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June 19, 2008

Disaster Capitalism on a Grand Scale

Disaster Capitalism on a Grand Scale As the cost of food and fuel spirals out of control, and the mortgage and credit crises all strike at a global level, one has to ask if this is a "perfect storm" or a manufactured opportunity - or both....

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May 27, 2008

API: Greenwashing Again or Pure Propaganda?

API: Greenwashing Again or Pure Propaganda? The American Petroleum Institute (API) is unleashing a new advertising campaign to soothe the American public. I am sure it has nothing to do with Oil execs grilled on fuel prices by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations....

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May 18, 2008

Evolve or die: Can we shed our moral primitivism before it’s too late?

Evolve or die: Can we shed our moral primitivism before it’s too late? I would like to recommend to you an excellent interview Evolve or die: Can we shed our moral primitivism before it’s too late? posted at Thomas Paine's Corner. This interview of Steven Best by Jason Miller is an excellent discussion...

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April 23, 2008

Recipe for Catastrophe: Climate, Fuel, and Food

Recipe for Catastrophe: Climate, Fuel, and Food Food riots turn deadly in Haiti. Food riots fear after rice price hits a high. And so it starts. Globally there has been roughly a 25% increase in food prices. In some areas - such as Haiti - food...

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February 3, 2008

Who Wins, Oil or Arctic?

Who Wins, Oil or Arctic? Whether to open the Chukchi Sea to exploratory oil drilling now rests in the hands Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. He plans on opening 20 million acres of the Chukchi Sea for leasing on February 6, 2008. The Chukchi...

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January 5, 2008

Oil Increases Hit More than Gasoline Prices

Oil Increases Hit More than Gasoline Prices Once again, oil prices are "surging," and once again the primary discussion focuses on the cost of gasoline. While the price of gasoline is the most direct visible aspect for individuals, it is certainly not the only one. Increasing fuel...

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December 6, 2007

Automotive Alternative

Automotive Alternative Here is a new development that is worthy of note. The video discusses a four cylinder engine that runs on air. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4...

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November 19, 2007

Compare the Democratic Candidates on Global Warming

Compare the Democratic Candidates on Global Warming Living on Earth and Grist and Grist sponsored a Democratic candidate forum in Los Angeles on Global Warming and America's Energy Future. Only Kucinich, Edwards, and Clinton bothered to show up - which dramatically narrows the candidate field for me....

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November 7, 2007

Xylitol Poisonous For Dogs

Xylitol Poisonous For Dogs This is for the dog lovers and the dog people in your life. Xylitol, a sweetener increasingly used in chewing gum, candy, cookies, and even toothpaste, is potentially fatal to dogs. While humans process only a small percentage of xylitol,...

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October 25, 2007

California and Disaster Accountability Project

California and Disaster Accountability Project Southern California continues to burn and more than 500,000 people have been evacuated. This will be a disaster long after the fires are out. While the diaster response seems to be improved over Katrina, there are likely issues that need...

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September 16, 2007

Very Bloody Oil

Very Bloody Oil Many people have been saying that the invasion (and occupation) of Iraq is about oil. I believe that there is more than oil involved, but certainly oil was a driving motivator. Now we can add Alan Greenspan to the list...

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September 9, 2007

"Shocking" Changes in Greenland.

"Shocking" Changes in Greenland. on September 7th, I wrote about the arctic melt. More specifically, the concern is regarding the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. What scientists now believe is that condition of the Greenland ice sheet has been pivotal in dramatic climatic...

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September 7, 2007

Arctic going, going

Arctic going, going The news from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is that we just lost another 50 years in the global warming catastrophe. The melt is accelerating beyond any projections, and the current amount of CO2 in the atmosphere will...

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August 30, 2007

Greensumption

Greensumption The International Forum on Globalization has released a short video on the false solution of going "green" while maintaining or increasing consumption. It does an excellent job of addressing a number of myths. At YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ft5SSIfmeKU...

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August 13, 2007

The Social Effects of Peak Oil

The Social Effects of Peak Oil Last summer I was interviewed by Janaia Donaldson of Peak Moment TV. Peak Moment is a weekly community television program which explores the issues and solutions of a "changing energy future." Janaia and Robyn took a tour last year to...

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August 9, 2007

Great Video Resource Site

Great Video Resource Site I don't know whether you have run across FreeDocumentaries.org in your web travels, but it is a boon to those of us who are into political films by independent producers. The good folks at Free Documentaries believe that information is...

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July 7, 2007

Live Earth Access

Live Earth Access If you don't have access to the Sundance Channel and the Live Earth Concerts, you can watch it live at liveearth.msn.com. The site also has access to the videos shown during the concert. There are also links to a number...

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June 6, 2007

Gas Prices Could Go Up - Way Up

Gas Prices Could Go Up - Way Up Hold onto your hats folks. Gas prices could skyrocket shortly due to cyclone Gonu which is hitting Oman and heading into Gulf of Oman. This could have a significant effect on oil fields, production facilities and shipping. There is an...

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May 31, 2007

Just Say 'No!' to Coal

Just Say 'No!' to Coal There needs to be a call to action. Big Coal (like Peabody Energy Company aka Peabody Coal Company) is pushing hard to get us (via the government) to make massive investments in coal, and coal to liquid fuel legislation. The...

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May 25, 2007

Toxic Love

Toxic Love Hexxus (Tim Curry) sings Toxic Love Or available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PLQ1XfaTuU>/a> Thanks to Ed for sending this along....

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May 23, 2007

Portlanders! The Chainsaws Are Coming. Act!

Portlanders! The Chainsaws Are Coming. Act! The Port of Portland is preparing to cut down 225 trees during nesting season. This information and action alert from the Audubon Society. The Port of Portland is currently in the process of cutting down 225 trees along Airport Way...

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May 21, 2007

New Life - On Its Way Out

New Life - On Its Way Out (Image courtesy of James Dragesic of the Australian Gvt. Antarctic Division) It was reported that scientists have found more than 700 new species of sea life in the Antarctic. Hailed as a "treasure trove," the species were found by...

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May 13, 2007

The Consequences of a Globalized, Industrialized Food Supply

The Consequences of a Globalized, Industrialized Food Supply The United States has seen the chickens coming home to roost regarding the consequences of a globalized and industrialized food supply. The issue arose in relationship to animal feed. It started with a recall of dog and cat food because...

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May 6, 2007

Arctic Melt Underestimated

Arctic Melt Underestimated According to a new study released by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the climate change models have significantly underestimated the amount of arctic melting that occurred from 1953 - 2006. The estimates had been based on a melt...

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May 5, 2007

Of Surges and Purges

Of Surges and Purges I share with many of you a growing sense of anger and frustration at the constantly worsening situation in Iraq. Now, the "surge" is in place, and "gated communities" are being delineated over the objections of both Shia and Sunni...

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April 25, 2007

Food Contamination - A Much Larger Set of Problems

Food Contamination - A Much Larger Set of Problems Just as the Dubai Ports World fiasco (1, 2, 3) brought to public attention that the US has ceded control of our ports to international corporate control, the pet food contamination has brought to the fore problems with globalization, our...

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April 20, 2007

Pet Food Debacle Is Getting Even Bigger

Pet Food Debacle Is Getting Even Bigger While it has not been added to the US list of problematic ingredients, there was an article today from South Africa of renal failure in dogs and cats due to melamine in corn gluten. While the food was processed in...

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April 5, 2007

Radical Noesis Wins "Best Topical Blog"

Radical Noesis Wins "Best Topical Blog" The Radical Noesis team has been selected as The Best Topical Blog for the Northwest Progressive Institute's 2006 David Neiwert Awards. I am very proud of what out team of writers are doing collectively here at Radical Noesis, and individually...

Link to Radical Noesis Wins "Best Topical Blog" | April 5, 2007 9:22 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 4, 2007

Dead Seas Still have Tides

Dead Seas Still have Tides Last week I took a break and went with family over to the Oregon coast. It was an almost perfect day for the end of March - low 60s with sun and haze and almost no wind. The tide was...

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March 15, 2007

Overshoot Global Warming Into An Ice Age?

Overshoot Global Warming Into An Ice Age? In 2004 I wrote an article Environmental collapse - sooner not later. In that article, I discussed the Pentagon's scenario (as discussed by David Stipp) that we could find ourselves in the middle of a rapid onset ice age. I...

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March 8, 2007

We Need To Get Real About the Planet

We Need To Get Real About the Planet Every day there is more bad news about climate change and global warming gases. It seems that the more we hear about it the more we pollute. U.S. emissions are projected to increase, and China is passing the U.S. as...

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January 21, 2007

Draft of Portland Peak Oil Recommendations Released for Public Comment

Draft of Portland Peak Oil Recommendations Released for Public Comment After months of research and work, the Portland Peak Oil Task Force has released the draft of its findings and recommendations for public review and comment....

Link to Draft of Portland Peak Oil Recommendations Released for Public Comment | January 21, 2007 10:26 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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January 4, 2007

Industrial Problem - Technological Solution - Cloning

Industrial Problem - Technological Solution - Cloning Industrial agriculture has been coming home to roost. One of those negative impacts has been "mad cow" disease or BSE. Now, scientists have apparently found a cure for BSE - genetic engineering. This report comes on the heels of the...

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December 31, 2006

Cloned Meat Supposedly Safe

Cloned Meat Supposedly Safe As you have likely already heard, the FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) has determined that cloned meat and milk are compositionally no different from non-cloned meat and milk (FDA Press Release). I would urge people to submit their comments...

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December 22, 2006

Of Wealth and Death

Of Wealth and Death The headlines read: Richest 2 Percent Own Half the World's Wealth; Richest 2% Hold Half the World's Assets; India's 40 million shopkeepers brace for Wal-Mart effect; Nike's dilemma: Is doing the right thing wrong? - child labor in Pakistan; The...

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December 17, 2006

Why Isn't Global Warming News?

Why Isn't Global Warming News? Oregon and Washington just got creamed by the second damaging storm in a month. Why isn't global warming news? In watching the hours of coverage for both storms - the one that hit in November and the one that hit...

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December 5, 2006

Stop Exapanded Offshore Drilling Now

Stop Exapanded Offshore Drilling Now The Republicans are trying to get through their laundry list before the exit stage right. Tonight the House is voting to expand offshore drilling. Please contact your Congressperson immediately. Below is the email I received from the Natural Resources Defense...

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December 3, 2006

U.S. Not the Only Nation Spinning Global Warming

U.S. Not the Only Nation Spinning Global Warming While the world has been more than frustrated with the lack of action on the part of the United States, China is not moving very far very fast either. Perhaps part of the reason resides in the information that the...

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November 30, 2006

There Must Be Limits On What Is Considered Terrorism

There Must Be Limits On What Is Considered Terrorism The government is stretching the legal definition of terrorism way too far. First it was extended with the U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. Then a number of states jumped on board with ecoterrorism legislation. Now the we have the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act...

Link to There Must Be Limits On What Is Considered Terrorism | November 30, 2006 7:16 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 27, 2006

State Senator Town Hall on Biofuels

State Senator Town Hall on Biofuels Oregon State Senator Ginny Burdick (District 18) is having a toen hall meeting on biofuels at Portland State University. The meeting will be on December 5th, at 7pm in the Cascade Room. See extended entry for the announcement and contact...

