Telling the Real Fracking Story
I can’t imagine it’s easy being a journalist these days, tasked with covering the explosive growth of US shale gas and oil (tight oil) drilling, and the even more explosive and ubiquitous claims that these unconventional resources are going...
A New Dream Built on Resilience
If you’re a lazy pessimist, times are good. After all, you don’t have to look far to see evidence that things are tough and poised to get tougher. There’s a growing wealth chasm between the rich and, well, everyone else. Significant changes...
The Ghosts of Shoppers Past: why assumptions matter
Berry Pomeroy Castle near Totnes is famed for supposedly being one of the most haunted castles in Britain. It is said that the ghosts can still be seen of the Pomeroy brothers riding to their doom over the castle...
The Political Economy of Ecosystem Services
Credit: University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute podcasts | Download Professor Joshua Farley (Vermont University; ODID-ECI Astor Visiting Lecturer) gives a entitled “The Political Economy of Ecosystem Services”.
Fracked Gas Won’t Solve Energy Crunch: Report
By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee Governments and financial analysts who think unconventional fossil fuels such as bitumen, shale gas and shale oil can usher in an era of prosperity and energy plenty are dangerously deluded, concludes a groundbreaking report...
The Case for Fossil-Fuel Divestment
: It’s obvious how this should end. You’ve got the richest industry on earth, fossil fuel, up against some college kids, some professors, a few environmentalists, a few brave scientists. And it’s worse than that. The college students want...
The Peak Oil Crisis: The State of the Union
When peak oil first came to widespread public attention some 10 or 15 years ago, there was some debate about whether peak oil was the solution to climate change caused by carbon emissions. After all, if we are forced...
Rebuilding The Foodshed interview
Credit: Connect the Dots – Progressive Radio Network | Download Alison Rose Levy speaks with Philip Ackerman-Leist, the author of Rebuilding The Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food System. The interview begins at 7:00 minutes.
Deficit Reduction = Recession
The math is not difficult. The US has an annual GDP of $14 trillion, and the nation’s current $1 trillion in annual deficit spending is seven percent of its GDP. Growth in GDP has recently been running at about...
Peak oil down to war, depression and geopolitical shifts
Given the increase in the amount of oil that China and India are importing, it looks as if there will be no oil available for other countries to import in another decade, warns expert. In recent months, there has...