United States – July 31
Energy bill aids expansion of atomic power
Obama on energy and the environment
The House to debate Energy Bill- join the TOD lobby
Politics
A revolutionary report on the future of oil
The IEA Medium Term Report is refreshingly open and balanced in its approach. It is a further nail in the coffin for irresponsibly optimistic future oil production scenarios.
The green consumer – July 28
Monbiot: Ethical shopping is just another way of showing how rich you are
Yes, we can shop our way to a cleaner Earth
Open season on ethical consumers?
Can ‘green chic’ save the planet?
Pressure builds to ban plastic bags
Turning the tide against bottled water
Climate – July 28
Action at Heathrow airport- catch-all protest injunction could bar millions
NASA’s James Hansen on Old King Coal
Climate change escalates Darfur crisis
Hansen: Huge sea level rises are coming – unless we act now
Forest Service offers carbon offsets
A federal energy policy: can it happen here?
Now is not the time to continue subsidizing every form of energy that can be produced in the United States, as the current Congress seems intent on doing.
Food & agriculture – July 27
Huge U.S. farm bill offers more of same for agribusiness
Oregon studies high failure rate of farmer’s markets
CSM on Community Supported Agriculture
Fermenting revolution (beer)
More on CSAs
Oil producers – July 27
Pemex predicts end of oil
Bombing of Mexican pipelines puzzles security experts
Domestic demand: The main engine of Saudi Arabia’s growth
Coal – July 27
China burns 18% more thermal coal in Jan-June
Largest coal gasification project in the U.S.
Dogging Big Coal (protest)
Coal reserves & resources- a gentle cough
Transport – July 26
Bicycle shame
Make your mark and ground the growth of aviation (Heathrow)
Carbon cost of building and operating light rail
On the rails to nowhere (Sydney rail)
The peak oil crisis: hard truths
In reality, the “Hard Truths” report [by the National Petroleum Council] is a piece of political theater carefully constructed to deflect responsibility from the administration for failing to publicly acknowledge and start preparing the nation for the consequences of oil depletion.
United States – July 23
NY Times on Cheney task force: How the energy dice were loaded
Veteran House Democrat guards turf on energy
Record failures at oil refineries raise gas prices
LA Times:
No to nukes
The seven habits of highly subversive people
Habit #1. Think
Habit #2: Understand the big picture, the global supply chain of everything that you touch
Habit #3: Fix, make or bake stuff yourself
Habit #4:
Know your porn so that you can understand how you are being told what to desire
