China Vies to Be World

TIANJIN, China

Relocation, relocation, relocation

As sea levels rise in the wake of climate change and semi-arid regions turn to desert, people living in those parts of the world are likely to be displaced. A mathematical approach to planned relocation reported in the International Journal of Mathematics and Operational Research. Decision scientist Sajjad Zahir at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, […]

Humans may be losers if technological nature replaces the real thing

There are Web cams focused on falcons, ferrets and fish, virtual tours of the Grand Canyon and Yosemite, and robotic dogs, seals and even dinosaurs. But what about the real deal: observing animals in their natural habitat, hiking the John Muir Trail or a playing with a live pet? Modern technology increasingly is encroaching into […]

What Happens After the Crash? America Faces a Future of Discontinuity.

…Richard Florida, the urban theorist and author of the seminal book, The Rise of the Creative Class, is talking about a fundamental Before the crash exposed other long-simmering troubles, there were already compelling reasons to expect a very different, and challenging, future. The attacks of 9/11 introduced most Americans to what columnist Thomas Friedman calls

Survival Seed Kit to Combat World Food Supply Shortage Offered by Survival Seed

It In the current market most seeds are considered hybrid seeds; they are genetically modified and as such won

GM asks U.S. gov't for $2.6 bln to build hybrids

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Corp has asked for $2.6 billion of low interest government loans to support the development of three new hybrid vehicles, according to a business plan update released on Wednesday. GM’s loan request, which would help develop two spinoffs from its all-electric Chevrolet Volt, raises to $10.3 billion the aid it […]

Missouri has last, clear chance to avert mass transit collapse

…Starting Monday, St. Louis Service will end at 2,300 of the 9,000 bus stops and shelters on Missouri

Solution to the carbon problem could be under the ground

Hope for the fight against climate change as study finds greenhouse gas can be buried without fear of leaking Carbon dioxide captured from the chimneys of power stations could be safely buried underground for thousands of years without the risk of the greenhouse gas seeping into the atmosphere, a study has found. The findings will […]

Bill McKibben issues global call to action

An invitation from Bill McKibben to take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis. On Oct. 24, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to action, we’ll make it clear: the world needs an international plan that meets the […]

The food and farming transition: toward a post carbon food system

by Richard Heinberg and Michael Bomford, Ph.D. The American food system rests on an unstable foundation of massive fossil fuel inputs. It must be reinvented in the face of declining fuel stocks. The new food system will use less energy, and the energy it uses will come from renewable sources. We can begin the transition […]

Keynote: The Back-to-the-Lander

Vandana Shiva, India

Boats Too Costly to Keep Are Littering Coastlines

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. The bad economy is creating a flotilla of forsaken boats. While there is no national census of abandoned boats, officials in coastal states are worried the problem will only grow worse as unemployment and financial stress continue to rise. Several states are even drafting laws against derelicts and say they are aggressively […]

The rich prepare for the apocalypse

CEOs’ desire for even more wealth a preparation for end-times luxury …Hoarding for the apocalypse calls for belief that the end is coming and that wealth will insulate the wealthy from the misery that will befall the rest of us. (The rest of us might harbor apocalyptic fears, from time to time, but we haven’t […]

Clash of Subways and Car Culture in Chinese Cities

GUANGZHOU, China And even as Mr. Chan labors to bind Guangzhou together with an underground web of steel, the city is spreading out rapidly above ground, like a drop of ink on a paper towel. The Guangzhou Metro is just part of a much broader surge in mass transit construction across China. NY Times

House bill shifts focus to climate change adaptation

…Included in the 648-page draft bill are provisions that would require federal agencies to prepare adaptation plans, create dedicated funds for general and wildlife adaptation efforts, and establish a new National Climate Service to provide local governments with information on climate change and technical assistance to help them develop strategies to adapt to shifting weather […]

Helicopter carrying 16 crashes into North Sea

LONDON (Reuters) – A helicopter carrying 16 people from an offshore oil rig crashed into the North Sea off the northeast coast of Scotland on Wednesday and a rescue operation is under way, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said. Oil company BP said the aircraft was carrying 14 passengers and two crew from its Miller […]

Enthusiasm Builds for Helping a Shift to Fuel-Efficient Cars

WASHINGTON Similar incentive programs overseas have lifted automobile sales despite the awful economy. In Germany, an offer of about $3,290 for trade-ins helped to increase February car sales there by 21.5 percent from a year earlier, a 10-year high, according to the German Association of the Automotive Industry. In the United States, the economic stimulus […]

Canada oil firm confirms 1,600 bird deaths

(CNN) — Canada-based oil sands company Syncrude acknowledged that 1,600 birds — 1,100 more than initially estimated — drowned after landing on its settling basin in Aurora a year ago. The ducks died after becoming coated with the residual oil floating on the water surface. The company has been charged with violating the Migratory Birds […]

How Far Away Is the Smart Grid?

There has been much talk about renewable energy production and reduced consumption. Now, engineers are looking at the link between the two: Could smart grids and power meters start an energy revolution? One of the biggest problems with renewable energy is that it is so difficult to plan. Whether the wind blows and the sun […]

Peak Oil… Demand for it, that is.

It is demand for oil that may peak as governments adapt to the problems of global warming, security of supply and an amplitude of market volatility that could bring economic ruin to nations and then the world. Oil-demand may be reduced preemptively to the production peak (peak oil) through more efficient vehicle technologies and finding […]

Changing Landscape of Global E&P Industry

Last week marked a significant point in the current petroleum industry downturn. The more than $100 a barrel oil price decline, coupled with a 70%+ drop in U.S. natural gas prices during the second half of last year, signaled energy industry participants that their world would be significantly different in the future from the view […]

Mexico catches gang that allegedly stole oil, sold it to US refineries

MEXICO CITY (AP) “The oil was sold to several refineries in the United States and they (the gang) received payments that were triangulated through various accounts to hide the origin of the money,” Esparza said. He did not identify the U.S. refineries that bought the oil. Prosecutors say they froze 149 bank accounts and detected […]

Drop in oil industry spending fuels fear of shortages, price spikes

An investment slump in the global oil industry is delaying projects worldwide, and raising concerns about future production shortfalls and another bout of record high prices in coming years. Even conservative estimates suggest global crude production could be 7 per cent below previously forecast levels in 2014 if current investment trends continue. As demand picks […]

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