Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Klare: Emerging energo-fascism (part 2)
Rep Ron Paul: escalation in the Middle East
Iraq cultivating ties with Iran
Oil’s vital new power
Iran and Venezuela plan anti-U.S. fund
Iraq’s billions & the White House connection
Oil, the elites, and the commons
USA lends oil-helping hand to former Soviet republics
Now is the time to rediscover John Maynard Keynes’s revolutionary ideas for an international trade organisation and adapt them to rebalance the world’s economies in the 21st century.
Energo-fascism will, in time, affect nearly every person on the planet. Either we will be compelled to participate in or finance foreign wars to secure vital supplies of energy…; or we will be at the mercy of those who control the energy spigot… ; or sooner or later we may find ourselves under constant state surveillance, lest we consume more than our allotted share of fuel or engage in illicit energy transactions. [excerpts]
Every green group, of every stripe, should be focused like a laser on energy and climate change. Policymakers should be hearing one voice, talking about one thing, from every side. It’s time for a coordinated push.
100-mile diet: local food strategies
Never too old to save the earth
Local living economies
“Who am I?” in a post-petroleum world
Saudi Arabia’s oil? Responsibility trumps sovereign rights!
Officials covered up oil lease problems, IG says
Euro displaces dollar in bond markets
Has globalization passed its peak?
Two days in climate warrior boot camp
Lloyd’s boss demands action on climate
McKibben: Step it up (DIY mass protest)
Warming of mass destruction (animation)
AlterNet article on Iraq’s Oil mentioned in House
Oil’s vital new power (Azerbaijan pipeline)
Resource wars
Chavez promises Nicaragua 200-year oil supply
Putin unlikely saviour of endangered grey whales
Unified green field theory (talking points)
Big Coal’s dirty move (Rolling Stone)
A new energy policy for Europe
The EU energy plan – and its coverage
Sen. committee hearing: geopolitics of oil (video)
Oil keeps U.S. vulnerable, lawmakers told
Green gripe with Obama: liquefied coal is still…coal
Alaska energy czar: Bush must look beyond diesel
Venezuela to nationalise key industries
Iran leader woos Latin America
Plan for economic strangulation of Iran
Putin stands firm on oil blockade
Blair, Monday: I’m not offsetting carbon. Blair, yesterday: Er, I’ve had a rethink
Tony Juniper: sins of emission
