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Heinberg Claims Middle East Turmoil Could Create Economic Disaster
From Mike's piece on how our oil addiction is Gaddafi's best friend to my own musings on whether the West should help oil states kick the oil habit too, the incredible events in the Middle East have caused a lot of reflection on the political and
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Pioneering Green Council Halts "All Climate Change Work". What Next for Localism?
There was much excitement when Somerset, England became the first Transition Local Authority, resolving to tackle climate change and peak oil through strategic partnerships with citizen activists and businesses. Unfortunately, however, what started out
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Peak Oil, Easter Island and the "New Island Order" Conspiracy (Video)
The last time I posted an XtraNormal video about peak oil and "kool-aid drinking commies", it resulted in a pretty heated, unpleasant debate/argument in the comments box. I've just come across another video that—I
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Should West Help Oil States Kick the Oil Habit Too?
Oil, politics, protest and economics are big news right now. Mike already explored how Colonel Gaddafi benefits from The West's oil addiction, Matt explained how peak oil contributed to
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Monbiot Argues Lower Speed Limits Should Spread
Spain is already tackling oil addiction with lower speed limits, yet every time TreeHugger issues a call for lower speed limits we are inundated with furious commenters. Now George Monbiot—no stranger to annoying a few people himself—is
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Oil Spike Provides Impetus for Lasting Green Change?
Last week I wrote about one journalist's assertion that cutting fuel taxes would only exacerbate the oil crisis. But, as commenters were quick to point out, Governments will find it hard to resist cuts in fuel duty as food prices start to rise.
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Judge Halts $18 Billion Fine Against Chevron for Pollution in the Amazon
Remember that $9 billion fine that was Chevron was slapped with last month for the 18 billion gallons of pollution in Ecuador that were never cleaned up? A judge in New York has granted Chevron the preliminary injunction it
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Why Climate Change May Still Be Compatible with a Brighter Future
We greens are often accused of being anti-progress, and it's certainly fair to say that disasterbation can be a problem in the environmental movement. But while peak oil, climate change,
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Getting Local Government to Tackle Peak Oil
Yesterday I talked about the role of green groups in a shrinking state, noting how the activist mantra of "act local" could be used by some as an excuse to pass responsibilities from local government to community groups like members of the Transition
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Squatting and Activism Meets Community Development (Video)
The third runway at Heathrow may be history, for now, but the lessons learned about successful activism will last a lifetime. Some time ago I posted about how the local community was collaborating with full-time activists
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The Role of Green Groups in a Shrinking State
Whether we are talking about the proper role of Government in incentivizing sidewalks, or the sterling work of the Apollo Alliance, accusations that we TreeHuggers are nothing but a bunch
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Would You Pay a Voluntary Gas Tax?
When I wrote that cutting fuel taxes will exacerbate the oil crisis, reader Jeff Heie emailed me to tell me about The Voluntary Gas Tax movement. With a tagline that refers to "the craziest tax you've never heard of",
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Cutting Fuel Taxes Will Exacerbate Oil Crisis
Last week I posted a link to a powerful opinion piece about the West's Faustian pact on oil. But as the oil price spikes continue, and consumers start feeling the pain, pressure is mounting on Governments to cut taxes, increase subsidies, and otherwise
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A Graphic Video Demonstration of Life After The Kunstlerian Decline of a World Dependent on Oil
There is something poetic about this video by Joel Appleman of a tanker truck being pulled out of a snowbank by a an Amish horse team in Central Pennsylvania.
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The West's Faustian Pact on Oil Comes Home to Roost
From rising food prices contributing to unrest in Egypt and Tunisia to the role of peak oil and poverty in sparking the Egyptian revolution, there's been plenty of discussion here on TreeHugger about what all the turmoil in North Africa and the Middle
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Is a Green Economy as Inevitable as Change in the Middle East?
From aggressive emission cuts stimulating economic recovery to claims that cutting carbon necessitates de-industrialization, we've seen a lot of talk about
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Gas Price Joke is Sign of the Times. Ready for the Next Spike?
I was checking BBC news on my phone yesterday and right under a story about the unrest in Libya was a post about pranksters who had modified a gas station price sign to read LOL.
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Massive Ethical Business Strategy Revealed by Cooperative Giant
From Wal-Mart's controversial sustainability efforts to Marks & Spencer's aggressive Plan A program, there have been some major top-down green strategies revealed in the business world. But one chain of supermarkets,
