Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Michigan’s third peak oil conference of 2008 focuses on the specific challenges and solutions for Michigan and features 45 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Albert Bates, Michael Brownlee, Ellen Hodgeson Brown, Richard Gilbert, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, and Aaron Wissner. The event is schedule for the November 14 weekend.
VeraSun Energy files for bankruptcy (‘worst economic crisis in the history of the ethanol industry’)
Scientist discovers fungus that could fuel a car (‘questions assumptions about how fossil fuels are made’)
Tibet: Water, sun and dung
Former BP chief Lord Browne speaks against alarmism on biofuels
UC Berkeley study: Green efforts boost economy
Making the case for wind power, again
Wood heat rises again
UK announces world’s largest algal biofuel project
Energy-saving windows a legacy of ’70s oil crisis
Energy concerns rekindle love affair with open fires
Renewable Energy Payments (REPs) to stimulate renewable investment
‘Wave snakes’ switch on to harness ocean’s power
Electricity From What Cows Leave Behind
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Phase out coal and burn trees instead, urges climatologist Hansen
Hung over from the ethanol party
Europe lowers goals for biofuel use
e360: The corn ethanol juggernaut
Kickapoo Nation sets sights on energy independence
The Dean of Dung is Back – and Full of Gas!
Bloomberg offers windmill power plan
New York Mayor sees conservation as main path to energy savings
Golden image of corn-based ethanol shows some erosion
The waste-pickers of Delhi
Junk raft raises awareness of plastics despite adversity, challenges
Recyclers are cashing in on the fortune in your bin
Largest water solar heater with PET bottles installed in Parana, Brazil
A tall, cool drink of … sewage?
Digesting the problem
Using crop residue for biofuels hurts soil quality (podcast)
Obama’s biofuels policy tension
£110M plan to turn human and cow waste into electricity
Footpaths to generate electricity
BART paying more in bet on solar power
Stockholm: Separating food waste is profitable
Burning wood: issues for the future
Quietly, wind farms spread footprint in U.S
Dr. Harry Zervos: Photovoltaics beyond conventional silicon
