Deep thought – Aug 7
Insurgent American
Sharon Astyk de-constructs
The really inconvenient truth
In dusty archives, a theory of affluence
Politics
United States – Aug 6
Energy policy per American Petroleum Institute
Energy bill adopted by House requires utilities to use renewables
Candidate Dodd on energy & the environment
The name is blog, peak oil blog
High rollers trying to cut consumption
My name is Randy… and I support Al Franken
What about the Third World?
Rock music for when the grid goes down: Celtic battle music
Health – Aug 5
Scientists issue warning on chemical found in plastics
Dengue fever rages across Asia
Global health report rejected by Bush administration for not being political
Media – Aug 4
YearlyKos: Blogs vs. MSM!
Behold the 15-minute publisher (getting around commercial book publishers)
United States – Aug 3
Kelpie Wilson: Paying the peak oil power bill
NY Times: An incomplete energy bill
US Army War College: America’s energy security policy: goals for 2025
Energy sect’y Bodman: Oil price ‘threatens US economy’
Memory and vision: The Apollo Alliance and eco-apartheid
Can the Apollo Alliance, which promotes “growth” on the basis of green jobs, meet the challenges of peak oil and climate change?
Edwards, Obama, Richardson and Clinton on energy
Which of the major Democratic party candidates has the best energy platform? A comparison based on what I could find on their websites and some interviews.
Fourth U.S. conference on peak oil and community solutions
This October several hundred activists, educators, and community leaders pioneering a low-energy way of life will gather in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at a three-day conference
Climate – Aug 2
Climate protest at Heathrow airport may face “the mother of all injunctions”
Brazil, alarmed, reconsiders policy on climate change
Warming of glaciers threatens millions in China
Biofuels – July 31
David Blume’s Alcohol Can Be A Gas book
LS9 promises ‘renewable petroleum’
Poison plant could help to cure the planet
The ethanol effect
Sex, rock ‘n’ roll and global warming
If the Live Earth concerts are to continue, they ought to evolve to serve the transformation not just away from consumer society but toward a culture where we dance and sing and find our bling in things that are healthy for us and the planet.
