Renewables – Jan 4
Wafer-thin solar cells brings green power closer
New energy uses for asphalt
Shell, Biopetroleum to build algae plant
Europe’s biodiesel drive sputters
Burning biofuels may be worse than coal and oil, say experts
Technology
Medicine at the crossroads of energy and climate change
If medicine would regard peak oil as likely to occur within 12 years, in line with most predictions, then it will choose strategies which automatically address climate change as well. If the health care industry fails to lead, it will suffer the draconian consequences of having ignored the driving forces of the opening decades of the 21st century.
Transport – Jan 2
Kite powered ships
Slow down, you drive too fast – got to make the oil last
Air Force to fly on synthetic fuel?
Amtrak sees ridership rise
Vermont passes up state-of-art trains
Biofuels – Dec 20
Converting chicken fat into biodiesel
Trouble brewing (beer hit by biofuels)
Plant cover in Haiti at 2 percent
The price of biofuels
Climate – Dec 8
More than half of Amazon may be lost by 2030
Guardian special:
Cities rise to climate challenge
Virtual climate conferences?
Climate – Dec 4
50 years on: The Keeling Curve legacy
Thomas Homer-Dixon: We may have to ‘geo-engineer’ the climate
Earth’s tropics belt expands
Call to save Himalayan glaciers
Durham NC may face water crisis
What to do – Dec 2
Five ways to save your business money during the recession (and peak oil)
Scientific America: 10 solutions for climate change
How US could cut 28% of greenhouse gases
Computers and web – Nov 29
Plugging the Internet into clean power
Green computing is not an oxymoron
U.S. report warns of brownouts on overloaded Net
Deep thought – Nov 28
Jamais Cascio’s Green tomorrows: 4 scenarios
The technodevelopmental quartet
Australia, the place to be
Efficiency – Nov 28
LA Times: Small steps, big energy savings
Dim prospects that ‘energy efficient’ will pay off: CIBC
‘Beer fridges’ present a gassy problem
Smart appliances learning to save power grid
Bringing back the clothesline
EnergyJoule power use monitor
The rich opt out
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 20
Magazine for a sustainable SE Australia
Bill McKibben interview
Managing winter energy bills
Green computing update: components
Biofuels – Nov 18
Alcohol can be a gas
Hydrogen brewing gets an electrical boost
Biofuels bonanza facing ‘crash’