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November 26, 2006

Carbon Footprint Series

Carbon Footprint Series The Oregonian is running a series on personal carbon footprints. Patrick O'Neill talks about how to reduce 200 pounds of CO2 by changing your breakfast routine. He continues with a piece on reducing impact beyond your home. There is also...

Link to Carbon Footprint Series | November 26, 2006 11:41 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 20, 2006

Do You Dream About Drowning Polar Bears?

Do You Dream About Drowning Polar Bears? Do you dream about drowning polar bears, weary seals, and starving walruses? I do. Each day the ice gets thinner. Polar bears swim over 80 miles, and finding neither ice nor food, they drown. I have thought and thought about...

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November 18, 2006

Shall The Cradle Fall?

Shall The Cradle Fall? Africa, the home of the human race. Science indicates she birthed us. She nurtured our infancy. Some went out from her to spread across the Earth. Others stayed and continued an unbroken relationship with our birthplace. Africa was, and is,...

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November 17, 2006

Beyond Oil Conference - Portland

Beyond Oil Conference - Portland For those in the Portland, OR area ... On Saturday Nov. 18, 2006, there is a Beyond Oil Conference and Reception being held at Smith Memorial Union at PSU. (Multicultural Center room 228) from 9am-4:30pm. Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility...

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November 11, 2006

Moves In the Right Direction On Environment

Moves In the Right Direction On Environment With the mid-term elections behind us, there are some important shifts on the horizon for the environment. Two of the biggest blockages to positive climate action will be moving on climate change - James Inhofe and Richard Pembro - will...

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November 10, 2006

And Gas Prices Start To Rise

And Gas Prices Start To Rise Isn't it just a coincidence that gas prices started jumping up all the sudden? On Tuesday, my regular gas station had unleaded for $2.22 a gallon. By Thursday morning it had jumped to $2.38 a gallon. That is a sixteen...

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November 8, 2006

A Necessary Shift Part 2: Global Mindshift

A Necessary Shift Part 2: Global Mindshift In an effort to expand the horizon of possibility during a time when it seems we are standing on the horizon, I started searching around for "something different." My new top site in the "new" category is Global Mindshift. The...

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November 7, 2006

Thinking About Systems Crash

Thinking About Systems Crash Peak oil, global warming, and now the report that sea life could collapse before 2050. All symptoms of system failure. That system is the earth ecosystem, and it is crashing because of the path that has become embedded under "modern"...

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November 5, 2006

Skidboot - A Heartwarming Tale

Skidboot - A Heartwarming Tale This is a story that made me smile and made me cry. Enjoy the story of Skidboot. Video runs about 9 minutes. A heart-warming segment from Texas Country Reporter, with Bob Phillips....

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November 2, 2006

A Necessary Shift Part 1: WorldChanging

A Necessary Shift Part 1: WorldChanging WorldChanging is an organization and website aimed at solutions to our environmental problems. They are releasing a new book tomorrow called WorldChanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (at Amazon). I have seen a copy of the book and...

Link to A Necessary Shift Part 1: WorldChanging | November 2, 2006 7:25 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 31, 2006

Peak Oil, Global Warming, Oh My!

Peak Oil, Global Warming, Oh My! Peak oil and global warming - the Janus catastrophes of our times. Entwined and interrelated, they are equally symptoms of systemic collapse. We face the collapse of natural systems, caused by the insanity of social systems, and leading to the...

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October 29, 2006

Shell's Portland Oregon "Town Hall Meeting"

Shell's Portland Oregon "Town Hall Meeting" I attended one of Shell's "National Dialogue on Energy Security" on October 27th. This is part of a 91 city tour by Shell President John Hofmeister and a few staff to have "discussions" across the nation. Portland, Oregon is one...

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October 26, 2006

A Creative Approach To Energy Production

A Creative Approach To Energy Production The Pacesetters Project is an initiative of The Facility, which is an association of British facilities architects. The project is aimed at producing electricity from daily activities - primarily foot pressure....

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The Independent Throws Gauntlet At Blair

The Independent Throws Gauntlet At Blair The Independent has thrown the gauntlet at Tony Blair's approach to global warming with their Green Manifesto. Here are the highlights: - Decentralise energy production - Rethink aviation policy - Curb road pollution - Step up the drive for renewable...

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October 15, 2006

History and Global Warming

History and Global Warming Share the article and site below with everyone you know! 10/16/06 Spencer Weart, HNN, Global Warming: How History Is Being Manipulated to Undermine Calls for Action The Discovery of Global Warming "A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly)...

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Finally An Acknowledgement of Oil's Role in Darfur

Finally An Acknowledgement of Oil's Role in Darfur The International Crisis group has released its report on ending the Darfur crisis. Central in those findings is sanctioning the oil industry....

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October 10, 2006

ALERT: Southeast Asia's Burning Rainforests and Peatland Threaten World's Climate

ALERT: Southeast Asia's Burning Rainforests and Peatland Threaten World's Climate Originally posted at Climate Ark TAKE ACTION: On November 6th governments from all over the world will be meeting in Nairobi for the year's most important United Nations climate change talks. To date international policy discussions have largely ignored the...

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October 8, 2006

Global Warming - High Stakes High Costs

Global Warming - High Stakes High Costs The price tag to cap global warming emissions? According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers the answer is $1,000,000,000,000. The cost of not capping and decreasing emissions? Massive death and devastation....

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October 3, 2006

Get Out the Vote

Get Out the Vote Time is rapidly running out for folks to get registered so they can vote in the November elections. This vote, like all of them in recent times is critical. Our democracy, our rights, and so much else is riding on...

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September 22, 2006

The Global Warming Snowball

The Global Warming Snowball Reading the news, it seems clear that global warming has become a snow ball rolling down hill gathering both size and speed. It seems that there is no good news to be had, and each new study and report is...

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September 19, 2006

Darfur Hypocrisy

Darfur Hypocrisy Around the world millions have rallied or expressed their demand that the humanitarian disaster continuing in Darfur stop (Council on Foreign Relations, 9/19/06). President Bush is supposedly concerned about the situation in Darfur, and urged the UN to take action....

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September 15, 2006

Big Oil Find Not So Big

Big Oil Find Not So Big The trumpeted big oil find in the Gulf of Mexico is not what it is cracked up to be. Two very good articles are available. One is by Tom Whipple, "The peak oil crisis: Hyping Jack No. 2." The other...

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September 14, 2006

Inconvenient Heroes - The Survivors of 9/11/01

Inconvenient Heroes - The Survivors of 9/11/01 Having just passed the fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001, and having watched at least four programs on the ongoing health issues of first responders, and those near the World Trade Center, I wonder about living versus dead heroes....

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September 6, 2006

The Meaning Of Things

The Meaning Of Things I recently re-read Sherri S. Tepper's book The Visitor (2002). While I recommend Tepper as an exceptional author, and think this is a great book, I am not writing a book review, but addressing an idea that comes up in...

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August 27, 2006

Ocean Currents, Dead Zones, and Global Warming

Ocean Currents, Dead Zones, and Global Warming For the fifth year in a row, a dead zone has formed off the Oregon Coast. First documented in 2002, the dead zone has formed for each of the last five years - though in two of those years the...

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August 24, 2006

Peak Moment Television

Peak Moment Television I had the great experience of being interviewed by the Yuba Gals - producers of Peak Moment Television. Peak Moment is a project of the for Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy (APPLE) out of Nevada City, California. They are...

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August 23, 2006

Lebanon Oil Spill Hits Seabed

Lebanon Oil Spill Hits Seabed Greenpeace has filmed up to 10cm of oil on the seabed off of Lebanon. The spill is from an oil storage area bombed by Israel. Cleanup of the spill has not progressed at all because Israel will not allow flights...

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August 17, 2006

Peak Oil and Petro Terrorism

Peak Oil and Petro Terrorism On February 24, 2006, CNN aired a clip called Oil and Terror. In it the talk about the attempted attack on a Saudi refinery, and about the ongoing conflict in Nigeria (with Shell). The commentator (Ali Velshi) notes that oil...

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August 14, 2006

Escaped Transgenic Grass In Oregon

Escaped Transgenic Grass In Oregon According to a report in Nature, transgenic grass produced by The Scotts Company has escaped its test plot, and been found almost two miles away. The grass is resistant to Roundup and other herbicides. The bioengineered grass could pose a...

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August 11, 2006

Greenland Ice sheet Melt Accelerating

Greenland Ice sheet Melt Accelerating According to a report in the August 11, 2006 BBC, the Greenland ice sheet is "speeding up." Using a calculation that measures earth's gravity and mass, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have determined that the ice sheet...

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August 6, 2006

There Seems To Be A Lot Of Oil Spills

There Seems To Be A Lot Of Oil Spills Is it just me, or does there seem to have been an awful lot of oil spills and pipeline leaks recently? Cebu City - Phillipines 8/06 Lebanon 7/06 Cumberland County - New Jersey 8/06 Venezuela 8/06 Nigeria 7/06 Russia 7/06...

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August 3, 2006

Global Warming Overstated?

Global Warming Overstated? An interesting UK media analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has concluded that some British reporting on climate change amounts to "climate porn." "Apocalyptic visions of climate change used by newspapers, environmental groups and the UK government...

Link to Global Warming Overstated? | August 3, 2006 3:34 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 30, 2006

Israel Won't Stop Offensive For Humans Or Environment

Israel Won't Stop Offensive For Humans Or Environment Israel has refused to cease fire in Lebanon to allow humanitarian aid, and they won't cease fire to allow a cleanup of a massive oil spill. The spill is a result of Israeli bombing of oil storage tanks at El-Jiye...

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Nuclear Power Is Not A Solution

Nuclear Power Is Not A Solution As the price of hydrocarbons goes up, and the supply of oil goes down, many are promoting a nuclear future. The problems with storage of radioactive for millions of years aside, nuclear power won't work. There are two major problems...

Link to Nuclear Power Is Not A Solution | July 30, 2006 8:14 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 28, 2006

Oil Is Nothing If Not Profitable

Oil Is Nothing If Not Profitable Well, big oil's earning reports say it all: there is big money to be made in oil. Shell 40% profits 7.32 billion Exxon- Mobil 36% profit 10.4 billion Conoco-Phillips 65% profit 5 billion BP 30% profits 7.3 billion Chevron 18%...

Link to Oil Is Nothing If Not Profitable | July 28, 2006 9:55 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 24, 2006

Death of the Rainforest - Catastrophic Change

Death of the Rainforest - Catastrophic Change The Amazon rainforest is dying. It could become a desert. The study being conducted in the Amazon is absolutely devastating news....

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July 23, 2006

The Planet is Sizzling

The Planet is Sizzling The Guardian headline says it all "100º - get used to it." It is clear that the earth is not just dealing with a heat wave. The news of the heat is dire, but the implications are starting to hit...

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July 19, 2006

Greenland and Peak Oil

Greenland and Peak Oil While the article never comes out and says "peak oil," the reality is threaded throughout "Big oil targets Greenland."...

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July 15, 2006

Panama Canal To Be Widened

Panama Canal To Be Widened The Panamanian Congress has voted to widen the Panama Canal. The plan calls for widening the canal by 42 feet to make the canal a total of 150 feet wide. Currently, the Panama canal passes about 5% of global trade,...

Link to Panama Canal To Be Widened | July 15, 2006 8:25 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 14, 2006

Conflict Up. Oil Prices Up.

Conflict Up. Oil Prices Up. The conflict between Israel, and Palestine and Lebanon continues to escalate, but thus far has drawn in Syria and Iran. That is with no thanks to President Bush who issued a statement yesterday saying that Iran and Syria were intimately...

