National policy – Feb 25
Australia and the Export Land Model
Ireland’s oil security review
Iceland’s heated debate
Can Turkish economy survive high energy prices?
Renewable Energy
Peak oil science curriculum
A peak oil science curriculum suitable for introductory college science classes, advanced high school classes, and adult seminars. (Parts 1 and 2 combined).
Branson acknowledges peak oil
In an interview with Global Public Media, Sir Richard Branson told journalist David Strahan that aviation could be made “truly sustainable” at the launch of test flight fuelled in part by coconut oil. But the Virgin boss conceded that meaningful supplies of alternative fuel might not be available before the advent of peak oil, which he said could happen within six years.
Biofuels – Feb 22
Biofuel without tears – but how much? (jatropha)
Ethanol can cost a lot of water
UK’s Kelly orders biofuels review
Global Biopact – benefits for rich and poor nations
Oil industry – Feb 22
Venezuela settles with oil firms (except Exxon)
Russia’s oil industry threatened by high taxes, maturing fields
BP goes back to petroleum
Hofmeister: emissions cap, expand drilling
Shell says cheap renewable energy far off
Renewables – Feb 20
Superiority of pragmatists over idealists
Wood makes a comeback
Turning a greenhouse gas into gasoline
Mike Huckabee on biofuels
Transport – Feb 20
Stuart Staniford: Four billion cars in 2050?
Hydrogen-fuelled autos – no silver bullet
Ryanair: Oil prices could slash profits 50%
Biofuels – Feb 18
Better biofuels before more biofuels
RFA’s Bob Dinneen on viability of biofuels
Food & agriculture – Feb 18
Britain runs out of pasta as costs soar
“Food miles”- don’t forget land use policies
Soy displaces cattle as main farm activity in Argentina
Renewables – Feb 18
Britain is third worst in EU for use of renewable energy
Greenpeace: All about EfficienCity
Eliminating fossil fuels is friggin’ cheap
Walking: new source of energy
Food & agriculture – Feb 16
Michael Pollan: The omnivore’s next dilemma
Energy Farms – blogging from the epicenter of relocalization
AI (Agricultural Intelligence)
Obesity – key driver for food localization?
Two reports at odds on biotech crops
Improving our green job prospects
No one has all the answers to the problems of energy, climate and the economy, but there is one answer that everyone with any sense embraces as a necessary first step toward a permanent solution: we must create green jobs in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. However our prospects for a green jobs program in 2008 do not look good.
