U.S. energy – Jan 11
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
Politics
The rise of “the Axis of Oil”— big trouble for the U.S.
This morning the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources launched its New Year with an unusual hearing into “The Geopolitics of Oil.” There was an almost palpable sense of graveness and alarm that lent a chill to the room.
Climate – Jan 9
Warming could spur weed “evolution explosion”
Richest fuel global warming – poorest suffer most
What Gore hasn’t told you about global warming
Climate – Jan 8
Interview with Greenpeace director
Blizzards, reindeer, darkness: new Klondike is hottest place in Europe
Kunstler on The Warming
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 8
10 books on solutions for energy descent
Google hires William McDonough to design green center
Online activism 2.0: movement building
Coal – Jan 6
Senators Bunning, Obama push coal-to-liquids
China’s coal future
Slowing coal plants in Texas
Poor face bigger disservice than higher taxes on autos
To paraphrase my late father: Use your brains. The nation that is ignoring the poor now, when there is fuel to be had, will be even less inclined to pay attention to them if there is too little fuel available for everybody’s transportation and life-support needs.
U.S. energy policy – Jan 5
Democrats want to shift oil tax, give to green energy
Oil group blasts Democrats’ tax agenda
Interview: California environmental adviser Tamminen
Alternative-energy spending fizzles out
Energy policy – Jan 3
Reserves divided between 2 superpower blocs; war over underwater reserves?
Bush to talk tough on energy but snub Kyoto
Will new Congress change our disastrous energy policy?
The peak oil story during 2006
An executive summary of major developments in peak oil for the year.
A response to the President’s order for us to “go shopping”
Regarding whether I am more or less optimistic over this past year over the local and global response to peak oil, my response is what President Bush just said in his recent speech… “We are not winning, but we are not losing”.
The Denial Machine
Global warming denial continues. The machine set in motion to deny it continues to have an impact in confusing the public. A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary deconstructs the power behind the denial campaign.