Link to Conflict Up. Oil Prices Up. | July 14, 2006 9:32 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 11, 2006

Server Farms and the Environment

Server Farms and the Environment Perhaps I am a bit slow, but a report on NPR called "Cheap and Reliable Power Nurtures Server Farms" stunned me. Back in about 1994, I was meeting with a group of internet consultants about connecting a program I worked...

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July 7, 2006

Global Warming and Earthquakes

Global Warming and Earthquakes Well as if droughts, tornadoes, hurricanes, and heat waves weren't enough, scientists are now talking about earthquakes and volcanoes being linked to global warming. The theory runs like this. The ice sheets and glaciers are ice, and that weighs a...

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July 4, 2006

The Media And Science

The Media And Science What do you ideally expect when you watch or read the news? Ideally, I expect facts and unbiased reporting. That is rarely what one gets. One expects that differing points of view will be included, but that fact remains fact....

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July 1, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth and NativeEnergy

An Inconvenient Truth and NativeEnergy SEE THIS MOVIE I finally got the opportunity to see "An Inconvenient Truth." It is an exceptional presentation on global warming. The visuals are very good, and recent information is included - like the CO2 measurements over the last 650,000...

Link to An Inconvenient Truth and NativeEnergy | July 1, 2006 7:34 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 25, 2006

Why Does Global Warming Seem To Be Happening So Quickly?

Why Does Global Warming Seem To Be Happening So Quickly? Read the news, or read the reports, underlying the discussion of global warming is a sense of panic. It is all happening too fast. The search is on to try and figure out why, but so far there is tantalizing...

Link to Why Does Global Warming Seem To Be Happening So Quickly? | June 25, 2006 6:54 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 21, 2006

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Still Increasing

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Still Increasing The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG) has released a new report The Carbon Boom (pdf) - or here. The report looks in detail at U.S. carbon emissions from 1960 to 2005. It examines the 95% increase in CO2 emissions...

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June 17, 2006

Ecuador

Ecuador I am in the process of researching oil and conflict in Ecuador, and I have come across some streaming videos that people may find of interest. Amazon watch Ecuador´s Black Plague it's the 9th video down on the page. A...

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June 13, 2006

Resource Wars? U,S, And China

Resource Wars? U,S, And China The headlines are too blatant to just ignore. One has to wonder if the U.S. (and U.K.) press isn't trying to distract the public. Take this for example: China arms sales 'fuel conflicts'. Now why highlight China, and leave the...

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June 10, 2006

Slow Growth, Inflation? Raise Interest Rates

Slow Growth, Inflation? Raise Interest Rates According to the NY Times, the Fed Makes It Clear That Rates Will Rise Again: "SIGNS of slower economic growth, paradoxically, would normally have been welcome news this week, bolstering the idea that the Federal Reserve would stop tightening the...

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June 9, 2006

Biofuelwatch

Biofuelwatch I was recently contacted by the owner - Almuth Ernsting - of the biofuelwatch.org. I had been unfamiliar with that site and so went to check it out. The site is aimed at the EU audience, but also has a...

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June 6, 2006

Jet Stream Is Shifting

Jet Stream Is Shifting According to a report in Science, "Enhanced Mid-Latitude Tropospheric Warming in Satellite Measurements," the Jet stream is bulging outward from the equator. I do not have access to the full report, but an AP story provides more depth....

Link to Jet Stream Is Shifting | June 6, 2006 9:43 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 4, 2006

Oil Lust And Climate Collapse

Oil Lust And Climate Collapse As Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" gets both rave reviews from most, and the cold shoulder from others, climate change is real and we all know it. The tension level in hurricane areas seems to be pretty high, and insurance...

Link to Oil Lust And Climate Collapse | June 4, 2006 9:08 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 28, 2006

Record Shark Killed

Record Shark Killed The big news for "fishing" enthusiasts is that a 1280 pound hammerhead shark was caught. That "record" catch is credited to Capt. Bucky Dennis. He used a stingray as bait, and the shark dragged his boat about 12 miles out...

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May 17, 2006

Global Warming: Who Lives Who Dies?

Global Warming: Who Lives Who Dies? It seems easy sitting in the most consuming, capitalist nation in the world to think that global warming is not a big deal. There is a belief that no matter what nature throws this way that "technology" can handle it....

Link to Global Warming: Who Lives Who Dies? | May 17, 2006 7:11 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 9, 2006

The New Threat To Corporations

The New Threat To Corporations There is a rising threat to the power of the oil companies - nations. In particular, oil producing nations. From western hemisphere to eastern, nations are flexing their muscles. Russia's move to capitalist control of energy resources have largely been...

Link to The New Threat To Corporations | May 9, 2006 6:01 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 7, 2006

The Mountain Sentinel

The Mountain Sentinel Hi all, I would like to recommend Dale Allen Pfeiffer's The Mountain Sentinel. The magazine is in its second volume. The current volume (available for $2.50 pdf or $7.50 print and bound) covers issues from the laws of thermodynamics to...

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May 4, 2006

Proof of Global Warming

Proof of Global Warming Sorry - creator unknown...

Link to Proof of Global Warming | May 4, 2006 12:41 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 22, 2006

When Will Earth Day Really Be Earth Comes First Day?

When Will Earth Day Really Be Earth Comes First Day? My first Earth Day was in 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri. I was 18 years old. I had read "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson a couple of years before that day. I had followed the impacts of pollution after that....

Link to When Will Earth Day Really Be Earth Comes First Day? | April 22, 2006 7:53 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 19, 2006

Global Warming Programs

Global Warming Programs Just wanted to give folks a heads up. There are two global warming specials on this week. One is on PBS Nova, and is called "Global Dimming. I watched it last night, and I must say it did not make...

Link to Global Warming Programs | April 19, 2006 8:33 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 15, 2006

Climate Alert

Climate Alert The news this week has been frightening out of the UK with reports that a 3C rise in temperature is expected in this century, and that 400 million people will be at risk. Noted in these articles and reports,...

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April 14, 2006

What Is Up With Fuel Price Predictions?

What Is Up With Fuel Price Predictions? In listening to the news yesterday, I was getting very confused. I listened to ABC, CBS, NBC, and some cable news. Each of them seemed to have a slightly different take on where gasoline prices were going. They were all,...

Link to What Is Up With Fuel Price Predictions? | April 14, 2006 5:57 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 12, 2006

Call Me Romantic But Let's Not Bomb The Moon

Call Me Romantic But Let's Not Bomb The Moon The word is out NASA to Crash Probe Into Moon in Search of Water. The plan is to launch a reconnaissance vehicle and "probe" in 2008 and "crash" the probe at over 5.600 mph into the moon. It is anticipated...

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April 9, 2006

Save The Manatee

Save The Manatee The Florida manatee has been killed in record numbers over the last year. The manatee is a gentle giant who has been decimated by development in the Everglades, and is currently listed on the Endangered Species list. Instead of addressing...

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April 6, 2006

The Promise of Replacement Fuel Is Questionable

The Promise of Replacement Fuel Is Questionable As people catch onto the idea that oil is not an endless resources, most feel there is not problem. We'll just switch to some other fuel - ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas, fuel cells, etc. Anyone who has done any research...

Link to The Promise of Replacement Fuel Is Questionable | April 6, 2006 10:06 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 3, 2006

More Scientists Think It Is Too Late To Stop Global Warming

More Scientists Think It Is Too Late To Stop Global Warming Republished from 4/03/06 Seth Borenstein, AP, Is It Too Late to Stop Global Warming? In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included...

Link to More Scientists Think It Is Too Late To Stop Global Warming | April 3, 2006 7:49 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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March 30, 2006

Mileage Requirements Are A Joke

Mileage Requirements Are A Joke Bush announced that he is requiring a fuel efficiency increase for light trucks and SUVs by 2011. The increase is optimistically expected to save roughly 10% consumption. Why is this not a big deal? Well, because instead of improving efficiency...

Link to Mileage Requirements Are A Joke | March 30, 2006 9:01 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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March 23, 2006

A Simple Basic - Water

A Simple Basic - Water I had a discussion in one of my classes recently about the threat of declining water supplies. One of my students stated that she really didn't think it was an issue because she had never heard anything about it. I...

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March 15, 2006

Sneak Preview of Peak Gas

Sneak Preview of Peak Gas Britain is experiencing a peak gas scenario. From Friday to Tuesday, gas prices increased 400 percent. "... Edward Davey, the Liberal Democrat industry spokesman, accused the government of incompetence. "Only last November the energy minister told the house that Britain...

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March 12, 2006

Oil Sniffing Dog

Oil Sniffing Dog This caricature is from the artist mariali....

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March 6, 2006

Global Warming - A Frightening Thought

Global Warming - A Frightening Thought Things on the global warming front have changed rather dramatically over the last five years. We have moved from a crisis that might culminate some time in the 22nd century to one that is creeping into this one. If I...

Link to Global Warming - A Frightening Thought | March 6, 2006 5:27 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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March 5, 2006

Blood and Oil In Nigeria

Blood and Oil In Nigeria 3/05/06 Ken Wiwa, Guardian, Death rules the delta in battle to control oil In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information...

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March 1, 2006

Take Action Against Big Oil

Take Action Against Big Oil This just came in from The Petition Site - Demand Political Independence from Big Oil. If you are so inclined, and think this is an important issues, click the link and add your name. Dirty oil is gumming up our...

Link to Take Action Against Big Oil | March 1, 2006 7:45 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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February 28, 2006

How Do You Know When Peak Oil Is Close?

How Do You Know When Peak Oil Is Close? How do you know when peak oil is close? Well a clue might be when DuPont starts looking to displace fossil fuels as the building blocks of chemicals (or here). DuPont is at the head of the wave of "industrial...

Link to How Do You Know When Peak Oil Is Close? | February 28, 2006 5:43 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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February 25, 2006

Civil War or Genocide In Iraq?

Civil War or Genocide In Iraq? All hell has broken loose in Iraq. The bombing of the Askariya shrine in Samarra on February 22, 2005. The shrine is one of the holiest of Shi'ite sites. In the ensuing days, riots, peace marches, and further attacks on...

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February 19, 2006

Katrina Is Not History

Katrina Is Not History As the investigation into the failed response to Hurricane Katrina drags on, we see what has become a pattern of graft, cronyism, incompetence. FEMA's almost billion dollar purchase of mobile and modular homes largely sit decaying in a filed in...

Link to Katrina Is Not History | February 19, 2006 10:08 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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February 17, 2006

Global Warming Is Accelerating

Global Warming Is Accelerating There are a flurry of articles coming out about the acceleration of global warming. This is because of the reports coming out of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Conference which is currently in session (2.16-2.20) in...

Link to Global Warming Is Accelerating | February 17, 2006 8:42 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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February 12, 2006

South America Flexes Its Muscles

South America Flexes Its Muscles There is an interesting sea change that is occurring in South America. One by one, countries are swinging left and reclaiming resources in the name of the people. They are also attempting to set their own terms with the United...

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February 9, 2006

The People Rise Up

The People Rise Up The people of the planet are rising up to fight the forces of corporatization that is stripping the resources from under their feet. In India, water has become the rallying point. India's people have launched a campaign against water privatization....

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February 7, 2006

Global Warming And North Atlantic Temperatures

Global Warming And North Atlantic Temperatures There is an excellent article by Stuart Staniford over at The Oil Drum titled Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference. The article details, with graphs and images included, the North Atlantic surface temerature changes from 1860 to the present. It goes on to...

