Iran & Mideast oil – Dec 22
UN poised to pass Iran sanctions despite threat
U.S. plans naval buildup in Gulf to counter Iran
Finally, wisdom in Washington on our oil future
Peak oil – Dec 22
Audio interview with Tom Whipple (new)
Desperately shrinking Big Oil
Cultural Economist: online report on oil depletion
Skeptics speak against their own interests
UK Soil Assn conference focuses on peak oil
Dr. Jerry Unruh – interview
Peak oil and the energy utilization chain (EUC)
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 21
New German community models car-free living
Software & community in the early 21st century
Permaculture for the inner landscape
A natural builder creates an ecovillage
Suburban renewal – one backyard at a time
Peak oil – Dec 21
Ten principles of post oil-peak planning
The energy detensive economy (for local governments)
Peak Oil Blues – interview
PO & GW do not fit a socially believable disaster profile
Alternative to powerdown?
New documentary: “What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire”
Mike Ruppert back in U.S.
OPEC says peak oil near
In the most recent edition of the OPEC Bulletin, a senior member of OPEC writes: “…peak oil output is not very far away for all of us.”
Long U.S. work hours are bad for the environment
If the world works as many hours as Americans currently do, it would consume 15-30 percent more energy by 2050 than it would by following Europe’s model, according to a paper by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
Iraq and oil – Dec 21
Senators Clinton, Ensign propose Iraq Oil Trust
Iraq oil law stuck on contracts
Iraq’s oil smuggling
How will America keep control of oil fields?
US energy policy – Dec 21
State of the Region 2006 (Southern California)
New call to reduce dependence on foreign oil
FedEx founder on energy independence
Mississippi salt dome selected to expand U.S. oil reserves
Oil & gas companies to pay royalties
NY Times: royalty rip-off
Oil sands and shale – Dec 21
The cautious U.S. boom in oil shale
Oil sands key target for global energy players
Toxic waste left in wake of oil sands extraction
Autos – Dec 21
The Highwaymen – privatization of the roads
U.S. Interstate: A golden opportunity missed
Detroit: Misguided assault on autos won’t solve energy crisis
Ford’s new Super Duty trucks
The auto efficiency wedge
Air – Dec 21
EU tackles aircraft CO2 emissions (kind of)
Monbiot: Ministers know emissions trading won’t work
Aviation and oil depletion
Airlines toss enough cans each year to build fleet of airliners
Food & agriculture – Dec 21
Vandana Shiva on farmer suicides & more
Pot becomes top cash crop in US
An organic recipe for development
Federal subsidies turn farms into big business
Inuit diet touted as health tonic
