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Bush Pushes Oil Shale Plan Despite Enviro Concerns (coloradoindependent.com)
The Bush administration and the Bureau of Land Management are pushing relentlessly ahead with plans to fast-track Colorado's long-dormant oil shale industry, but a study released this fall exposes... More
Submitted 1 day ago by danwalter on Green | 0 Comments |
Obama's First Policy Retreat?
(www.motherjones.com)
Did Barack Obama just break his first campaign promise? On the campaign trail, Obama railed against big oil companies. He often criticized John McCain for backing tax cuts that would reward... More
Submitted 1 day ago by robertharding on Economy | 0 Comments |
Report: Water and oil shale don’t mix
(coloradoindependent.com)
The Bush administration and the Bureau of Land Management are pushing relentlessly ahead with plans to fast-track Colorado’s long-dormant oil shale industry, but a study released this fall exposes... More
Submitted 1 day ago by robertharding on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Finding the Best, Local Food Near You Just Got Easier
(www.alternet.org)
Food is making big headlines, and it's about time. In a year marked by rising food prices and riots throughout the world, we've seen what happens when the reality of our energy, climate and water... More
Submitted 16 days ago by robertharding on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Hijacked Saudi oil tanker anchors off Somalia (www.youngpoorandangry.com)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million in crude anchored the ship within sight of impoverished Somali fishing villages Tuesday, while other bandits... More
Submitted 16 days ago by YoungPoorAndAngry | 0 Comments |
The perils of cheap oil
(www.salon.com)
My kids and I drove to Southern California (from Berkeley) and back this past weekend to visit my grandmother. Three tanks of gas in total -- averaging roughly $2.35 a gallon. At 16 gallons a tank,... More
Submitted 17 days ago by robertharding on Economy | 0 Comments |
The perils of cheap oil
(www.salon.com)
My kids and I drove to Southern California (from Berkeley) and back this past weekend to visit my grandmother. Three tanks of gas in total -- averaging roughly $2.35 a gallon. At 16 gallons a tank,... More
Submitted 17 days ago by robertharding on Sustain | 0 Comments |
The Economic Crisis + Peak Oil = An Age of Relocalization?
(www.chelseagreen.com)
The financial meltdown, the credit crisis, and ensuing economic contraction—it can all be traced back to peak oil. Author Julian Darley, who knows a thing or two about dwindling resources, believes... More
Submitted 18 days ago by SpencerKent on Sustain | 0 Comments |
From Here to There: Fossil-Fuel Free Food
(www.chelseagreen.com)
The only way to avert a food crisis resulting from oil and natural gas price hikes and supply disruptions while also reversing agriculture’s contribution to climate change is to proactively and... More
Submitted 22 days ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Obama's Energy Challenge
(www.thenation.com)
Of all the challenges facing President Barack Obama next January, none is likely to prove as daunting, or important to the future of this nation, as that of energy. After all, energy policy--so... More
Submitted 23 days ago by cdoherty on Sustain | 0 Comments |
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