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Getting Off Oil Without the 'C' Word

Amory Lovins, co-founder and chairman of Rocky Mountain Institute, believes that governments and the private sector need to identify and remove barriers to energy efficiency, rather than simply promoting "conservation."
6 December 2008 - 9:00am
AlterNet

From a Zombie Economy to a New Economy

The stream of Washington bailouts is a doomed attempt to revive a 'zombie economy', argues James Howard Kunstler. He believes we need to start organizing new, local economies built around growing food, making things and transporting them by rail.
29 November 2008 - 7:00am
James Kunstler's Blog

'Gold Rush' for Geothermal

Warren Buffett, Google and others are investing heavily in geothermal energy development, spurred on by state incentives for renewables and higher gas prices.
7 November 2008 - 8:00am
The Los Angeles Times
Steven Polzin

Energy Crisis Solved

24 October 2008 - 7:18am
 Technology innovation – that’s all we need to solve the energy crisis!  Unleash American ingenuity and we’ll be able to cope with higher energy costs.  The Windmillmobile, should go a long way toward reducing petroleum consumption.  It seems to work fine unless there is a strong tailwind.  The engineers are still working on the sensor to fold down the windmill for garages and overpasses.  

 

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Cars a Rite of Passage No More?

That mainstay of adolescence -- achieving car ownership and going cruising -- may be on its way out.
17 August 2008 - 5:00am
The Globe and Mail

Missouri Town Goes Off the Grid

Rock Port, Missouri, population 1300, has become the first community in the country with more wind power that it can use.
4 August 2008 - 1:00pm
National Public Radio

Natural Gas Boom Brings New Option to City Drivers

Officials in Fort Worth, Texas weigh regulations for natural gas compression stations arising from a boom in drilling shale for natural gas.
29 July 2008 - 10:00am
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Yukon Ho! The New Rush North

It's Gold Rush days long since passed, Canada's Yukon Territory was until recently a wild, myth-bound place. But now oil and gas revenues are fueling new construction and population growth.
28 July 2008 - 12:00pm
The Globe & Mail

America's Dying Middle Class

Rolling Stone pundit Matt Taibbi writes that the media are missing the real story: that millions of Americans are financially drowning under home heating costs, gas prices and debt, and the middle class is disappearing.
24 July 2008 - 2:00pm
AlterNet

Feds Plan 'Energy Corridors' Through National Parks

The Department of Energy is proposing to construct massive "energy corridors", land designated solely for the purpose of energy conduction like oil, hydrogen and electricity.
15 July 2008 - 12:00pm
Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

Local Governments 'Heroes' of the Climate Crisis

If buildings are responsible for almost half of the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, then our energy and building codes are incredibly important tools attaining energy and climate sanity.
11 July 2008 - 9:00am
Gristmill

Climate Change Changing Assumptions on Land Use, Energy

Critic John King reflects on how common assumptions of Bay Area residents about urban growth boundaries and protesting nuclear power are challenged by the growing problem of climate change and energy access.
2 July 2008 - 9:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle

People Mover

This article from Next American City looks at escalators -- the expensive, energy-intensive, and often under-used transportation mode.
27 June 2008 - 6:00am
The Next American City

Snow Forces City To Conserve

An avalanche decimates an Alaskan city's energy infrastructure, leading residents to craft creative ways to conserve energy and lower their utility bills.
18 June 2008 - 8:00am
The Next American City

The Promise of New Industrial Jobs

Bethlehem Steel left 25 years ago, but a new, mysterious energy company is brining a glimmer of hope to Lackawanna, New York. The proposed plant, to be built on Bethlehem's brownfields, would convert petroleum coke into synthetic gas.
18 June 2008 - 6:00am
The Buffalo News

Protests, Riots Go Global as Fuel Costs Soar

Protests both peaceful and violent are breaking out across Europe and Asia as people's livelihoods begin to suffer from soaring fuel costs, and some stores are running out of food as truck drivers go on strike.
16 June 2008 - 10:00am
This Is London

Weird Energy Sources Debunked

One of the hosts of Mythbusters turns his eye on new ideas for energy sources, from grape juice to used tires.
5 June 2008 - 12:00pm
Mother Jones

Surging Fuel Prices Spur Green Backlash in Europe

With dramatically increasing fuel costs, European consumers formerly amenable to "green" taxes are turning against them, leading to fears that ambitious emission-control policies may not be achievable.
29 May 2008 - 12:00pm
The Globe & Mail
Todd Litman

Comprehensive Analysis of Transit Energy Conservation Benefits

27 May 2008 - 9:54am

A recent report by the libertarian Cato Institute, Does Rail Transit Save Energy or Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?, claims that public transit service improvements are ineffective at conserving energy and reducing pollution emissions. But this conclusion is based on faulty analysis.

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Iraq War Spending: What Could We Have Built Instead?

Robert Pollin & Heidi Garrett-Peltier writing in The Nation show that the U.S. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq that could have been much more productively invested in public goods like sustainable infrastructure.
18 March 2008 - 12:00pm
The Nation
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