Link to Global Warming And North Atlantic Temperatures | February 7, 2006 5:29 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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February 6, 2006

The March To War ... With Iran?

The March To War ... With Iran? If you haven't gotten nervous yet about the next neoconservative Bush administration target, then you might want to perk your ears. I know that common sense says that the US is over-committed as it stands; that the push is to...

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February 5, 2006

Upcoming Debate - Fuelling The Future

Upcoming Debate - Fuelling The Future On February 11, 2006, BBC is hosting The World Debate: Fuelling The Future. You can see when it is showing in your area from the provided link. On the US West Cost, it is showing at 4:10 am, and 12:10pm....

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February 3, 2006

Bush On Cloning In State of The Union Address

Bush On Cloning In State of The Union Address Some of you who watched or read the State of the Union Address may have been taken aback by his comments on cloning. He said: Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical...

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January 31, 2006

Liberty Lost - Chaos Reigns

Liberty Lost - Chaos Reigns A lot of things have changed since George W. Bush went into office in 2001. Maybe my bias shows in saying that I can't think of one of those changes that have been positive. But a series of changes are...

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January 29, 2006

Hey They Agree - Global Warming Is Real

Hey They Agree - Global Warming Is Real After decades of bogus arguments there is now a consensus that global warming is happening. Now the debate is when the tipping point will be. I must say that I am beyond angry that the false arguments have held any...

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January 28, 2006

New Peak Oil Streaming Video

New Peak Oil Streaming Video The is a new video Real Oil Crisis at Catalyst from ABC.net Australia. The video is well done, and runs slightly over 12 minutes. It is avaialble in Windows Media and Real Player formats. The transcript of the video is...

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January 23, 2006

Oil Prices Up - What Is The Threat Now?

Oil Prices Up - What Is The Threat Now? Ron Scherer of the Christian Science Monitor reports that oil prices are almost back to [re-Katrina levels. He also notes that this is the time of year when oil prices historically start down rather than up. So what has changed...

Link to Oil Prices Up - What Is The Threat Now? | January 23, 2006 6:30 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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January 19, 2006

Costly Alternatives To Oil

Costly Alternatives To Oil As oil prices increase and the discussion of peak oil starts making headline news, the "alternatives" compete for public attention. Consistently, those "alternatives: offer false hope, if not outright deception, to the people. This article discusses some of the issues...

Link to Costly Alternatives To Oil | January 19, 2006 5:19 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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January 18, 2006

China Flexes Its Muscles

China Flexes Its Muscles If there was any doubt that China is a global competitor, then those thoughts should be put to rest with recent news. After a couple of revisions, China's growth rate for 2004 was 10.1%; 2003, 10%. In fact China came...

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January 16, 2006

Of Climate, Environment, And Extinction

Of Climate, Environment, And Extinction The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere seem to be increasing dramatically according to an article by Geoffrey Lean of the Independent. The article entitled "Global warming to speed up as carbon levels show sharp rise," states that scientists...

Link to Of Climate, Environment, And Extinction | January 16, 2006 5:38 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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January 15, 2006

A World Lit By Energy Warfare

A World Lit By Energy Warfare BY MATHEW MAAVAK & ROWAN WOLF President George W. Bush justifies the continued occupation of Iraq on the ridiculous premise that it might become a haven for Al Qaeda terrorists. Iraq is already a magnet for terrorist outfits and not...

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January 13, 2006

On The Health Front

On The Health Front There are concerns that the Avian (Bird) Flu is making the shift to a more easily human to human communicable form. The recent cases of Avian Flu in Turkey has Europe, and Health officials concerned. Researchers from the UK National...

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January 12, 2006

More Bull On Global Warming

More Bull On Global Warming Well what is being tagged as "the polluters conference"is ending today. It is formally called the "Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate." Ministers and Business representatives from Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States...

Link to More Bull On Global Warming | January 12, 2006 8:54 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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January 9, 2006

Russia and Global Natural Gas

Russia and Global Natural Gas Oringinally published by Jim Landers in the Dallas Morning News on 1/06/06 Natural gas is going global In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in...

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January 6, 2006

The Cost of Cronyism

The Cost of Cronyism Merriam Webster cronyism: partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications MoneyGlossary cronyism: Favoritism to a friend. What are the costs of cronyism? Well, death and disaster are heading...

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January 3, 2006

The Long Recovery - Gulf Coast Oil and Gas

The Long Recovery - Gulf Coast Oil and Gas According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a significant portion of oil and gas are still shut in (or offline) from the 2005 hurricanes. A December 6, 2005 report from Platts, states that about 36% of oil and 27% of...

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Oil, Gas, and Politics

Oil, Gas, and Politics The conflict between Russia and the Ukraine highlights the differences between oil and gas, and energy as a political whip. Russia's row with the Ukraine has everything to do with politics. Namely, punishing the Ukraine for turning to the west....

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January 1, 2006

The Year Behind - The Year Ahead

The Year Behind - The Year Ahead Well, somehow we made it through 2005. It was a year of continued degradation of the planet and of freedom in so many ways. It was also a time of changing momentum for the Bush cabal. The ongoing efforts of...

Link to The Year Behind - The Year Ahead | January 1, 2006 10:36 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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December 31, 2005

More Bad News Ahead

More Bad News Ahead How far do greenhouse gas emissions need to drop in order to change the global warming path we are on? According to Guy Brasseur, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology 80 to90%. Well that level of emissions decrease would mean stopping...

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December 30, 2005

The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline

The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline Picture from Global Guerrillas The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline project is expected to cost $4 billion. The politics of conflict and enmeshment follow the course of the pipeline and spread beyond it. Other pipelines (existing and planned) will connect to...

Link to The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline | December 30, 2005 4:38 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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December 28, 2005

Conflict Between Russia and the Ukraine Is Escalating

Conflict Between Russia and the Ukraine Is Escalating There is escalating conflict between Russia and the Ukraine over gas supplies and costs. The issue started with the pipeline deal between Germany and Russia. The deal left both Poland and the Ukraine with major concerns about the amount and...

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December 27, 2005

China's Oil Appetite

China's Oil Appetite It is not news that China is making deals with virtually everyone to meet their growing oil needs. Therefore, the amicable agreement between China and North Korea on oil exploration in the Yellow Sea is not too surprising. There is...

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December 24, 2005

Alaska's Peak Gas

Alaska's Peak Gas You know it just figures. We fight to stop further drilling in Alaska, and the "Powers that Be" are already planning routes for the pipeline. But, let's add insult to injury shall we? According to Alaska's consultant on energy, Douglas...

Link to Alaska's Peak Gas | December 24, 2005 10:26 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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December 22, 2005

ANWR Gets A Reprieve

ANWR Gets A Reprieve The Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has gotten a brief reprieve after senators were successful in having it removed from the Defense Appropriations package. However, Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska has vowed to fight on to open ANWR to drilling....

Link to ANWR Gets A Reprieve | December 22, 2005 9:10 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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Bird Flu May Be Tamiflu Resistant

Bird Flu May Be Tamiflu Resistant According to a report in the Independent/UK, the H5N1 avian flu virus is developing mutations that make it resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu. Two of the 13 people recently stricken in Vietnam developed a Tamiflu resistant strain of the virus....

Link to Bird Flu May Be Tamiflu Resistant | December 22, 2005 9:08 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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December 21, 2005

Ukraine Justified In Russian Gas Concerns

Ukraine Justified In Russian Gas Concerns The headline reads "Russia to Cut Off Gas Supplies to Ukraine." The Ukraine and Poland were concerned that the pipeline agreement between Germany and Russia (Gazprom) would result in a dramatic price increase for them. They were right. Russia has...

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December 20, 2005

Act Now To Save ANWR

Act Now To Save ANWR We are at the wall on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Senator attached opening ANWR for drilling to the Defense budget appropriations. Now that budget will come to a vote of the Senate. Senator Gordon Smith of...

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December 19, 2005

Dirty Budget Tricks - ANWR

Dirty Budget Tricks - ANWR The House has approved the 2006 Budget (see also Bloomberg, AP). The whole deal is dirty as far as I can tell. In a convoluted arrangement, drilling in ANWR was passed....

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December 18, 2005

Global Warming? You Think?

Global Warming? You Think? After decades of denial and inaction about global warming, we seem to be reaping the the harvest of our folly. Here is a sampling of effects and issues that have made the news in the last year. When you hear...

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December 12, 2005

Congress Acknowledges Peak Oil

Congress Acknowledges Peak Oil On December 7, 2005, the first in Congressional hearing on Peak Oil Was held. Global Public Media has the transcripts of that meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Congressman Roscoe Bartlett presented the...

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December 11, 2005

Gas and Politics - Germany and Russia

Gas and Politics - Germany and Russia Back in April 2005, Germany signed a huge contract with Gazprom of Russia to construct a gas pipeline. The agreement marks the first time that a foreign nation has been allowed to share in the development of a Russian oil...

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December 9, 2005

Global Warming Up, Agreements Down

Global Warming Up, Agreements Down The U.N. Climate Change Summit in Montreal looks like it is going nowhere fast. Perhaps they do not realize the critical pace at which global warming is preceding. Such as the retreat of Greenland's glaciers, or the dramatic slowing of...

Link to Global Warming Up, Agreements Down | December 9, 2005 10:49 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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December 8, 2005

New Orleans Katrina Victims Speak Out

New Orleans Katrina Victims Speak Out There are a number of hearings happening in Washington right now on the response to, and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. C-Span has the streaming videos of a number of the now available. Of the testimony that I have seen, there...

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December 6, 2005

Looming Food Crisis

Looming Food Crisis According to a study from the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at University of Wisconsin-Madison, 40% of the planet is under cultivation. This compares to an estimated 7% in 1700, and is beyond the limit where it...

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December 4, 2005

Tired of Hearing About Dependence On Foreign Oil

Tired of Hearing About Dependence On Foreign Oil I don't know about you, but I am darned tired of hearing the catch phrase "End (reduce) our dependence on foreign oil." Let's get real. As long as we are dependent on oil, we are going to be dependent on...

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Energy Information Administration November 2005 Report On US Oil Production

Energy Information Administration November 2005 Report On US Oil Production I am posting this article from the EIA (original) Country Analysis Briefs. It is from November 2005, and gives an incredible amount of current information on the oil situation in the United States. Oil U.S. oil production has been declining...

Link to Energy Information Administration November 2005 Report On US Oil Production | December 4, 2005 7:23 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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December 2, 2005

Fire or Ice - Which Will It Be?

Fire or Ice - Which Will It Be? The headline reads "Scientists Say Slower Atlantic Currents Could Mean a Colder Europe. The currents in the Atlantic are slowing significantly, which means that the warm waters of the Gulf Stream won't be moving north. That means the colder waters...

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November 28, 2005

Oil Costs Hit Middle Class

Oil Costs Hit Middle Class The cost of heating oil and natural gas are starting to hit the middle class. According to an article in the NY Times - Middle Class Gets in Line for Help With Rising Heating Bills, people who have never showed...

Link to Oil Costs Hit Middle Class | November 28, 2005 7:59 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 26, 2005

It Is Us Driving Global Warming

It Is Us Driving Global Warming The latest report from European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) removes any doubts that humans are dramatically affecting the climate. New core samples from Antarctica show that current CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels are higher than they have been...

