the ordinary. However, as history shows us, once something begins in Mexico, it generally develops rapidly, and can end up being intensely spectacular.
UK & Europe – June 4
Allotment demand leads to 40-year waiting lists
Looking at Europe’s Green Ways
Energy policy of the Greens
The decline of the American Empire
Perhaps you have noticed a common theme in my recent columns. Each policy proposed to solve our economic, oil or climate problems I have examined has a fatal flaw, and often more than one. New initiatives always seem dead on arrival.
United States & Canada – June 2
Copenhagen: Slipping past a tipping point
Free carbon emissions permits could create added costs
Canada: petro-state or rich nation?
Oil economy driving growth of controversial tar sands
UK & Europe – June 2
Beyond Westminster’s bankrupted practices, a new idealism is emerging (Transition movement)
Will Hammersmith eco-village inspire new generation of Diggers?
Critique of European liberal policy on energy
