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Is the Global Oil Tank Half-full, Is It Half-Empty...Or Are We Running On Fumes?

Richard Heinberg Sep 27, 2009   5 comments

In his article in the New York Times September 24, “Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries”, staff reporter Jad Mouawad cites oil discoveries totaling ten billion barrels … >>

The Advent of Smart, Green Cities in Asia and Europe Shows Leadership for Copenhagen Climate Agreement

Warren Karlenzig Sep 24, 2009   

Songdo International Business District, South Korea On the eve of G-20 meetings this week in the heart of the United States, the momentum of climate change leadership is ironically taking shape … >>

Obama on Climate: Is He Even Trying?

Bill McKibben Sep 24, 2009   1 comments

[Excerpt] Judging from the UN speech, I am starting to doubt it. For those of us who care desperately about the climate, President Obama’s speech on Tuesday—the first to the world body … >>

People, Let's Get Our Carbon Down

Bill McKibben Sep 23, 2009   

[Excerpt] Here's a question whose answer might surprise you: what American songwriter penned the most-listened-to piece of environmental protest music of all time? Somebody with an acoustic … >>

Why I Chose to Be Childless

Stephanie Mills Sep 22, 2009   

[Excerpt] A few years ago my writers' group, which happened to consist of six non-mothers (we dubbed it the Child-free Ladies’ Mind Workers Union Local #1), got into a discussion of our … >>

The Peak Oil Crisis: The Next Price Spike

Tom Whipple Sep 21, 2009   3 comments

The peak oil thesis holds that the cessation of further growth in world oil production will be accompanied by wild price swings as the world attempts to adjust to the new state of affairs. Now … >>

The Thermodynamics of Local Foods

Jason Bradford Sep 16, 2009   

  "No phosphorus, no thought." - Frederick Soddy Books, blogs, and articles about local foods have been popping up with high frequency recently. I am not going to get into … >>

Where are New Green Cities and How Can They Curb Asian Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Warren Karlenzig Sep 16, 2009   2 comments

Teaser:  In my previous post, I highlighted how growing Asian urbanization is expected to contribute more than half of the world's growth in greenhouse gases over the next 20 years... … >>

The Future Is All About Resilience

Asher Miller Sep 11, 2009   5 comments

This is a presentation, complete with speakers notes, which I gave recently. The presentation sets out Transition Towns as a response to the converging crises in the economy, energy and the … >>

The Peak Oil Crisis: As Summer Ends

Tom Whipple Sep 4, 2009   

The economic news has been relatively quiet in recent weeks. The wild plunges in the various indexes that were happening last winter have subsided. The financial writers and cable networks are … >>