United States – July 7
America’s middle-class collapse
Carolyn Baker: I think I saw Tom Paine on the 4th of July
Storm over Cape Cod (wind farm fight)
Renewable Energy
Biofuels – July 7
Time to put the brakes on biofuels
Oxfam report: Biofuel policies deepening poverty and accelerating climate change
Secret report: Biofuels upped food price
United States – July 4
U.S. lifts moratorium on new solar projects
Naomi Klein: Disaster capitalism (Iraq oil)
Houston, we have a solution – wind power
Biofuels & renewables – July 2
Jatropha takes root in Santa Barbara
Weather risks cloud promise of biofuel
Financing energy independence
Path to Freedom – Living a simple, yet sustainable life
With headlines about rising food costs, soaring gas prices, and skyrocketing foreclosure rates that reach directly into everyone’s wallets, as well as sobering reports about the state of the earth’s environment, there is mounting pressure for some relief. The question arises: How can an individual or one family cope in such trying times?
Democrats are blowing our best chance for clean energy
How the Dems sacked one of the most important opportunities to turn around our energy future.
United States – June 30
US halts solar projects over environment fears
Nevada brothels hit hard by gas prices
Oil price raises insolvency prospect for dry-cleaners
Teenagers’ cruising declines
Drop in revenue strains municipal budgets
High electricity prices possible ‘for years to come’
Legislative and policy responses to energy prices
Review: Crash Course: Preparing for Peak Oil by Zachary Nowak
We need to be prepared for the worst when it comes to peak oil, insists Zachary Nowak.
Food & agriculture – June 28
Scientists warn of lack of phosphorus as biofuels raise demand
Fertiliser shortage hits India’s farms
Food for thought
Energy farm experiment in Kentucky
Mini case study: peak demand in Germany
According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008, German Primary Energy consumption dropped -5.6% in 2007. What does the German example mean for everyone else?
Solar, coal, nuclear – June 26
The economics of solar power
How clean coal cooks your brain
Radioactive déjà vu in the American West
How not to be the next North Korea
Many people, deep in their hearts, think that ecological disasters apply mostly to other people. But, of course, as Midwesterners are finding out right now, that’s not true.
