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EU agrees to reduce carbon emissions by 20%
Split on nuclear power threatens climate agreement
Europe takes lead in fighting climate change
German cars need to go green
UK’s Milibrand on energy security and climate change
Far-right BNP: Going “Green” – thinking beyond Peak Oil!
Perhaps we should be mourning after the world’s largest oilfield, rather than dead celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, for Peak Oil means the death of the American dream, not just one queen of kitsch.
Bush hails biofuels pact in Brazil
Brazil’s ethanol slaves
US looks to Brazil to fuel energy revolution
Cuba-Venezuela: Making biofuels without wasting food
Tortillas spark inflation, drive down Mexico’s peso
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) have dropped their estimation of prospective resources in the waters of the Gulf of México, in an area called Deep Coatzacoalcos, from 10 billion to 4 billion barrels.
Until last week, a good guess would have been that shortages in oil available for export would impact us first. This would be followed by economic decline, peak oil production, and finally a meaningful reduction in the burning of fossil fuel in response to global warming. News from the last few weeks, however, makes it look like more of a horse race.
Chinese Premier vows targets must be met
Chinese Academy of Sciences on energy sources
Guardian: Giving up oil
Standard inertia from US Energy Department
Renewable energy fight likely to set EU summit mood
What’s So Bad About Big?
PG&E sees power in North Coast waves
Analysis: Nile Basin energy future
Green energy deals ‘mislead customers’
The Psychology of Energy Efficiency
Bay Localize
A Greener and Healthier Holi
Kinsale joins Willits in seeking energy self-sufficiency
Corporate hippies seek bliss in ‘Environmental’ Economy
Has there ever been a financial collapse with brighter or louder warning signals?
A Nosedive Into the Desert
Three new presentations from Matthew Simmons
Announcing the CERA News Center Archive
New documentary: “Escape from Suburbia”
Hubbert speaks!
Happy Birthday Peak Oil! Commemorating the 51st Anniversary of M. King Hubbert’s Seminal Speech, the Hubbert Tribute site has released a 1976 video clip of Hubbert speaking about world oil depletion and explaining the concept of peak oil.
David Korten’s 2006 book The Great Turning has been hailed as a groundbreaking work for progressives seeking to deal with peak oil and other aspects of the predicament of industrial civilization. Is Korten’s theory the panacea some peak oil advocates suggest, or does it contain a different agenda? First of a three-part series.
