Articles by David Roberts

Get a job

If there's one question we get a lot -- and I mean a lot -- it's how to get a job in a green field. Head over to Dave Pollard's joint for an informative rundown on just that subject.

(See also our Q&A with Kevin Doyle, national program director at The Environmental Careers Organization.)

Hosted on the wind

Starting a green business with a website? Check out wind-powered web hosting. Neat.

Oil pumping capacity

Don't miss Part 4 of Kevin Drum's ongoing series on peak oil. It's about pumping capacity, or the lack thereof.

This is what peak oil has brought us to. The actual peak may happen this year or it may not happen for a couple of decades, but just the fact that we're close means that we've already hit the point in the curve where spare capacity is a luxury of the past. The result will be increasing global instability caused by a turbulent economy held permanent hostage to terrorists, unstable dictatorships, resource wars, and natural disasters.

He promises Part 5, on sane energy policy, tomorrow.

California solar roofs on the way

FYI: The California Senate just passed the Million Solar Roofs bill (SB 1). It now goes to the Assembly, for a hearing later in June. Momentum is on its side. For more on the bill, check Environment California's rundown.