Counter-pander
Senate Democrats unveil a new energy bill based on the same false premises as the Republican bill.
Politics
Bipartisan effort to continue renewable energy tax credits
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and 34 colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation to break the stalemate on extension of renewable energy tax credits.
+ background on why this is important:
Thomas L. Friedman: Dumb as We Wanna Be
New York Times editorial
CSM: Arizona’s solar aspirations in peril
Summary of
Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008
Food & agriculture – May 6
‘Zero mile diet’ blooms in BC – gardening boom
City neighborhoods loss of supermarkets
Billions at risk from wheat super-blight
World food crisis: sources and solutions
The world’s food insecurity – echoes of 70s
U.S. gas tax – May 6
No gas tax needed, prices will rise
Atrios: Gas tax and being at capacity
Oil prices and leadership deficits
United States – May 6
Clinton: OPEC ‘can no longer be a cartel’
Americans try praying at the pump
Obama energy adviser on climate, coal, transportation
Urban design – May 6
WaPo: Fighting global warming block by block
City of Swiss-style hill villages envisioned for Vancouver
Bellingham planning for PO
Are livable cities just a dream?
Bartlett’s 43rd peak oil speech to Congress
It is hard for our businesses to see beyond the next quarterly report; hard for elected officials to see beyond the next election. But they were talking about post-oil, and what they would be doing and what the world should be doing now and would be doing in a post-oil world.
United States – May 4
McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war
Corn ethanol loses more support
Who benefits most from farm bill
Montana’s luxury community of “conscience”
U.S. gas tax – May 4
Poll: US rejects gas tax holiday
Clinton dismisses “elite” economists on gas tax
Gas tax ‘holiday’ is a bad economic idea
Gas tax: it’s still time to increase it
The era of cheap energy is over
United States & Canada – May 2
Thomas Friedman: Dumb as we wanna be
Lawmakers forced to give up gas-guzzlers
National security requires oil security plan
Canada: Ethanol to get green light
BC’s Liberals deserve prize for climate of secrecy
Deep thought – May 2
TOD Book Review: World Made by Hand
Darley: The day the gas dried up
Food, fuel, finance: crises are intertwined
Longtime environmentalist Speth: capitalism need a radical transformation
Demise of civilisation may be inevitable
Australia – May 1
We hoped for better, Kevin (Australia 2020)
Solar? Wind? Forget it, we’re goin’ to gas!
We’re at the point where the desire line splits
