Food & agriculture – Nov 27

Toxic seed becomes hope for the hungry
Julian Darley on “deconstructing dinner”
Farmers show interest in carbon trading
Diet for a hot planet

Transport – Nov 27

Lords of the logistic: Don’t need no stinkin’ SUVs
Rail revolution to clear UK’s gridlock ‘in 30 years’
Heavier Americans – increased fuel consumption
Turns out, Seattle isn’t so green

Politics – Nov 27

Jordan king: 3 Mideast wars possible in 2007
No ‘miracles’ in the desert

G20 calls for energy investment and efficiency

China’s poorest worse off after boom

Saudis threaten to cut ties to Britain over corruption investigation

Peak oil -Nov 27

Peak oil – the South will rise again
Oil, food, the US $ and the “global” drought
Kunstler: The storm perfected
Pickens predicts record 2007 oil price
Examining CERA’s powers of prediction

Oregon vs global warming

Portland Oregonian: What you can do about a warming world
Eugene poised to join carbon war
Oregon Secty of State talks on global warming

Business, economics and climate

Financial Times: Averting climate change
The Stern Review: critical notes on its abatement optimism
Energy firms accept regulation as inevitable
Emission credit market heats up

Climate policy – Nov 27

Self-preservation forcing wild species, businesses, planning officials to act
World’s largest science teacher’s organization to ignore climate change education?
Top court to hear emissions argument
Canada Liberals propose sweeping ‘green’ changes

Caspian oil – Nov 27

Jerome a Paris: A primer on Caspian Oil

Caspian oil field to produce 25% more

Caspian Sea oil producers discuss establishing organization

Disneyland by the Caspian Sea

Russia – Nov 26

Russia attacks the West’s Achilles’ heel
Putin issues veiled warning to east Europe
Europe backs down on the energy charter
Why Russia has a gas shortage

Peak oil – Nov 26

How to address peak oil skeptics

Friendly fire – the dark side of techno-fixes
Investment in oil E&P – an above-ground factor

How to prepare for peak oil and climate change (permaculture)