Tag: Peak Oil - Page 5
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Another Day, Another Spill: TransCanada Shuts Down Keystone Pipeline
The 591,000-barrel-a-day Keystone oil pipeline was shut down over the weekend, after a half-inch fitting broke and spilled approximately 10 barrels of oil. Not large as far as oil spills go, but it was the second spill in
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He Sh*ts, He Scores! Pigeons Carry Sporting News
From farming with horses to the return of the scythe, many people concerned about peak oil are looking at traditional techniques and technologies in
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Oxfam America Launches a New Program to Address the Broken Food System
The movement for reform to our flawed food system is growing stronger every day. Cooks,
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Should Transition Movement Leave Politics at the Door?
As the massive impact of just one Transition group has shown, this community-led response to peak oil and climate change is having very real influence on how villages,
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House Rushes Keystone XL While State Dept. Sued Over Communication With Tar Sands Lobbyist
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit last week against the U.S. State Department for refusing to release communications between the department and Paul Elliott, a former Clinton aide and now a lobbyist for
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Can We Contemplate Disaster And Still Remain Hopeful?
The predicted apocalypse may have come and gone last weekend without too many signs of rapture, but anyone who is aware of the multiple environmental crises we face most likely can't help
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Are There Limits to Peak Oil and Climate Change as Motivators for Change?
"Climate change tells us we should change. Peak oil tells us we must change." This truism has become a common refrain in some environmental circles. And it provides some insight into
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Are We Addicted to Oil, or Just Falling Out of Love?
It's become common to talk about "kicking the oil habit". Even the oil-industry friendly George W. Bush accepted that America was addicted to oil. Given our deep dependence on fossil fuels
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An Edible Garden Makeover for a London Community (Video)
When I wrote about how young Greeks are abandoning Athens in favor of a life in the country, I suggested that cities would do well to think about resilience, not just efficiency. How do
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Students Protest Exxon Chair's Commencement Speech, Invite Peak Oil Expert Instead
Rex Tillerson, chair of Exxon, didn't win many TreeHugger friends with his assertion that a transition away from oil is 100 years away, nor his attempts to distance Exxon from the
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Training Communities to Kick the Oil Habit (Video)
The Transition Movement, a community-led response to peak oil and climate change, has been a huge inspiration to TreeHuggers everywhere. From the gigantic impact of just one transition group to the resulting global
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TransCanada Pipeline Spills 21,000 Gallons of Oil in North Dakota
TransCanada has said its Keystone I pipeline spilled 500 barrels (21,000 gallons) of oil in North Dakota on Saturday morning. Friends of the Earth says the incident is the 12th spill from the Keystone I pipeline, which is
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How Community Investing Can Help End Fossil Fuel Addiction
From community-owned solar power stations to cooperatively-operated breweries, community investing offers a great way for grassroots groups to create change in their towns, villages and neighborhoods. From revolving loan funds to community shares and
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How Highly Oil-Dependent Nations Will Get Hurt By Peak Oil More Than Others
There's been a lot written lately about more and more people in high places recognizing peak oil isn't just something cranky ex-petroleum geologists and environmentalists reading too much Jared Diamond go on about. In
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How Portland's Tool Libraries Build Community (Video)
Good Magazine has urged us to share more with our neighbors, and it's the basis behind the whole concept of collaborative consumption. But more and more companies and community initiative are exploring what this kind of
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Jeff Rubin: Is Peak Coal Coming?
Jeff Rubin, economist and author (Why your world is about to get a whole lot smaller) notes that oil isn't the only hydrocarbon with a price going through the roof.
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How Climate Change Could Help Spread Democracy
When I wrote about Adam Stein's assertion that climate change may still be compatible with a brighter future, many commenters mistakenly thought that he was arguing that climate change would actually create a better future. (His point was not about
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Tsunami Inspires Community Garden, Makes Case for Resilience
The Japanese tsunami and the nuclear crisis that followed may have prompted many to rethink the value of nuclear power. But, according to one voice from Japan, it may also be encouraging a broader rethink of how we organize ourselves for resilience and