Link to It Is Us Driving Global Warming | November 26, 2005 10:04 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 25, 2005

China's Toxic Spills - A New Chapter In An Old Story

China's Toxic Spills - A New Chapter In An Old Story On November 22,2005, the BBC reported that Harbin, China was shutting off its water supply for four days. While the official story from Chinese authorities was that the water mains needed maintenance, this was a cover up for an explosion...

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November 20, 2005

Consequences Of Global Warming Hits Hardest At Those With The Least

Consequences Of Global Warming Hits Hardest At Those With The Least A report released by the World Health Organization says that 150,000 people a year are dying from the effects of global warming, and that number could double in the next 15 years. The report is discussed in a Washington Post...

Link to Consequences Of Global Warming Hits Hardest At Those With The Least | November 20, 2005 8:44 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 18, 2005

EPA To Allow Pesticide Testing On Orphans And Mentally Handicapped Children

EPA To Allow Pesticide Testing On Orphans And Mentally Handicapped Children This alert comes from the Organic Consumers Association Send a letter to EPA here! Note: Concerns about Snopes or other questions are answered here Friday, November 18, 2005 Public Comment Period for this rule Closes December 12, 2005 Public comments...

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November 17, 2005

Climate Change Predictions

Climate Change Predictions The magazine "Nature" has an interesting article on the possible impacts of global warming on each continent. The only publicly (non-subscription) article available is Climate change: world round-up. Michael Hopkins points out that there are many variables so exact prediction...

Link to Climate Change Predictions | November 17, 2005 4:49 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 16, 2005

China Vaccinates Birds

China Vaccinates Birds Yay! FINALLY, someone does something that makes sense about Avian Flu. China is going to vaccinate all of its poultry. Now that is no small task with roughly 5.2 billion birds to be vaccinated. This is the first action to...

Link to China Vaccinates Birds | November 16, 2005 12:16 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 15, 2005

Oil Deals And Disinformation

Oil Deals And Disinformation I couldn't help my reaction when I read the headline Pentagon's Fuel Deal Is Lesson in Risks of Graft-Prone Regions. "I have to read this" I said to myself. True to it's title, it was focusing on the "graft" and...

Link to Oil Deals And Disinformation | November 15, 2005 11:04 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 12, 2005

Dialogue On Oil Prices

Dialogue On Oil Prices I have been having an interesting conversation with Saturn V over at the Sydney Peak Oil Forum. I have consistently been impressed by the quality of the discussion of this group and highly recommend the forum and the Sydney Peak...

Link to Dialogue On Oil Prices | November 12, 2005 6:27 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 10, 2005

ANWR Safe ... For Now

ANWR Safe ... For Now Thanks to all of you and many more who pressured our legislators to pull drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge from the 2006 Budget Reconciliation Act. While the Senate refused to do so and passed the budget, the House...

Link to ANWR Safe ... For Now | November 10, 2005 9:03 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 8, 2005

The Panama Canal

The Panama Canal President Bush finished his tour of Latin America with a stop in Panama. One might wonder what stories Papa Bush told him of the invasion he had ordered for Panama's "regime change" - the ousting of Manuel Norriega. Regardless, the...

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November 6, 2005

Random Thoughts On Reality

Random Thoughts On Reality I was reading the never ending list of bad news about resources, the environment, and global warming, and a thought struck me. "What would it be like to live in a nation that actually acknowledge these were problems? See, I...

Link to Random Thoughts On Reality | November 6, 2005 5:01 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 5, 2005

Oil, Economy, and Deception

Oil, Economy, and Deception Back at the end of October I posted an article called Oil Conundrums, that asked the question of why gasoline prices were going down in the United States. Since that time, I have contacted a variety of sites and experts...

Link to Oil, Economy, and Deception | November 5, 2005 10:44 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 3, 2005

Bird Flu Update

Bird Flu Update President Bush has announced his Johnny-Come-Lately plan to address Avian Flu, and it comes with a $7.1 billion price tag. Of that, $1.2 billion is to buy 20 million vaccines. I do believe that is right about $600 per vaccine...

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November 2, 2005

Global Warming And Poverty - Not A One Way Street

Global Warming And Poverty - Not A One Way Street The title reads UN Warns of Poverty as World's Lakes Evaporate. The story goes that the warming climate is drying up lakes around the world, as they dry up the poverty of the populations dependent on them also increases -...

Link to Global Warming And Poverty - Not A One Way Street | November 2, 2005 11:15 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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November 1, 2005

ANWR Urgent Alert

ANWR Urgent Alert I received urgent alerts from the NRDC and The Wilderness Society that a final vote on allowing drilling in ANWR will likely occur early next week. We are three votes away from blocking passage. The NRDC is raising money for...

Link to ANWR Urgent Alert | November 1, 2005 7:04 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 31, 2005

Rebuilding The South With Immigrant Sweat: Business As Usual

Rebuilding The South With Immigrant Sweat: Business As Usual In the wake of hurricane Katrina, Bush swore to rebuild New Orleans (and one presumes the rest of the hurricane devastated area). No bid contracts were handed out to the usual crew of military favorites - including Halliburton. To speed...

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October 29, 2005

Flu Pandemic And Windfall Profits

Flu Pandemic And Windfall Profits With fears of an imminent pandemic sweeping the globe, those who make vaccines and antivirals such as Tamiflu are rubbing their hands with glee. It is interesting The run on Tamiflu has gotten so bad that Roche, the producer of...

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October 28, 2005

Oil Conundrums

Oil Conundrums As I read the news, a number of conundrums arise, and they seem to be centered around oil and economies. The U.S. was hit by two hurricanes that severely damaged oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. Gas prices soared,...

Link to Oil Conundrums | October 28, 2005 7:39 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 27, 2005

Look Out Pacific Northwest

Look Out Pacific Northwest According to scientists from the University of Washington - Seattle, the Pacific Northwest is heating up more rapidly than other areas of the plane. For those of us who live here this doesn't come as a huge surprise. If fact,...

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October 25, 2005

Wilma the Unpredictable

Wilma the Unpredictable Wilma is once more proving itself to be unpredictable. After meandering around the Caribbean Sea Wilma jumps from a Category 1 hurricane to a monster 5. Then it parks over the Yucatan and drops 5 plus feet of rain. Then...

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Saving Energy

Saving Energy The UNplanning Journal has a nice piece on strategies that renter can use to save energy. Renters do not have some of the options that home owners have in updating appliances or doing certain modifications to their home, that would...

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October 23, 2005

The Costs That Don't Count - Energy and Food

The Costs That Don't Count - Energy and Food There is an interesting article in the October 23rd NY Times - If You Don't Eat or Drive, Inflation's No Problem. Daniel Gross points out that energy costs and food are not in the calculation for the "Core" inflation rate...

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October 22, 2005

Bush's and Birds: Avian Flu Pandemic Possibilities

Bush's and Birds: Avian Flu Pandemic Possibilities One of the major health problems threatening the world at this point is the Avian (or Bird) Flu. It is clear that it is spreading - UK, Greece, East Africa- and there is a new outbreak in China. Australia is...

Link to Bush's and Birds: Avian Flu Pandemic Possibilities | October 22, 2005 11:58 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 19, 2005

Wilma Explodes Over Night

Wilma Explodes Over Night Yesterday they predicted that Hurricane Wilma would become a Category 3 hurricane over night. This morning it has jumped to a Category 5 and the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. It has a pressure reading of 844...

Link to Wilma Explodes Over Night | October 19, 2005 6:19 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 18, 2005

Another Way to Say Peak Oil

Another Way to Say Peak Oil For those who simply cannot get the message of peak oil, they can now turn to Alan Greenspan: "Even before the devastating hurricanes of August and September 2005, world oil markets had been subject to a degree of strain not...

Link to Another Way to Say Peak Oil | October 18, 2005 9:39 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 16, 2005

Oil Crisis: Natural or Manufactured

Oil Crisis: Natural or Manufactured As the word of decreasing petroleum supplies is making the news more and more, so are the arguments that something else is going on. First is that the oil crisis doesn't exist. We have plenty of oil into the foreseeable...

Link to Oil Crisis: Natural or Manufactured | October 16, 2005 9:33 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 15, 2005

New Global Peak Oil Oriented Site

New Global Peak Oil Oriented Site I want to introduce you to a brand new website on global peak oil. Steven's offering to the promotion of public education on this critical issue is Gas Prices - USA. He has some interesting and informative links handily available...

Link to New Global Peak Oil Oriented Site | October 15, 2005 7:43 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 14, 2005

Reading Recommendation

Reading Recommendation There is a very good resource now available from the European Energy Commission. The 48 page report is available in Adobe format Doing More With Less - Green Paper on Energy Efficiency. They have also released a slide show presentation...

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October 13, 2005

Global Warming and Natural Gas

Global Warming and Natural Gas The Northeastern and Midwest United States are facing a colder than usual winter and the warnings are out about a dramatic increase in natural gas prices. However, while the hurricanes are largely being blamed for the US problem, it is...

Link to Global Warming and Natural Gas | October 13, 2005 9:16 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 12, 2005

Flu In The Cuckoo's Nest

Flu In The Cuckoo's Nest It seems that at every opportunity, President Bush is pushing forward the military for response to disaster. Now it is this plan of choice for the possibility of an Avian Flu epidemic. Why do visions of the 1995 movie "Outbreak"...

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October 10, 2005

Bird Flu and the Threats We are Facing

Bird Flu and the Threats We are Facing The Avian Flu is hitting the news and, more importantly, Bush's speeches. If he is finally been "awakened" to the threat then you know it is likely too damn late to do anything. That unfortunate fact is trumpeted in the...

Link to Bird Flu and the Threats We are Facing | October 10, 2005 11:35 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 8, 2005

The Bogus Energy Bill

The Bogus Energy Bill H.R. 3893 - Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005 provides "security" for the energy industry, but not for us. The bill passed the House on 10/07/05 after the voting period was extended from five minutes to 40 so reluctant...

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October 7, 2005

Gulf Coast Debacle Off the Headlines, But Not Over

Gulf Coast Debacle Off the Headlines, But Not Over It seems that the corporate media has agreed to largely go back to "business as usual," and the ongoing crisis along the Gulf Coast from hurricanes Katrina and Rita are shoved to the background. The reality is that the "relief"...

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October 4, 2005

High Oil Prices Are Global

High Oil Prices Are Global Sitting here in the U.S. it is easy to accept the idea that we are the only ones experiencing increases in gas prices. This is definitely not the case, as we see in the article High Oil Prices Met With...

Link to High Oil Prices Are Global | October 4, 2005 6:23 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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October 3, 2005

Oil and Conflict

Oil and Conflict As price goes up the potential for conflict increases. Such is the case at this time in Indonesia. Indonesia was once a major exporter of oil. They passed peak production and now import much of it (similar to the situation...

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September 30, 2005

Of Global Warming and Hurricanes

Of Global Warming and Hurricanes I am not sure why there seems to be any debate about whether global warming is happening, whether humans are implicated in the temperature increase, and whether global warming is causing the increase in number and severity of hurricanes. It...

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September 27, 2005

Rigs and Refineries Post Rita

Rigs and Refineries Post Rita Well the reports are starting to come in about the oil and gas rigs and refineries status after Hurricane Rita. Many of the rigs impacted by Katrina are still not back. While Rita hit the Louisiana/Texas coast as a cat...

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September 24, 2005

Test upgrade

Test upgrade This site just upgrade to Movable Type 3.2. Please contact us if you come across any problems....

