Peak oil – Jan 13

Energy and China – asking inconvenient questions

Climate and the coming energy crisis – grow your own conference

Petrodollars – Jan 12

The petrodollars poser

Petrodollars funding US deficit

Petrodollar power poses a bigger threat than China

Russia opts for some roulette with mighty petrodollar fund

Strange & stranger – politics shifts greenward

Tories push for 80% carbon emissions cut

Schwarzenegger blurs political lines
Canada’s NDP plots to out-green its rivals
Stay-at-home Brown reveals his green credentials
“Be Prepared!” – investment advisor goes survivalist

The only hope is unity

When people unite to fight a great, imminent threat, as I predict we will, as events and developments accelerate, there will be rapid progress towards addressing problems. (With a response by Dmitry Orlov.)

U.S. energy – Jan 11

Sen. committee hearing: geopolitics of oil (video)
Oil keeps U.S. vulnerable, lawmakers told
Green gripe with Obama: liquefied coal is still…coal
Alaska energy czar: Bush must look beyond diesel

Geopolitical – Jan 11

Venezuela to nationalise key industries

Iran leader woos Latin America
Plan for economic strangulation of Iran
Putin stands firm on oil blockade

Climate policy – Jan 11

Call for 20% EU cut in GHGs

We have a bit of a PR problem on global warming, ExxonMobil admits
Swiss Re issues global risks 2007 report

Transport and cities – Jan 11

Cities most innovative in global warming fight
World at urban crossroads, warns report
Worldwatch’s Sheehan calls for federal action on efficiency and transportation
Worldwatch: our urban future

Peak oil – Jan 11

Headlines, yes we have headlines
Peak Moment Television

U.S. Green Pres. candidate on PO in N. Calif.
Joy ride to global collapse
(reflections on Kunstler)