Is The World About To Be Running On Empty? As evidence emerges of dwindling oil reserves, the price of crude hits $135 a barrel --- In France, fishermen are blockading oil refineries. In Britain, lorry drivers are planning a day of action. In the US, the car maker Ford is to cut production... (read more)

Exerpts - “Transportation has the fastest growing carbon emissions of any economic sector and automobiles are largely to blame with more than 600 million passenger vehicles now cruising the world’s roads. ” “Today, the real task is … to create … a ‘people’s transport system.’ Addressing the climate crisis requires entirely new... (read more)

Exerpts and a little commentary - After explaining why we should expect energy costs to rise, Sean proposes that we "agree, for now, that energy prices, and particularly fossil fuels prices, will remain high into the foreseeable future." Then Sean writes about food issues -- "Petro-chemicals play a critical role... (read more)

Exerpts - “A special investigative report by London’s Financial Times revealed that, ‘Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on carbon credit projects that yield few, if any, environmental benefits. Some organizations are paying for emissions reductions that don’t take place. Others are making big profits from... (read more)

Exerpts - "According to the most recent report of the Intergovernmental Report on Climate Change (IPCC), the European experience with carbon taxes shows that it sometimes has a beneficial impact initially, but that this effect does not last. That is, people get used to paying the higher prices and go right... (read more)

Exerpts - "Legally binding bans on clotheslines that exist in some Ontario housing subdivisions will soon be obsolete" "The elimination of the bans was recommended last year by the province's chief energy conservation officer, Peter Love, who argued that operating clothes dryers in the middle of summer runs counter to the... (read more)

The Boston Globe - "China’s Not Alone in Environmental Crisis" Exerpts - China is a "country choking on its own 'success,' now producing over 20 percent of global greenhouse gases" "The West has worked long and hard to transform China into what it is today: an industrial platform for the world where some... (read more)

The Guardian - "We've been suckered again by the US. So far the Bali deal is worse than Kyoto" "America will keep on wrecking climate talks as long as those with vested interests in oil and gas fund its political system" Exerpts - "In 1997 and in 2007 [the US] got the best... (read more)

Radio Ecoshock podcast - http://www.ecoshock.org/downloads/ecoshock/ES_Baird_Climate_Disaster.mp3 Canada's Environment Minister "John Baird fights climate change - by increasing CO2. Al Gore calls it "fraud"" If you're interested in figuring out what the Conservatives have been up to regarding Canadian CO2 emissions driving climate change, I highly recommend this podcast from Radio Ecoshock... (read more)

Birth of a New Wedge By Kelpie Wilson t r u t h o u t | Report Thursday 03 May 2007 Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia - As delegates met in Bangkok this week... (read more)

Gore Calls Canada Climate Plan a "Fraud" http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/043007O.shtml Al Gore condemned Canada's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, saying it was a fraud "designed to mislead the Canadian people." Under the initiative announced Thursday, Canada would reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020. But the government acknowledged it would not... (read more)

This should be relevant to our city planners and elected representatives. How about sending them an email or dropping them a line in the mail, with this news? Ian Post Carbon Institute is pleased to announce the official launch of our new Post Carbon Cities program, and the unveiling of the Post... (read more)

from the December 21, 2006 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1221/p06s01-woam.html Canada's cutting-edge energy model Prince Edward Island aims to generate 30 percent of its energy needs from its own renewable resources by 2016. By Colin Woodard | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor ELMIRA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND If you want a glimpse... (read more)

The Vegetable-Industrial Complex By Michael Pollan The New York Times Sunday 15 October 2006 [excerpts from longish article, found on www.truthout.org] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that our food supply now sickens 76 million Americans every year, putting more... (read more)