Nobody knows what will happen when an oil-producing member of the global economy in the middle of the Middle East implodes into worthlessness,... and then runs out of water, but in Yemen, we are going to find out.

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New information prompts another look at the global supply of lithium, used in renewable batteries, and a major choice for use in the batteries of electric vehicles, such as the Chevy Volt.

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The Story of P(ee)
-Forest Carbon Scheme Gains Support, Faces Hurdles
-Warming Water Spurs U.S. to Consider ESA Protection for 82 Coral Species

We burn through more of it per capita than any other country; and our appetite for it can only be sated with massive imports. No, not oil--I'm talking about nitrogen fertilizer.

Prof. Al Bartlett offers useful approximations for understanding exponential growth and its alarming consequences. He gives two rules of thumb for quick calculations about exponential growth but it's worth noting that these are approximations, quite accurate for small percentage growth values, but not correct for large rates of growth.

One way of looking at our current set of predicaments is that we've been on a binge, consuming energy considerably faster than it can be captured and stored by Earth's ecosystems.

-Depletion of Key Resources: Facts at Your Fingertips
-Cities, peak oil, and sustainability
-Reconsidering Cities

Jeff Rubin, former chief economist at Canadian investment bank CIBC World Markets, is not your typical economist.

-The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
-Who Will Build the Ark?
-Why Ecological Revolution?
-'Population Justice' — The Wrong Way to Go

The American West at Risk's 13 chapters examine some of the major human-caused environmental problems now threatening the 11 contiguous Western states...Citing trustworthy, peer-reviewed stud

The veneration of the automobile is a custom that is gradually, steadily becoming more commonplace in urban India.

It was the pivotal international conference of the new century.

-Ed Miliband: China tried to hijack Copenhagen climate deal
-Carbon Supplicants on the Copenhagen Pilgrimage
-Review of the Year 2009: Climate change
-How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room
-There's No Negotiating With Nature
-BC Fossil of the Decade Awards
-Copenhagen's failure belongs to Obama
-Clear-Cutting the Truth About Trees

NASA climate scientist James Hansen never expected the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen to amount to much. He told the British Guardian newspaper that it would be better if Copenhagen failed. That’s because Hansen is a vocal critic of the economic policies discussed there, and he hopes Copenhagen’s failure gives the public a chance to talk about new options.