From left field – Dec 11
Bolivian president: Save the planet from capitalism
Liquefied Natural Gas and Fossil Capitalism
Where Are All The Socialists? Here, There and Everywhere
Politics
Information to avoid energy surprise attacks
I sometimes feel like a radar operator who looks out on a warm, sunny Sunday morning and sees blips that augur rapid, unwelcome changes, while most other people continue preparing for an easy day.
Obama & the green new deal – Dec 9
Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale
Obama’s Energy-Environment Team Likely To Be Named Next
Obama meeting with Gore raises eyebrows
Oil, Copper Advance After Obama Promises Public Works Spending
Do expansive federal bailout plans doom Americans to an inflationary future?
Climate & environment – Dec 9
Science paves way for climate lawsuits
News Coverage of Climate Entering ‘Trance’?
Kyoto is worthless (and you don’t have to be a sceptic to believe that now)
Too late? Why scientists say we should expect the worst
United States – Dec 8
After Layoffs, Workers Stay at a Factory in Protest
Making a new New Deal: Sitdown Strike in Chicago
Can Obama Really Afford His Infrastructure Program?
ODAC Newsletter – Dec 5
A weekly digest from a UK perspective.
United States & Canada – Dec 5
Energy Department, change is coming
Obama quietly drops windfall tax proposal
A sad day for Canada
Museletter 200: Memo to the President-elect on Energy Realism and the Green New Deal
Our continued national dependence on fossil fuels is creating a crippling vulnerability to both long-term fuel scarcity and catastrophic climate change.
The current economic crisis requires substantial national policy shifts and enormous new government injections of capital into the economy. This provides an opportunity for a project whose scope would otherwise be inconceivable: a large-scale, coordinated energy transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy.
Economists without a clue
Prepare to observe the spectacle of the two great economic paradigms of the twentieth century crashing to the ground, locked in mortal combat.
Culture Shift – Dec 3
Outside Agitator: Naomi Klein and the New New Left
How McDonald’s finally got green
Millennials: are you mad enough yet?
Does Mr. O Know?
A lot of readers are twanging on me for refraining to castigate President-elect Obama for deeds yet undone. They’re discouraged by the advisors and cabinet sectetaries he’s picked, ostensibly because the crew coming in are Washington “insiders,” meaning they can’t possibly see or do things differently.
My own starting point for this is the belief that in the years just ahead any sociopolitical entity organized at the giant scale will flounder — this includes everything from the federal government to global corporations to factory farms to centralized high schools to national retail chains. So even expecting Mr. Obama’s government to act effectively may be asking too much in a situation that will require mostly local action…
Comments on the report from the Select Committee on the Impact of Peak Oil in South Australia.
This is a very important report about an issue that will have severe impacts on our state when it ultimately hits. This is not a question of if but when, and the when could be within just a few years.
