G8 climate deal – June 7
Europe and U.S. reach climate deal
Environmentalists: “not worth the paper it was written on”
Merkel-Bush quarrel concerns details not substance
Bush outplays the other developed countries
Politics
Canada falters – June 6
Call for Canadian carbon tax rejected
Suzuki fears sharp criticism of Ottawa prompts audits
California strikes back – June 6
California standards could crimp Alberta tar sands boom
Pelosi scuttles Dems plan that would have blocked greenhouse limits
California leads energy efficiency
Calif. sees sprawl as warming culprit
Inland Empire 25-year growth targeted
MP warns South Australia about peak oil
In a speech to the South Australian State Parliament, MP Chloe Fox said: “I urge people to please go on the internet, go to Google, type in the words ‘peak oil theory’, and if you read what I have read, you will not be able to sleep at night.”
The Oil Depletion Protocol: an update
Update on The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse. Recent developments have been both encouraging and discouraging.
Communication – Jun 3
A Note to Writers: Choose Your Voice and Your Media Carefully
Communication Tools: Make Them Simple and Ubiquitous or They Won’t Be Used
Not everyone’s a Feynmann
Depletion, racism and paving the road to hell
A while back a gentleman named Harvey Winston sent me an email, trying to explain why it is that the peak oil and climate change movements are as lily white as they are.
Bush climate plan
Action plan or stalling tactic?
Der Spiegel: The emperor’s green clothes
Bush climate plan is met with suspicion
Bush’s climate-change feint
Bush’s emission plan ‘a delaying tactic’
Bush’s ‘new climate strategy’
Today’s headlines are full of the news that President Bush is “unveiling a new climate strategy.” If your immediate reaction is cynicism, well … looks like you learned something over the last seven years. Let’s look a little closer.
Geopolitics – May 28
Privatizing Iraq’s Oil for US Companies
UK presses Norway to direct new gas pipeline to Scotland
Japan Infiltrates the Middle East
About 70 pct of Iran oil income in non-U.S. dollar
Climate Policy – May 28
Higher oil prices or carbon tax: Take your pick
US and Berlin clash on G8 climate tex
Do Trees Make It OK to Drive an SUV?
Farmer earns $1m for trees
$23m ad blitz to save planet – and the PM
‘Wacky’ drought solutions axed
Climate policy – May 26
California acts to limit use of coal power
Climate change activists plan Heathrow camp
Flying addicts take dim view of air taxes in poll
