Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Fed up with inaction on the part of the federal government, six Midwestern states have joined states in the northeast and California in taking action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. An agreement was to be signed in Milwaukee today by six governors and the Canadian province of Manitoba. [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: [WARNING: Once again, a longish post. Can't help myself with this oil business.] The energy crunch, evidenced by rising oil prices, inadequate supply for rising demand, and the inability of oil producers to increase production enough to meet that demand, is starting to hurt. But if we think [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Well, that’s the word from the chief economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, reflecting on the price of crude oil, which keeps floating just shy of the century mark for the past few days. Everyone agrees that $100 per barrel is a psychological threshold of [...]
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: [WARNING: Today's post is on the lengthy side.] The price of crude oil passed $98 per barrel this morning on its way to, where? by the end of the day. The day that many have predicted for a long time will arrive soon — the day we reach [...]