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September 23, 2005

Pictures of Katrina Hitting Bay St. Louis

Pictures of Katrina Hitting Bay St. Louis Entry deleted aspictures were apparently a hoax....

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Take Action

Take Action In this time of cascading disasters depression can set in. Our hearts are wrenched one direction then another. Most of you have probably contributed to various Katrina rescue efforts. We can also take some preventative action by contacting our representatives....

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September 22, 2005

Of Hurricanes, Petroleum, and Us

Of Hurricanes, Petroleum, and Us I had a bad feeling about Katrina which surpassed even my glum prognostications. I have an even worse feeling about Rita. This goes beyond concerns that gas may go above $5 a gallon. Yesterday's Rigzone proclaimed Hurricane Rita Takes Aim...

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September 21, 2005

Rita Energy Update

Rita Energy Update Watching CNN, Rita is headed straight for the major oil and gas platforms in the Gulf. According to an energy consultant they had on, Katrina had only hit a "glancing" blow on the platforms, but it took out over 100...

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September 20, 2005

Hold Onto Your Hats Rita Is Revving Up

Hold Onto Your Hats Rita Is Revving Up Well before we are through one emergency I hear they are predicting that Rita will rev up to a cat 3 or 4 (or 5?) and it seems to be heading for Galveston and Houston. The Oil rigs and transport...

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September 17, 2005

Isn't Reoccupying New Orleans Premature?

Isn't Reoccupying New Orleans Premature? Doesn't it seem to be a bit premature to be reoccupying New Orleans? The talk is that businesses are cleaning up and getting ready to reopen. Word is a couple of hotels are ready to go. Up to 186,000 residents,...

Link to Isn't Reoccupying New Orleans Premature? | September 17, 2005 10:59 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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September 16, 2005

The Invisible Victims of Katrina

The Invisible Victims of Katrina The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has brought the issues of race and class into high relief. As is typical of the cultural ideology of racism, the issue is drawn in Black and White. Underneath this cultural dichotomy lies the...

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September 14, 2005

Peak Oil Fallout

Peak Oil Fallout While the destruction of Hurricane Katrina has disrupted oil and gas supplies in the U.S. sending prices skyrocketing, it also seems to be exacerbating global oil supplies. Fuel price increases are sparking protests across the globe. Nigerians are marching; Indonesia...

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September 13, 2005

Act Now to Save ANWR

Act Now to Save ANWR The time to take action to save the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge is NOW. Various environmental organizations have joined together in this fight. You may join the email campaign at Arctic Refuge Action. Additionally, the Wilderness Society is registering for...

Link to Act Now to Save ANWR | September 13, 2005 7:31 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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September 12, 2005

The Gulf After Katrina - An Environmental Disaster

The Gulf After Katrina - An Environmental Disaster Regardless of the brave words that New Orleans will rebuild, there is a reality of an environmental disaster that may make the entire region unlivable for a long time. The U.S. Gulf coast, as well as the area around New...

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September 8, 2005

Natural Gas Prices To Spike

Natural Gas Prices To Spike If you have been stunned by gasoline cost spikes, then hang onto your hat as natural gas prices could jump 71% this winter. This is bad news for anyone using natural gas for heating, and for gas-fired electric generation. Natural...

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September 7, 2005

Assigning Blame Is Not A 'Game'

Assigning Blame Is Not A 'Game' The talking points on what to reinforce about the disaster known as disaster response is apparently "blame game" and "delay." It is critical that an immediate analysis of the governmental (local, state, and federal) government response start immediately. First, there...

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September 6, 2005

Gulf Oil Fields Damage and Effects

Gulf Oil Fields Damage and Effects According to RigZone, the damage to Gulf operations is worse than with Hurricane Ivan. In fact, it could be "three times as bad." "Eugene Kim, senior energy analyst at WoodMac's Houston office said efforts to inspect damage to offshore installations...

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September 4, 2005

News Flash - Gulf Operations Out for 4 to 6 Months

News Flash - Gulf Operations Out for 4 to 6 Months I just watched Wolf Blitzer interviewing Robert Reich. When asked how long he thought it would take for oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico to get back on line, Reich gave an estimate of 4 to 6 months. He...

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September 3, 2005

Katrina and An Oil-Based Global Economy

Katrina and An Oil-Based Global Economy President Bush is releasing crude oil to refineries from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Now, the International Energy Agency (a 26 nation member group which includes the U.S.) has decided to release oil from their reserves to the United States (Wa....

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September 2, 2005

Disaster From Bad To Worse

Disaster From Bad To Worse I keeping hoping for the tide to turn. It is not. The domino effect continues. The lack of effective response continues. The death toll rises. Now there is a chemical plant burning in New Orleans. As expected, no one can...

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September 1, 2005

Hang Onto Your Hat - Aftereffects of Katrina

Hang Onto Your Hat - Aftereffects of Katrina Like a boulder dropped into a lake, the ripples from Katrina will expand for a long time. No matter which approach I take for looking at this disaster, the effects radiate outwards and grow as they proceed. I have seen...

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August 31, 2005

Katrina and Poverty

Katrina and Poverty The news is still incomplete as I write this, but last night news started rolling in of perhaps thousands of people in New Orleans trapped in their attics. Breaking the general calm of a reporter, Jeanne Meserve at CNN tries...

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August 30, 2005

Katrina and Gulf Oil Operations

Katrina and Gulf Oil Operations Hog On Ice has an excellent discussion of the oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The piece has some great pieces of information to put a frame on the potential impacts of Katrina. The author notes that 1/4 of...

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August 28, 2005

Katrina Looks Like Bad News

Katrina Looks Like Bad News Katrina is now a Category 5 hurricane and is heading directly for New Orleans. Even if we are lucky enough to have it drop to a 4, it will cause significant damage. It may have already caused significant damage. Look...

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August 26, 2005

Pumping Past the Peak

Pumping Past the Peak Continuing to pump past the peak will be very expensive and increasingly less efficient. I tried tracking down how many refineries are capable of "cracking" heavy crude. While I could not find the answer to that, what I did find...

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August 24, 2005

Sweet Crude and the Peak

Sweet Crude and the Peak I have discussed several times that the global oil competition that is driving up oil prices is "sweet" crude. James Hamilton of Econobrowser, has an excellent explanation of the differences between sweet and sour crude oil. He notes that sour...

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August 23, 2005

Who Does Pat Robertson Work For?

Who Does Pat Robertson Work For? What is a renowned Christian evangelist doing calling for the assassination of the President of Venezuela? Pat Robertson has called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez on his Monday morning "700 Club." "We don't need another $200 billion war to...

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August 21, 2005

Peak Oil Hits Corporate Media

Peak Oil Hits Corporate Media Well peak oil is finally hitting the corporate media - though national television hasn't said much of substance yet. In my Sunday local paper (The Oregonian), in the commentary section, is After the oil runs out by Tim Holt. The...

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August 20, 2005

Environment, Globalization, and Genocide

Environment, Globalization, and Genocide The environment is the straight line link between globalization and genocide. The policies and practices of globalization institutions (such as the IMF and World Bank), and the practices of transforming nations for "participation" in a globalized free market capitalist economy,...

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August 19, 2005

The Price Of Oil

The Price Of Oil The price of a barrel of oil has dropped back slightly from it's $67 a barrel spot, but don't hold your breath on it staying there or dropping much further. Recent reports of protests in Ecuador shutting down oil exports,...

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August 18, 2005

Oil Prices and The U.S. Economy

Oil Prices and The U.S. Economy Are you confused about the crowing remarks on the "strength" and "robustness" of the U.S. economy in the face of constantly surging fuel prices? I think that is the intention - to keep people confused, or at least to avert...

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August 16, 2005

Sites You Might Have Missed

Sites You Might Have Missed I have come across a variety of web sites that folks might have missed, but which I think have a lot to offer. Several readers have requested more information on alternatives and sustainable practices. The Independent had a listing of...

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August 15, 2005

Town Prepares for Peak

Town Prepares for Peak The town of Willits, California is taking peak oil seriously. Metro Active has an expose on what is happening in Willits titled Past the Peak: How the small town of Willits plans to beat the coming energy crisis. Int all...

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August 14, 2005

My Take On What's Coming

My Take On What's Coming I guess I'm feeling pretty grim these days. In the last week, I have seen numerous "news" reports on the increasing gasoline prices. Even when they discuss supply and demand, they make it sound like a temporary problem. I guess...

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Earth Energy Refrigeration

Earth Energy Refrigeration A couple of weeks ago I watched a News World International (thanks Gore for killing the best international news on cable) report on a man who had invented a "refrigerator" in use in Africa. The man is Mohammed Bah Abba....

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Portland Peak Oil

Portland Peak Oil The website for the Portland Peak Oil group is up an running - thanks to Emily, Jeremy, and others. The meeting schedule for the group, and lots of excellent information composes the new site. It is an excellent resource whether...

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August 12, 2005

AP-AOL Poll on Gasoline Prices

AP-AOL Poll on Gasoline Prices The Associated Press - AOL did a poll on gas prices, and found that 64% of those polled felt that gas increases would cause them financial hardship. The poll asked what was to blame for the increase (no, peak oil...

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August 11, 2005

Global Warming - Have We Hit the "Tipping Point?"

Global Warming - Have We Hit the "Tipping Point?" The frozen peat tundra of Siberia is thawing, and this will speed global warming. The peat tundra covers about 1 million square miles, and as it thaws tons of methane could be released into the atmosphere. Since global warming predictions...

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August 9, 2005

More Oil Price Increases

More Oil Price Increases The Independent (UK) takes today's prize for reporting on petroleum price increases and the effects of them with three articles in one day. The Guardian (UK) comes in a close second with two stories. What is driving the stories is...

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August 8, 2005

Where Does Mercury Come From?

Where Does Mercury Come From? I thought I knew about the sources and dangers of mercury until I read The Canaries Had Their Coal Mines in the August 8th NY Times. A lot of mercury in the environment comes from burning coal - particularly coal-fired...

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August 7, 2005

Follow-up for TVSet Viewers

Follow-up for TVSet Viewers Welcome to those of you who have arrived here from watching TVSet on Portland Community Media Access. I am honored that the show stimulated your interest in peak oil and related issues. Please feel free to look around, and to...

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August 6, 2005

Gas Plot Uncovered - You Don't Need Premium

Gas Plot Uncovered - You Don't Need Premium It is no surprise that gas companies and the auto industry are in cahoots to increase consumption and profits as much as possible. What is news is that it comes out in the mainstream press - however indirectly. Margaret Webb...

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August 5, 2005

Community is Necessary to Survival

Community is Necessary to Survival Authored collectively by the readers of the Uncommon Thought Journal, editor: S. Rowan Wolf first published at Surviving Peak Oil in August 2004 Synopsis: It is our belief that individuals are unlikely to survive environmental destruction or the end of...

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August 3, 2005

Oil Is In the News But Little About Peak Oil

Oil Is In the News But Little About Peak Oil Well oil is in the news from the price of oil ($62.47 a gallon), to India's new $5.8 billion oil refinery plans, to who controls the world's oil, but peak oil news slim....

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August 2, 2005

What Is Peak Oil?

What Is Peak Oil? Whenever I mention the term "peak oil," there are quizical looks, and then lots of questions. Here is my attempt at some answers....

