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)

The ecological economy an essay Can growth and sustainable ecology go hand In hand? Or does one cancel out the other? A financial slump could present stark choices Hubert Bauch, The Gazette Published: 18 hours ago Picture a drunk so far gone that he's bent on drinking himself sober. It's much like the behaviour of... (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)

Edmonton Journal - "Canada missing golden opportunity in Bali" Exerpts - "Canada has moved from being a quiet climate failure on the margins of multilateral negotiations to a roadblock to international progress." "Canada has been and continues to be amongst the worst per capita contributors to climate change in the world. With only... (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)

The Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, The Concordia Urban Planning Association & The Planners Network Montreal are proud to present: Daniel Lerch Post Carbon Institute, California Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty Monday, October 22, 2007 7:00pm - 8:30pm Concordia University Henry H. Hall Building Room 1267 (12th floor) 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West Montreal, Quebec Free lecture and... (read more)