Water scarcity – Aug 23
Map details global water stress /
Need for Water Could Double in 50 Years, U.N. Study Finds /
Scientists Call for Water Conservation
Resource Depletion
Environment – Aug 16
Large oil spills in Indian Ocean, Philippines /
Corroding sewers, not Alaskan oil pipes, are the real danger /
Water shortage ‘a global problem’ /
Why don’t we change?
Water shortages – Aug 8
World’s Water Resources Face Mounting Pressure /
Thirsty Planet /
Retreating glaciers take Earth’s water stores /
More than two million people face shortage of drinking water in China /
Chinese Impose Rules for Water Use /
Saving The World, Drip By Drip /
EB news round-up
Peak Oil – Jun 21
Klare: The Permanent Energy Crisis /
EIA: International Energy Outlook 2006 /
Donald Fournier: Oil depletion and the US Army /
The Commodity Boom
Environment – Jun 2
Canada Pays Environmentally for U.S. Oil Thirst /
Too many folk on a planet too hot for comfort /
Drought worsens China water woes /
Atlantic Hurricane season opens /
Bush administration censors scientists again /
A Bestiary of Skeptics
Environment – Jun 1
Two Studies Link Global Warming to Greater Power of Hurricanes /
The World’s Water Crises /
Canada Pays Environmentally for U.S. Oil Thirst /
Monbiot: The Building Inspectors Who Look the Other Way
Interview with Lester R. Brown
Environmental activist Lester R. Brown discusses his new book: “Plan B 2.0 Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble” (40 minutes audio in mp3).
The Economy as a competition for access to Energy
Given that the universe is energy, it may be of interest to contemplate evolution itself as a competition for access to that energy.
Peak Oil – Dec 12
Transcripts from first hearing by Congress on understanding peak oil / Copper may be approaching Hubbert’s Peak / Latin America’s oil production past its peak / Lawmakers: Will we run out of oil?
/ Electrification of transportation as a response to peaking of world oil production / What corporate America is reading: #13 is Simmons
/ Peak oil on Belgian TV
Environment Headlines – 8 November, 2005
Ecological implications of the Amazonian drought affect all / Toxic legacy of home grown Weapons of Mass Destruction / Melting mountains – How climate change is destroying the world’s most spectacular landscapes / The Kyoto deal is changing too / Drilling for methane hydrates
Other Energy Headlines – 26 October, 2005
Saudi Arabia evolves into a global petrochemical hub / ‘Shale oil is sham’ / Wood pellet market heats up / The chief UK scientific adviser has become a government spin doctor / Making the Grid “Smart” / Wind-farm plans take root in Texas / France: EDF’s highly charged sale / Plan for new nuke plant proceeds quietly
Book Review: Blackout by James Goodman
On August 14th 2003, New York City lost power citywide for the first time since 1977. To everyone’s collective surprise, nothing happened. No looting, rioting, arson or massive destruction of private property. On July 13th 1977, a different story emerged.