Full Newswire
full newswire:
Economists without a clue
Prepare to observe the spectacle of the two great economic paradigms of the twentieth century crashing to the ground, locked in mortal combat.
Culture Shift - Dec 3
Outside Agitator: Naomi Klein and the New New Left
How McDonald's finally got green
Millennials: are you mad enough yet?
Food & agriculture - Dec 3
Unexpected benefits From pasture farming
Qatar looks to grow food in Kenya
Agrofuel proponents hone tactics
Geopolitics - Dec 3
Iraq: The Thirteenth Hour
'2025' Report: A World of Resource Strife
Syria hit by double blow on oil prices and falling supplies
United States - Dec 3
The War on Carbon Heats Up Globally, but Strategies for Change Remain Local
James L. Jones' energy views worry some environmentalists
Youth Embarrassed By U.S. Delegation at Climate Conference
Peak oil - Dec 3
Charley Maxwell interview
IEA WEO 2008 - Fossil fuel ultimates and CO2 emissions scenarios
World oil forecasts using Wikipedia megaprojects, Dec 2008
Court of Appeals judge: The bell tolls for hydrocarbons: what's next?
Plan C bailout strategy – Dealing with cars
We are in an emergency situation now and car companies should be required to operate as if this is the case. One way to hunker down is to stop building new models every year. A lesson we might adopt from the airplane industry is that there is no more need for model years.
Does Mr. O Know?
A lot of readers are twanging on me for refraining to castigate President-elect Obama for deeds yet undone. They're discouraged by the advisors and cabinet sectetaries he's picked, ostensibly because the crew coming in are Washington "insiders," meaning they can't possibly see or do things differently.
My own starting point for this is the belief that in the years just ahead any sociopolitical entity organized at the giant scale will flounder -- this includes everything from the federal government to global corporations to factory farms to centralized high schools to national retail chains. So even expecting Mr. Obama's government to act effectively may be asking too much in a situation that will require mostly local action...
Transport - Dec 2
Fuel lost while sitting in line?
Whatever happened to the hydrogen economy?
Boris Johnson axes London congestion charge extension
Waste - Dec 2
From the dump to the pump
Wasted opportunities
Is it still worth recycling?

