United States – Oct 22
Friedman: Save the planet: vote smart
Historic bill in Senate to fight warming
House Inteligence Committee urged to support global warming threat assessment
Politics
Climate policy – Oct 21
Fight against coal plants draws diverse partners
Vancouver Sun: “we have to move carefully”
Artist Bateman: We need a carbon tax
Developing community constitutions
Can we apply the elements of the Systems Engineering process to create a constitution that ensures a sustainable and open community?
Drought and water wars – Oct 21
Georgia governor declares state of emergency due to drought
Drought-stricken Georgia says it will sue
Alabama’s long-running water war with Georgia heats up
NYT: The future is drying up
United Kingdom – Oct 18
Green groups condemn UK’s claim in Antarctica
Britain’s new claim for sovereignty in Antarctica is all about energy
BP executive pied as Europe’s largest biofuels event disrupted
Climate policy – Oct 18
Economic costs of climate change ‘will affect every American’
Corporations won’t lead the way on solving global warming
Think tank outlines cap-and-trade policy that can benefit low-income families, federal budget
United States – Oct 17
No long-term global oil shortage: US official
Thomas Friedman on Van Jones
Le Monde:
Bush, climate and the technology illusion
Energy package is hung up on taxes on oil cos.
Global warming divides G.O.P. contenders
Candidate Ron Paul on energy and the environment
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 15
Popular Mechanics on appropriate technology
Change the message to save the planet
What a way to go – wake-up call
The environmental movement in the Global South
Peak oil – Oct 15
Peak minerals
New presentations by Matt Simmons
Heinberg: Upside to rising price of the black stuff
New doomer cult classic What a Way to Go
Peak oil and global warming: most serious threats to Progressive ideals
Will ‘ASPO Effect’ send oil prices higher?
Energy and environment round-up
ODAC News
United States – Oct 15
US energy secy: Oil supply unable to keep up with demand
Where the ’08 contenders stand on global warming
Rep. Jay Inslee on energy, climate, new book
Peak moment for peak oil in Queensland
The just-released report marks the Queensland Government as the first state/provincial government in the world to recognise that peak oil is real and decide to do something about it.
Powerdown revisited/As the world burns
The three scenarios that I see as most likely:
– Feudal Fascism
– The Eco Deal (“Environmental Keynesianism”)
– Bottoms Up
