fossil fuels

At the heart of environmentalism is a concern for all life, whether human or non-human. The fundamental principle of that concern is sustainability; that is, for life to continue to prosper on Earth indefinitely, our activities must be sustainable.  Climate change due to human influence, a phenomenon that many commentators seem unwilling or unable to accept, is the result of unsustainable activities.

This morning on NPR, President Bush tried to blame congress for the nation’s high gas, food, and electricity prices. Apparently, Congress has been thwarting the President’s attempts to fix the economy: “I’ve repeatedly submitted proposals to help address these problems,” the president said. “Yet time after time, Congress chose to block them.” His answer: Drill in ANWR.

While the national average price of gasoline is now $3.60, some residents of Utah are happily filling up on compressed natural gas (CNG) at $0.63 per gallon. That’s the country’s lowest price for CNG, which has understandably caused a surge in demand for vehicles running on a fuel that one man described as “practically free.”

A video showing that SDG&E's true purpose in proposing the Sunrise Powerlink, a 150-mile transmission line through Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and San Diego's rural communities, is to bring fossil-fuel power north from Mexico. Rather than bringing renewable power from Imperial Valley, the line will mainly be used as a link to get the fossil-fuel power to Los Angeles.

Climate change campaigners marked the third annual "Fossil Fool's Day" on Tuesday with a series of protests around the world highlighting the need for us all to reduce the amount of carbon we burn.

America's begining to increase it's coal export primarily to Germany and Britain

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) calls for an immediate listing of polar bears under the Endangered Species Act and a delay of an Alaska offshore oil and gas lease sale that threatens Arctic wildlife and habitats.

The hearing examines the role of auction or allocation systems for global warming emissions credits in a cap-and-trade climate bill. Along with several prominent witnesses from the United States, Zapfel covers these new developments in the E.U.

Leaders from a broad cross-section of the energy industry address climate change and other top legislative issues for 2008.

So, you think concept cars that run on alternative fuels are thing of the future?...Well that´s not entirely true, at least not for Honda.

The Arctic melt, blamed by the U.N. climate panel on heat-trapping gases emitted by burning fossil fuels, threatens the livelihoods of indigenous hunting peoples and wildlife such as polar bears and seals.  This melt is occurring at an alarming rate.

Donald Paul, VP and Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Corp., speaks at Dow Jones VentureWire Alternative Energy Conference October 2007.

A well written article on practical reasons that we should decrease our reliance on fossil fuels. This is not an environmental argument but rather an argument based on peak oil and economics.

The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory describes how carbon sequestration works and how it will contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Some top analysts believe the world is at or near hitting peak oil — the point at which so much oil has been pumped that demand begins to outstrip supply, leaving a yawning and persistent gap. This week's OPEC meeting puts the question in high relief. In addition to high gas prices, what does it mean, and what can we do about it?