Peak oil – Nov 7

Peak Oil is a women’s issue /
Club of Rome (Canada) on the twin crises /
Blackwater mention LATOC /
UK oil production lowest for 28 years /
Dan Bednarz on peak oil and public health

Transport – Nov 7

Ryanair boss labels flight critics ‘econuts, idiots and headbangers’ /
Insurance by the mile: a simple way to slow global warming /
Aid groups drive to curb deadly gas-guzzling cars

Electricity & demand – Nov 7

Power failures hit Europe /
Smart metering and smarter metering /
Flat screen televisions ‘will add to global warming’

Russia – Nov 7

Russia set to double gas prices for Georgia /

Russia reacts angrily to U.S. warnings over Baltic Sea gas pipeline /
Russia faces chilling prospect of winter short of gas

Climate – Nov 7

Economists study price of climate change /
Africans are already facing climate change /
Australia – worst drought in 1,000 years /

In ancient fossils, seeds of a new debate on warming /
Idea that forests are ‘carbon sinks’ going down drain

Climate policy – Nov 7

Climate change: threat and promise /
Canada public suprisingly ready to accept a ‘carbon tax’ /
Economist: Stern Review targeted at U.S. /
China to pass U.S. in 2009 in emissions

Environment – Nov 7

WWF Living Planet Report – decision time /
Dawn of the dead zones /
Wild seafood will disappear in 50 years /
China turns to salt water to ease drought

The ‘dark matter’ of American politics

The state of our physical world exerts a kind of hidden gravitational pull on the important issues of the day. And yet, to listen to the rhetoric of the most recent election campaign, you would conclude that the ecological underpinnings of our civilization are in such good condition that they require virtually no attention.

IEA World Energy Outlook 2006 – reports (updated)

Developing world to drive 70% oil demand /

IEA backs nuclear power /

World must spend extra $3 trillion on energy by 2030 /
World risks ‘dirty’ energy future /
Top energy agency warns of ‘dirty’
future