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July 31, 2005

Local Rags to Big Mags - They're Talking About Peak Oil

Local Rags to Big Mags - They're Talking About Peak Oil While the Bush administration is apparently censoring the Department of Energy commissioned report on peak oil, the news is getting out. From an article in one of my local independent news mags (Willamette Week) to National Geographic's "Future Power -...

Link to Local Rags to Big Mags - They're Talking About Peak Oil | July 31, 2005 9:49 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 30, 2005

The Energy Bill - One Good Thing and Many Bad

The Energy Bill - One Good Thing and Many Bad The Senate has passed the "Energy Bill," and it certainly raises a number of concerns. However, drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge was removed from the bill. My guess is that fighting against drilling in ANWR is going to...

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July 29, 2005

Global Warming is a "Private Theory"

Global Warming is a "Private Theory" I had hoped that since George Bush had come partially to his senses in admitting that global warming is happening and that humans are involved, that the corporate media would as well. Instead, I am hearing sound bite reports that...

Link to Global Warming is a "Private Theory" | July 29, 2005 7:21 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 26, 2005

Melting Ice Sheet Bodes Doom for Coasts

Melting Ice Sheet Bodes Doom for Coasts Independent scientists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have measured a dramatic increase in both the melting and the retreat of Kangerdlugssuaq glacier in Greenland. [picture]. The Helheim Glacier is also "disintegrating"....

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July 25, 2005

Genetically Modified Plant Goes Wild

Genetically Modified Plant Goes Wild What many of us have feared has finally happened - a genetically modified plant crossed with a wild plant (charlock) to create a "superweed" resistant to herbicides. Paul Brown's 7/25/05 article in the Guardian - GM crops created superweed, say...

Link to Genetically Modified Plant Goes Wild | July 25, 2005 8:35 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 24, 2005

See Where the Peak Oil Bloggers Are

See Where the Peak Oil Bloggers Are Flying Talking Donkey did a "where you at" exercise. Sending us to Tagzania to mark our location which is resulting the following peak oiler map. Cool Huh?...

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Now It's Sand

Now It's Sand Look out Florida - there is a massive sand storm heading your way. NBC6 has a series of pictures of the sand cloud and the 1995 storm. As one tropical storm and hurricane has rumbled toward Florida and the southern...

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July 22, 2005

Please Don't Sell Us Out

Please Don't Sell Us Out As the so-called "energy" bill wends its way to law, the oil companies are trying to get off cheap and get what they want by offering to throw $2 billion into cleaning up MTBE (and other environmentally hazardous additives) into...

Link to Please Don't Sell Us Out | July 22, 2005 9:05 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 21, 2005

We Are Honored

We Are Honored Radical Noesis has been honored by being selected as one of the 13 Oregon weblogs to be syndicated by the Pacific Northwest Portal which provides news and information for progressives. The portal was launched in January 2005 to provide single...

Link to We Are Honored | July 21, 2005 8:01 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 20, 2005

Just Another Hurricane Season?

Just Another Hurricane Season? Is this just another hurricane season? I think not. We just had the fifth named storm - a record for a season that has started early. I heard a climatologist from the National Weather Service remark that "We usually see...

Link to Just Another Hurricane Season? | July 20, 2005 10:54 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 17, 2005

Oiligarchy

Oiligarchy The oiligarchy is narrowing down to the biggest consumer and the fastest growing competitor - The United States and China. I have been watching China boom and sneak into the news, it is clear that China has entered a head...

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July 16, 2005

Bad News for Limiting Greenhouse Gases

Bad News for Limiting Greenhouse Gases A ruling on July 15, 2005 by the District of Columbia Federal Court of Appeals, supported the Bush administration's EPA policy to not reduce tailpipe emissions. The regulation is being challenged by states, cities, and environmental groups. "The decision -...

Link to Bad News for Limiting Greenhouse Gases | July 16, 2005 8:26 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 14, 2005

How Nasty Are Resource Wars?

How Nasty Are Resource Wars? Resources wars have happened in history and they are happening now. Rarely do they get labeled as resource wars. The events being played out in Turbi, Kenya are a case in point. The BBC reported on Tuesday (7/12/05) that hundreds...

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July 13, 2005

Thunder Horse Pulls Up Lame

Thunder Horse Pulls Up Lame Have you heard of Thunder Horse? It is the latest/greatest deep water oil drilling platform under construction by British Petroleum (75%) and ExxonMobil (25%), to the current costs of $5 Billion. Thunder Horse is located in the Gulf of Mexico...

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July 10, 2005

Trivia Questions

Trivia Questions Do you ever have those questions you can't find answers to? I do, so I thought I would share some of the questions and where I found the answers. Q. How many gallons of gasoline are in a barrel of...

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July 9, 2005

Couldn't We Have Gotten More Than "Talk" on Global Warming?

Couldn't We Have Gotten More Than "Talk" on Global Warming? I guess that I shouldn't be surprised, but I am deeply disappointed that all that came out of the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, was an agreement to talk. I realize that Bush provides the log jam on the issue, but...

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July 8, 2005

Washington D.C. Leaks Caused by Gas, or Equipment?

Washington D.C. Leaks Caused by Gas, or Equipment? In one of those "off the front pages" stories, is a report on the high number of natural gas leaks experienced in the Washington, D.C. area (Imported Gas Cited In Rash Of Leaks. The claim by the Utility Washington Gas,...

Link to Washington D.C. Leaks Caused by Gas, or Equipment? | July 8, 2005 7:30 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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July 7, 2005

Global Warming and Developing Nations

Global Warming and Developing Nations Michael McCarthy has a good article in the Independent about the contribution of "developing" nations (i.e. China, India, Brazil) to global warming, and praises Blair for inviting them to the G8 conference. I would agree that they definitely should be...

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July 4, 2005

Pick Your Spin On Bush Climate Change

Pick Your Spin On Bush Climate Change Pick your spin: Bush strikes blow to Blair's hopes of global warming deal (Independent, 7/04/05) OR US close to climate change concessions (Guardian, 7/04/05)....

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July 3, 2005

Crash May Be Sooner Than We Think

Crash May Be Sooner Than We Think The "oil crisis" may be much closer than most thought. It may be less than six months away. Matt Simmons, CEO of Simmons & Company International (an investment banking consultant firm to the energy industry) recently stated that Oil 'will...

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July 2, 2005

Oil and Politics - Africa and the World

Oil and Politics - Africa and the World On July 1, I posed the question regarding whether the quality of Middle Eastern OPEC oil was declining and signaling that they were past peak. The issue is that the oil now being pumped out of most of OPEC is...

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July 1, 2005

Middle East Oil?

Middle East Oil? This is a request for information. Does anyone know what the historical grade of Middle Eastern OPEC oil has been? The reason I ask is because of some interesting comments in an AAP article - Venezuela Says No Need for...

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June 30, 2005

Peak Oil or Peaked Oil?

Peak Oil or Peaked Oil? Well if the fact that pump prices are rising again after never really having returned to "normal" doesn't give you a clue that we are at or past the peak, then read Global Corp. by Michael Ruppert. He starts on...

Link to Peak Oil or Peaked Oil? | June 30, 2005 6:15 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 28, 2005

Oil Crash Would Crash The U.S.

Oil Crash Would Crash The U.S. According to the outcome of an excersise called Oil Shockwave, the U.S. economy is completely vulnerable to "catastrophic disruption of oil markets." The simulation is reported by John Mintz of the Washington Post. The "game" involved a number of high...

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June 26, 2005

Seeing Is Believing, Or Believing Is Seeing?

Seeing Is Believing, Or Believing Is Seeing? I frequently talk to my classes about global warming and ask them "What would make people respond to this problem?" I consistently get the response "When people see it," or "When it affects them." Since I see the changes happening...

Link to Seeing Is Believing, Or Believing Is Seeing? | June 26, 2005 7:29 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 24, 2005

China Makes Move To Take Over Unocal

China Makes Move To Take Over Unocal The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has made its bid to take over Unocal. The move is seen as symbolic of China's exploding economy and influence, but it is also a more direct statement of a larger competition between...

Link to China Makes Move To Take Over Unocal | June 24, 2005 10:38 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 23, 2005

Modeling Global Warming

Modeling Global Warming I just happened across a resource that folks may find useful. There are a series of visual models of global warming available from the NOAA (National Oceanagraphic and Atmospheric Association) and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). There are two...

Link to Modeling Global Warming | June 23, 2005 7:22 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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Charles Keeling - Discoverer of Global Warming - Dies

Charles Keeling - Discoverer of Global Warming - Dies We have Charles Keeling to thank for sounding the alarm on global warming. He is the one who first started measuring CO2 in the atmosphere, kept pushing to get global monitoring and made the link to human contributions to global...

Link to Charles Keeling - Discoverer of Global Warming - Dies | June 23, 2005 6:56 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 22, 2005

Denial Leads To Stupid Leads To Disaster

Denial Leads To Stupid Leads To Disaster The ongoing denial of the peak oil situation and global warming leads to stupid policies leads to disaster. Last night I was watching a Nova program on the rapid development in China. China is a classic example of "overshoot." In...

Link to Denial Leads To Stupid Leads To Disaster | June 22, 2005 11:52 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 21, 2005

Fragile Systems - The Electric Grid

Fragile Systems - The Electric Grid The title says it all "A Flicker Away From a Blackout." Doug Struck's June 21st article about the power failure of Hydro One in Ontario states that we were 20 seconds away from a repeat of the massive August 2003...

Link to Fragile Systems - The Electric Grid | June 21, 2005 10:34 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 20, 2005

Oil Up - Pain At The Pump

Oil Up - Pain At The Pump Oil prices are going back up, and the Guardian says "more pain at the pumps." But is the underlying reason strong demand (Wa. Post), or Nigerian violence (BBC)? It depends on how you want to spin the story....

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June 19, 2005

The G8 Should Oust The US - Updated

The G8 Should Oust The US - Updated Updated 6/19/05 at end of article. Main article originially published 6/17/05. OK, My Name is Rowan Wolf and I live in the United States which has a president (I didn't vote for) who is intent on denying that global warming...

Link to The G8 Should Oust The US - Updated | June 19, 2005 8:02 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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New Sonor Kills Sea Mammals

New Sonor Kills Sea Mammals Animal Welfare and Environmental groups in the U.S. has fought for years to get the U.S. Navy to stop using its Low Frequency Sonor (called LFA) because of the resulting deaths of whales, porpoises, and dolphins. Thus far, they have...

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June 15, 2005

Take Action To Stop Global Warming

Take Action To Stop Global Warming You probably are on a number of environmental mailing lists, as am I. However, energy and climate legislation is up for a vote. Your voice, and your financial support are needed. I am sure there are other campaigns going on,...

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June 14, 2005

Oil Costs Are Not A Refinery Issue

Oil Costs Are Not A Refinery Issue In most of the U.S. oil prices have sunk back down a bit, and therefore off the front pages of the papers. There is a sense that the price surge was a fluke, not a signal of things to come....

Link to Oil Costs Are Not A Refinery Issue | June 14, 2005 8:38 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 12, 2005

BP is NOT a Green Company

BP is NOT a Green Company Despite its efforts to present itself as a "green" company, and a business leader on controlling CO2 emissions, British Petroleum is anything but. The proof is in the pudding so they say, and BP's fight in the US against mandatory...

Link to BP is NOT a Green Company | June 12, 2005 1:44 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 10, 2005

How Much Will Global Warming Cost? Look At Shishmaref

How Much Will Global Warming Cost? Look At Shishmaref Shishmaref is an island off the coast of Alaska which is the home to roughly 562 Inupiats. The island has been disappearing at a rate of 13 to 22 feet a year. The Army Corps of Engineers will be moving...

