 Peak Oil Watch
(CBS News: Wed, 12 Sep) PEAK OIL WATCH....OPEC agreed today to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day. But check out this sentence in the New York Times coverage:Consuming nations, including the United States, have been urging OPEC producers to put more oil on...
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 Stockton to discuss eco-municipality
(Stevens Point Journal: Mon, 10 Sep) The town of Stockton will discuss becoming an eco-municipality at tonights board meeting and again at special meeting Sept. 20. Items to be discussed include dealing with global warming and peak oil and becoming a sustainable community. The city of Stevens Point formed a similar task force earlier this summer. For more information, contact Sue Anderson at 592-4423. The board meeting is at 7 p.m. ...
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 What would it take you to change to a 'green' car?
(The New Zealand Herald: Wed, 12 Sep) Waikato University mechanical engineer Mike Duke says gas stations will be replaced by "battery exchange stations", as electric vehicles begin their slow, but inevitable, takeover of traditional petrol powered motorcars.
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 RAM's alternative to 'crazy' ARC scheme
(Scoop.co.nz: Wed, 12 Sep) Auckland Regional Council chair Mike Lee is promoting a $3 billion Eastern tunnel under the Waitemata Harbour as "one of the priorities" of a joint transport study with Transit NZ.
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 Drought affecting 88 Missouri counties
(Jefferson City News Tribune: Wed, 12 Sep) A drought alert was declared Friday for 23 counties in eastern and southeast Missouri, according to Gov. Matt Blunt's office.
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 MARGIN NOTES: Mountains, Front Range in different universes
(Snowmass Village Sun: Wed, 12 Sep) Take this recent headline in the Rocky Mountain News: “New-home sales down a third.” The same day, 200 miles away, The Aspen Times ran this headline: “Downtown property listed for $39 million.” (And part of that was just a parking lot.)
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 David Roberts: 9/11, unity, and the chattering of chipmunks
(HuffingtonPost: Wed, 12 Sep) grist.orgOne of the most uncomfortable facets of the attacks on 9/11 is that as horrific as they were, they were also, for lack of a better word, bracing. It sounds awful to say so, but on some level everyone recognizes...
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 Workshop focuses on eating, spending locally
(The Eureka Reporter: Sat, 08 Sep) Some say that eating and buying local food and products benefits the environment, the economy and health. Keeping things local was the focus of a Peak Oil Action Group interactive workshop Tuesday evening at the Arcata Community Center.
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