Peak oil – May 22
Implications of “peak oil” for atmospheric CO2 and climate
Peak Oil- films to wake the sleeping
International Energy Outlook of the EIA/DOE is released
Man-in-the-street reporter bumps into “Peak Oil Man”
Transportation
Oil and gas prices – May 21
Gas prices: Worse than ’81 oil shock
Senate hearings on oil and gas: We may have a problem
Asphalt prices pave way for higher costs
Detroit News: Raise gas tax by $1 to reduce oil appetite
Transport – May 21
Emissions-free travel way of life for globe-trotting B.C. couple
Paradise lost: the downside of travel
Freight train usage keeps rolling higher
Bicycles beat subway as fastest mode of travel in NYC
Transport – May 18
US Drivers cut back – a 1st in 26 years
What “bike friendly” looks like
Strange but true: helmets attract cars to cyclists
Greens angered by 1m flights giveaway
Cities – May 16
Ignore car fee critics, London mayor tells NYC
16 cities to go green under Clinton plan
Lester Brown: Designing cities for people rather than cars
Economist special on cities
Dysfunction – May 16
Polymers are forever
Frenetic lifestyle puts the boots to leisurely strolls
The peak oil crisis: Alarms are sounding
When respected analysts say our gasoline situation is beyond the tipping point and that at least some of us are likely to be sitting in gas lines before Labor Day, we should heed the warning.
Transport – May 15
Monbiot: A million road deaths a year? Just the price of doing business
Aviation industry in eye of climate-change storm
SF writer on history of transport
Energy and transport subsidies in Australia: 2007 update
Transport – May 13
“Car brain” confesses, pleads: ‘make driving annoying and expensive’
Public purse props up fossil fuel industries in Australia
Monbiot: Air traffic out of control
Flights reach record levels despite warnings over climate change
Transport – May 11
Monbiot: Air traffic out of control
Flights reach record levels despite warnings over climate change
Frenetic lifestyle puts the boots to leisurely strolls
Dysfunction – May 10
Texas House favors gas tax break
40 percent of babies watch TV, study finds
Review of Consumed by Benjamin Barber
Urban design – May 8
No-walking blues (in suburban sprawl)
Cycling good in Cascadia, Europe’s better
Spain balks at corrupt urbanization