Link to How Much Will Global Warming Cost? Look At Shishmaref | June 10, 2005 3:56 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 8, 2005

The Future of Fish ... Farming

The Future of Fish ... Farming Waking one morning recently with thoughts of snapper on his mind, George W. Bush decided that ranching was the answer and told Karl to draw up a fish farming proposal. That's all tongue in cheek, but out of the blue...

Link to The Future of Fish ... Farming | June 8, 2005 10:08 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 7, 2005

The End of Suburbia

The End of Suburbia There is a new video out that deserves watching (with a caution discussed below) called The End of Suburbia. It focuses on the issue of the creation and ongoing promotion of suburbia in the US and how it both helped...

Link to The End of Suburbia | June 7, 2005 5:41 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 5, 2005

Online Peak Oil Video Resources

Online Peak Oil Video Resources There are some excellent video presentations available on the web on Peak Oil. The following links are from a collaborative peak oil concept map. Peak Oil Presentation to the U.S. Congress - good explanation of what peak oil is. A...

Link to Online Peak Oil Video Resources | June 5, 2005 5:24 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 4, 2005

UN Atlas Before and After Pictures Effects of Development

UN Atlas Before and After Pictures Effects of Development The BBC has a new set of before and after pictures on global development. These pictures are from the UN Atlas of Environmental Change and are satellite photos of different areas. The changes are striking. They have an article explaining...

Link to UN Atlas Before and After Pictures Effects of Development | June 4, 2005 4:07 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 3, 2005

Schwarzenegger's Global Warming Plan

Schwarzenegger's Global Warming Plan Governor Schwarzenegger has announced what seems to be an ambitious plan to cut emission of global warming gases in California. While the announcement seems ambitious - ultimately an 80% reduction below 1990 levels by 2050, it was announced as a...

Link to Schwarzenegger's Global Warming Plan | June 3, 2005 7:45 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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June 2, 2005

Gold, Oil, Diamonds and Death

Gold, Oil, Diamonds and Death Pick up a newspaper, or search the web for news on Africa, and you will find quite literally a "bloody" mess. The drooling dogs of the "developed" world are roaming Africa - still and again. The consequences in nation after...

Link to Gold, Oil, Diamonds and Death | June 2, 2005 11:40 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 31, 2005

Mind Mapping

Mind Mapping I have been a devotee of "mind mapping" for years. I am not a linear thinker and the discovery of mind mapping helped me dramatically in organizing and exploring concepts, ideas and information. I first "discovered" the concept in a...

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May 30, 2005

Empire and Resistance

Empire and Resistance The people of Bolivia are in the streets over who controls the gas reserves of the nation. They call for the nationalization of Bolivia's gas reserves, after the government essentially signed over those resources to transnational corporations. Even an effort...

Link to Empire and Resistance | May 30, 2005 7:19 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 29, 2005

Taxing Gas Guzzlers?

Taxing Gas Guzzlers? The headline from the UK reads "Owners of gas-guzzling cars to be hit by five-fold tax increase." The proposed tax would rise from 150 pounds a year to 900. The proposal is aimed at attacking the production of greenhouse gases,...

Link to Taxing Gas Guzzlers? | May 29, 2005 8:23 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 28, 2005

Airplanes And Global Warming

Airplanes And Global Warming I always thought that airplanes had to cause a fair amount of pollution and global warming; however, I never saw anything that predicted how much pollution was involved. That is until I read Revealed: The real cost of air travel....

Link to Airplanes And Global Warming | May 28, 2005 8:11 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 26, 2005

"Pipe-istan" Becomes A Reality

"Pipe-istan" Becomes A Reality Some were suspicious about the invasion of Afghanistan to capture bin Laden, smash al Qaeda, and overthrow the Taliban. Why? Because the U.S. and U.S. "interests" have a long history of "interest" in Afghanistan. Of particular interest was access to...

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May 25, 2005

Subverting Environmental Protection

Subverting Environmental Protection A new regulation went into place January 1, 2005 for Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. The regulation bans the sale of oil-based house paint, and was put in place reduce the level of ground-level ozone...

Link to Subverting Environmental Protection | May 25, 2005 9:17 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 19, 2005

Merging "Rights" In A Time of Fear

Merging "Rights" In A Time of Fear We live in frightening times. My guess is that most of the planet feels it on one level or another. It is a time of uncertainty - not security. It is a time of waiting for the sky to fall....

Link to Merging "Rights" In A Time of Fear | May 19, 2005 12:02 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 16, 2005

Oil Or The Environment - Expansion of Alaskan Drilling

Oil Or The Environment - Expansion of Alaskan Drilling The Bush energy bill approved drilling in ANWR, but that is hardly the end of the story. Now they are looking at two more areas - Teshekpuk Lake and the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Both are significant natural areas,...

Link to Oil Or The Environment - Expansion of Alaskan Drilling | May 16, 2005 7:56 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 14, 2005

Global Warming and Doubting Thomases

Global Warming and Doubting Thomases The headline read, Damage from Warming Becoming 'Irreversible,' Says New Report (OneWorld.net, 3/15/04). "We are quickly moving to the point where the damage will be irreversible," warned Dr. Jonathan Pershing, director of WRI's Climate, Energy and Pollution Program. "In fact,...

Link to Global Warming and Doubting Thomases | May 14, 2005 2:29 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 11, 2005

Bush Is No Environmental President

Bush Is No Environmental President Surely no one ever labored under the belief that Bush is an environmental President, but the latest of round of actions make that perfectly clear. From an "energy" plan that opens ANWR to the opening up over 34 million acres...

Link to Bush Is No Environmental President | May 11, 2005 12:56 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 10, 2005

New Feature At Radical Noesis

New Feature At Radical Noesis We have introduced a new feature for those of you who are interested in seeing what others are writing about what you read here. Waypath has a plugin that searches the "blogosphere" and returns matches to the articles it is...

Link to New Feature At Radical Noesis | May 10, 2005 10:32 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 7, 2005

Forget The Distractions - It's About Oil

Forget The Distractions - It's About Oil GM and Ford are having a "rough time" resulting in their stocks being downgraded to junk bonds. Listening to the news, you would think that somehow the problem is the fickle consumer. You know that consumer that has been "demanding"...

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May 6, 2005

Where Is Genetic Research Going?

Where Is Genetic Research Going? If folks aren't thinking about what is happening in genetic research, then it is time they did. Careful How You Monkey With DNA The laboratory creation of chimeras -- animals with mixed-species heritage -- has become so advanced that scientists...

Link to Where Is Genetic Research Going? | May 6, 2005 8:54 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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May 3, 2005

If You Think Oil Is A Problem, What About Water?

If You Think Oil Is A Problem, What About Water? We know that oil is a precious commodity and that our (modern day) lives depend on it, but we take water for granted - at least in the U.S. we do. Water doesn't make the news much in the U.S,...

Link to If You Think Oil Is A Problem, What About Water? | May 3, 2005 12:51 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 29, 2005

Global Warming? Let's Not Talk About That

Global Warming? Let's Not Talk About That The Republican party's talking points say not to use the term "global warming", but to use "climate change" instead. Bush has been resistant to even using that, but the General Accountability Office is warning that the administration's legally mandated research...

Link to Global Warming? Let's Not Talk About That | April 29, 2005 8:43 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 28, 2005

Well We Knew There Would Be A Part 2 To the "Energy" Plan

Well We Knew There Would Be A Part 2 To the "Energy" Plan People are upset about the high cost of gas. The administration pushes an energy bill that will do virtually nothing about the fact that oil is a diminishing resource or about immediate price relief. So Bush and Cheney make a...

Link to Well We Knew There Would Be A Part 2 To the "Energy" Plan | April 28, 2005 4:47 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 23, 2005

New Site Features

New Site Features We've added several new features to Radical Noesis. 1. Pamela's debut into the blogging world - The Paper Garden - has been added to the Participating Sites. Please visit, take a look, and support her efforts. 2. Our Notification system...

Link to New Site Features | April 23, 2005 8:40 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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The Big Energy Plan

The Big Energy Plan "It's a step in the right direction," said Peter Beutel, Cameron Hanover analyst, based in Connecticut.Reuters 4/21/05 Is it really preferable to have an energy plan that does nothing about the energy problems than to have no "energy plan"...

Link to The Big Energy Plan | April 23, 2005 4:46 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 17, 2005

Isn't Carbon Sequestration A Dumb Idea?

Isn't Carbon Sequestration A Dumb Idea? I have wondered since I heard the first reports several years ago about pumping carbon dioxide into the ocean floor (a process known as "carbon sequestration") whether it might be harmful to the oceans. In fact, I raised questions about...

Link to Isn't Carbon Sequestration A Dumb Idea? | April 17, 2005 7:21 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 16, 2005

Warning Signs And Denial

Warning Signs And Denial I was having dinner the other night with my partner's mother who recently turned 90. We were talking about the hot news - the end of oil. She was stunned by the discussion. Here was a woman who had grown...

Link to Warning Signs And Denial | April 16, 2005 5:46 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 10, 2005

Environmental collapse - sooner not later

Environmental collapse - sooner not later There is an interesting article in the February 9, 2004 edition of Fortune Magazine - CLIMATE COLLAPSE - The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare (permalink - by David Stipp. The Pentagon is apparently taking "climate change" seriously even if the White House...

Link to Environmental collapse - sooner not later | April 10, 2005 8:15 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 8, 2005

Environmentalism Better Not Be Dead

Environmentalism Better Not Be Dead In September of 2004 Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus (both with long careers in environmental activism) wrote a monograph titled The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World. It is a presentation that has generated tremendous discussion...

Link to Environmentalism Better Not Be Dead | April 8, 2005 6:17 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 6, 2005

Oil. What's Up?

Oil. What's Up?

"Super spikes," promises of higher production, and global depression. Will prices go up or down? I vote for up.

Link to Oil. What's Up? | April 6, 2005 8:16 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 5, 2005

Rowan's Introduction

Rowan's Introduction My name is Rowan Wolf and I am a long time social activist. I was at one of the first Earth Day events. At that point I lived in Kansas City, Mo. Which is where I was born and raised....

Link to Rowan's Introduction | April 5, 2005 7:43 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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April 3, 2005

Choosing A Path Or A Path Already Chosen?

Choosing A Path Or A Path Already Chosen? We are in the midst of three interlocking crises - the end of oil, global warming with potential climate collapse, and environmental collapse. They are not somewhere out in the future, they are here now. Every new report only affirms...

Link to Choosing A Path Or A Path Already Chosen? | April 3, 2005 2:43 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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March 31, 2005

Human Impact On the Environment Has To Be Addressed

Human Impact On the Environment Has To Be Addressed Study after study, report after report, shows that global warming is real, and that environmental collapse is real, and that human beings are intimately implicated in the changes. The Millennium Ecosystem Reports are currently being released. More than 1350 researchers...

Link to Human Impact On the Environment Has To Be Addressed | March 31, 2005 6:21 PM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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March 25, 2005

What We Are About

What We Are About We here at Radical Noesis feel that the earth is facing two bottom-line challenges - the end of oil as an accessible resource, and global warming. Either of these events are catastrophic to the planet. Taken together, they could end...

Link to What We Are About | March 25, 2005 12:14 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors --- Rowan

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