Climate & U.S. – Mar 17
Administration buries report on climate impacts on Gulf transport; muzzles scientists
Scholar: US should help China reduce emissions
US told to go green on carbon emissions or lose EU flights
Transportation
Transport – Mar 11
Working on the railroad – personnel shortage
No brakes, no gears: the latest bike craze
Mass transit use hits 50-year high
It’s not just fossil fuels (auto addiction)
Transport & urban design – Mar 8
EcoDensity’s unofficial champion
UK cyclists face a rough ride
Relative comfort – living as an extended family
‘Big shift’ to rail urged for UK
Weird unofficial Toyota ads
Caltex Australia’s unpleasant truth about gas prices
Petrol ‘will go to $3 a litre’
Petrol at what price?
Motoring group: prediction a ‘scare tactic’
United States – Mar 4
Americans start to curb thirst for gas
NYT: The Senate shills for Big Oil
Climate crisis getting short shrift in president race: Gore
‘Post fossil fuel era’ in Senate endorsement
Is belt tightening a threat?
Transport – Mar 4
The car is doomed, scientist warns
Radical plan to drive cars from key roads
Police bust copper theft racket
No place for pedestrians in Bangalore?
Traffic congestion charge has modest impact on the life expectancy of Londoners
Scheme has led to 1,888 extra years of life for Londoners
Review: World Made by Hand by James Kunstler
The novel presents a fictional world that is at once idyllic and post-apocalyptic, reassuring and frightening.
Oil prices – Mar 2
Hydrocarbons expert Nicolas Sarkis: ‘world has to get used to high oil prices’
Oil prices to stay above 60-70 dollars: Saudi Arabia
Under the pump (good Australian analysis)
Independent truckers see end of the road
Biofuels – Mar 1
Biofuels: Driving in the wrong direction?
The ethanol bust
Cuba to produce ethanol without sacrificing food
Transport – Mar 1
Start your leg engines
World’s first wave-powered boat
A revolution in the skies… a disaster for the planet
Peak oil – Feb 29
Rep. Bartlett delivers his 38th special order speech on peak oil (video)
Bartlett: Declining oil supply means war is ‘fairly probable’
BMW: peak oil in 2025, solution = hydrogen
