Al Gore Connects the Dots
"We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in
ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that’s got to change."
— A Generational Challenge to Repower America, Thursday, July 17, 2008.
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Climate Change, Peak Oil and the Permaculture Solution
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WHO: Andrew Leslie Phillips WHERE: Friends Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place on 15th Street between Second and Third Avenues, Manhattan WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006; 6:30 p.m. COST: Free, $1 or $2 donation appreciated SPONSORS: Neighborhood Energy Network, Friends in Unity with Nature, NYC Peak Oil Meet-up We live at a confluence in history. Peak oil and […]
Lecture: Climate Change, Peak Oil, and our Energy Future?
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A lecture by Leonard Rodberg of Queens College. This is part of the CUNY Climate Change Science Lecture Series and Exhibition on Governors Island. CUNY is proud to present its second annual science lecture series and science exhibition on Governors Island. The exhibition will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, starting June […]
De Blasio Takes a Break From Encouraging Car Trips to Scold Big Oil
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The mayor who opposes congestion pricing, treats parking placards as political currency, and has declared war on electric bikes wants you to know that he's taking Big Oil to court over climate change.
To Address Demand for Oil, We Must Focus on Transportation
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The consequences of our transportation policy. (Photo: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency via Flickr) Editor’s note: Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sent us this commentary on the the BP oil spill, climate change, and the need for transportation reform. Last Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his first speech from the Oval Office on the single greatest challenge […]
Ten Years After 9/11, American Oil Addiction Persists
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Yesterday America reflected. We collectively remembered the terrorist attacks of September 11, and examined the country we’ve become. There’s no denying that 10 years later, our country has irreversibly changed. We’ve been through a decade of costly and humbling warfare. We’ve suffered economic upheaval and stagnation. But in many ways, we’re still the same country […]
Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability
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A new NRDC report ranks U.S. states on their level of oil vulnerability measured by how heavily each state’s citizens are affected by increases in oil prices. States are also ranked on their implementation of solutions to reduce oil dependence. The report found that while oil dependence affects all states, some are hit harder economically […]