Tackling emissions – Nov 27
•Cornucopia of Prosperity Can Flow From Carbon Tax [Craig Comstock]•The economics of carbon taxes Beyond carbon policy: A national feed-in tariff [Chris Nelder]•The economics of carbon taxes [Video presentationts]
Renewable Energy
Germany’s energy transition – Nov 20
•Germany Has Built the Clean Energy Economy That U.S. Rejected 30 Years Ago •The German nuclear exit
ODAC Newsletter Nov 9
The end of the US election season and a return of the incumbent Barack Obama saw oil markets turn their attention back to the economy. Despite much talk of upside the picture remains bleak with the US showing a huge deficit, and the EU still unresolved on how to deal with its highly indebted members. Oil prices showed their steepest decline of the year on Wednesday before recovering slightly to around $107/barrel for Brent.
LIVE WEB EVENT: How to organize, finance, and launch local energy projects
Watch the recording of ‘Power From the People’ author Greg Pahl’s presentation from Friday November 16, 2012.
Ravaging tide or renewable world?
Can big cities like New York or Washington protect against storm surge and rising seas?
Energy innovation and traditional knowledge
Many indigenous territories have tremendous wind, solar, biomass and geothermal resources, and there are varying opinions as to whether energy-related climate change mitigation activities are having a positive or negative impact on local and indigenous communities.
ODAC Newsletter Nov 2
The US Presidential campaign in which the issue of climate change has been avoided for the first time since 1988 got a last minute shake-up this week as the Northeastern seaboard was hit by superstorm Sandy. The storm which also hit the Caribbean and Canada, might just end up forcing the climate issue back onto the political agenda.
A Sobering Report from the Eco-Summit
We now face an incredibly important juncture in human history where a choice must be made…
ODAC Newsletter Oct 26
BP took a gamble this week, entering into partnership with the Russian state backed energy company Rosneft. The deal frees the company from a stormy relationship with its oligarch partners at TNK BP. At the same time, it effectively makes BP business partners with the Kremlin…
Renewables – Oct 25
*Green energy would save EU trillions by 2050 -report
*Saudi Arabia Announces Plans For 100% Switch To Renewables
*Back to the future of the post-carbon world
A powerful tool for getting beyond the converted
I have written several times here about ‘Transition Streets’, the street-by-street behaviour change model created by Transition Town Totnes which was the winner of the 2011 Ashden Award for behaviour change. I am delighted to announce today is that now Transition Streets (also known as ‘Streets-Wise’) is available for any group to run, anywhere.
ODAC Newsletter Oct 19
Oil prices remained steady this week as the closure of the Keystone pipeline in the US to address possible safety issues balanced bearish news on the Chinese economy. Beijing reported that Q3 saw growth slow to 7.4%, compared to the same period last year.
