Globalization – August 15
China chemicals starve Indian pharma
Transport costs could alter world trade
Exports account for one-third of China’s emissions
Transportation
United Kingdom – August 15
Soaring fuel prices and green pressures herald comeback for Britain’s waterways
Fuel theft increases in the UK
Companies face crackdown on electricity greenwash
Transport – August 14
High-tech hitchhiking
General Motors VP says Australia must end oil dependence
Sweden rolling out 183 MPH high-speed green train
Peak Oil – August 14
Interview with Swiss director of A Crude Awakening
The path from petroleum shortages to electricity shortages
Oil prices have peaked
Housing & urban design – August 13
Australia: Rising costs fuel economic stress
What our cities could be
Smart Growth: The good news about high gas prices
They took away all the cars in NYC – Summer Streets 2008
Atrios: Rules for urban design
Solutions & sustainability – August 12
Living simply by sharing space
Going vintage is going green
Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland: what we have in common
Go-getter gets governments going on sustainability
Cycling with the wind behind you (electric bikes in NL)
Transport – Aug 11
Sweden requires fuel-efficient driving lessons
Airlines to cut 60m seats for Christmas
All aboard: too many for Amtrak
Proposal to put trucks on trains and save fuel hasn’t developed
Peak Oil Review – August 11
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The BTC pipeline
– Oil and the US elections
– Energy Briefs
ODAC Newsletter – August 8
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Biofuels – August 8
EPA rejects Perry plea on ethanol
Experts clash over viability of biofuels, alternative energy
Burgers or biofuel?
Solutions & sustainability – August 7
Students pass project torch to neighbors
Carpooling numbers on the rise
The medieval marvel: 14th century Hungarian stove cuts my monthly gas bill to just £5
Globalization – August 6
Shipping costs start to crimp globalization
Could globalization be going in reverse?
A new paradigm of globalization
