A day late and a dollar short on climate change

Though he predicts that the world’s nations won’t act to slow climate change in time to avoid disaster, Australian sustainability consultant Paul Gilding seems like a pretty cheery guy. “Despite the evidence and the straightforward logic of the crisis being here now, or at least soon, denial is still the dominant response,” writes Gilding in [...]

The death of Osama bin Laden and the threat of peak oil

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With the death of Osama bin Laden, can America now face threats to our future more dangerous than al Qaeda — peak oil and climate change? After the 9/11 attacks, George W. Bush called for the American people to show our unity with each other and our defiance of terrorists who would target the American [...]

Two antidotes to Obama’s energy trance

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The president’s energy plan tries to lull Americans to sleep. Now, Kunstler and Orlov wake us up.