The Peak Oil Crisis: Memorandum for the President-Elect
The way things are shaping up, in less than three months you will be in charge of solving the direst set of crises since the ones faced by Lincoln back in 1861.
Politics
United States & Canada – Nov 5
The Next President
A Date With Scarcity
Canada an environmental slouch, study says
A proposal for transition to a sustainable economy
The following is proposed as a preliminary plan for discussion amongst all those who are willing to acknowledge the reality of our predicament, think beyond the paradigm of the current system, and rationally discuss the fundamental reforms required to avoid catastrophe.
Deep thought – Nov 4
Jay Hanson interview (dieoff.com creator)
Why fungibility matters
Once again: ‘The myth of the Tragedy of the Commons’
Capitalist and socialist responses to the ecological crisis
Passing of an era – Nov 4
The dawn of a disturbing new reality
Cassandra’s lethal paradox
Sharon Astyk: Equity, equity, equity
Revenge of the Left across the world
United States – Nov 2
Deer hunting with Jesus: Joe Bageant interview
Seismic shifts in the political landscape
A scary Halloween with Sarah Palin
Stiglitz: Reversal of fortune
Obama lays plans to deaden expectation after election victory
The Senate and the union hall: Where American climate policy will succeed or fail
Oregon Public Health to planners: ‘human health simply cannot be sustained in an unhealthy environment’
Letter to Oregon Department of Planning and Development: “There is a dangerous disconnect between land use planning and development on one hand and population-based health on the other that can be remedied by recognizing and utilizing the specialized expertise Public Health provides. … Biology dictates that human health simply cannot be sustained in an unhealthy environment, and the use of our land – in urban, suburban, exurban, rural and frontier settings alike – is one of the most powerful determinants of our environmental health.” (Comment from a planner: “challenging comments… I’ve never seen anything like it before.”)
United States – Nov 1
Karbuz: Can the U.S. military move to renewable fuels?
Pickens’ grassroots energy push may get mowed
A last push to deregulate
Drivers stick with fuel-saving habits
As gas prices go down, driving goes up
United States – Oct 31
Obama on energy
Van Jones: Working together for a Green New Deal
Rep Bartlett: Environment and energy are inseperable
Can U.S. go ‘green’ even when oil prices drop?
United States – Oct 29
The end of the road for U.S. carmakers?
Lessons learned from the 1932-1933 Presidential transition
Kunstler: Easthampton burning?
Impact of economic crisis on power investments
Connecting the oily dots of the economic meltdown
United Kingdom – Oct 29
You’re wrong, PM. We need higher oil prices
Will the UK Face a Natural Gas Crisis this Winter?
UK industries to be forced to cut CO2 emissions
Carbon footprint standard for all products drawn up by Government
Climate & environment – Oct 29
World is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch
Thoreau Is Rediscovered as a Climatologist
Elliot Diringer at Pew on Copenhagen climate negotiations (audio)
