Europe News

ODAC Newsletter
Staff, Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
first published April 7, 2008.

Climate policy - Apr 6
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Hansen: Our current climate target is guaranteed catastrophe (new)
UK: Why are we going back to coal?
Swiss say action on climate is "crucial"
NYT: A shift in the debate
first published April 6, 2008.

Housing & urban design - Apr 4
Staff, Energy Bulletin
UK's Ecotowns - why the protests?
Energy and climate initiatives in Santa Barbara
Green architecture and urbanism - new report
first published April 4, 2008.

Housing & urban design - Apr 3
Staff, Energy Bulletin
NYC approves fees on city drivers
Life in the 'burbs: heavy costs for families, climate
Eco-towns? Britons say no thanks
Walkable towns curb obesity, pollution
first published April 3, 2008.

US and UK - Apr 1
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Why the US is doomed to be an energy outlaw
Britain seeks loophole in Green Energy targets; nuclear looms
Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam ('splash and dash' loophole)
Congress has big questions for Big Oil
West heating twice as fast as rest of world
first published April 1, 2008.

ODAC Newsletter
Staff, Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
first published March 31, 2008.

Food & agriculture - Mar 30
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Markets nervous: will U.S. plant enough corn?
Jamie Oliver wants Britain on a wartime diet
Holmgren: Back to the backyard
Come on in, the farming's fine
first published March 30, 2008.

Activists do it locally - Mar 30
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Denmark embraces a clean green dream
Vermont takes a baby step
Portland (Maine) - roadmap to sustainability
first published March 30, 2008.

Food & agriculture - Mar 29
Staff, Energy Bulletin
High rice cost creating fears of Asia unrest
India rice export prices up again
Rosie Boycott: Only a radical change of diet can halt looming food crises
Gourmet magazine points the way toward a green and smart farm policy
Food prices rising across the world
Prices climb as fertiliser famine looms
first published March 29, 2008.

Climate - Mar 29
Staff, Energy Bulletin
25 cities to dim lamps, illuminate climate change
Cut in coal burning lowers UK emissions 2%
Think globally by thinking locally
Why the climate change debate has gone wrong - PO and transition towns
first published March 29, 2008.

Urban design - Mar 26
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Transition Towns movement hits "The Archers", UK cultural intitution
Urban jungle: growing fruit and vegetables in UK town-centres
China's green building movement
Kunstler on zoning and "starchitects"
first published March 26, 2008.

Food & agriculture - Mar 26
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Sulfuric acid prices explode (due to biofuels, fertilizer demand)
Pig slurry solution to high fertilizer prices
UK fishing industry turning green
first published March 26, 2008.