Peak oil – Sept 22
Lundberg: End of the age of oil
Fortune: new oil discovery may be bad for us
Byron King: peak oil theory of value
Peak salt?
Interview about ASPO-USA conference
Conference Oct 25-27
Oil industry – Sept 22
High costs threaten oil sands projects
Oil companies split on demands by exporting countries
Hofmeister of Shell Oil podcast
Suits say US impeded audits for oil leases
Dems want hearings on Interior Dept “corruption”
Factors that pushed oil price up now push it down
How periodic are oil price fluctuations?
Climate – Sept 22
McKibben: “Bush’s climate plan will kick-start new era of bargaining over planet’s future”
UK”s Beckett to warn UN on CC
Al Gore interview (video)
Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger point fingers
Community holds vigil for rain
Sea levels are rising faster than predicted
Nitrous oxide – no laughing matter for forests
Oil Industry – Sept 22
Executive sees price threat to oil sands projects
Costs of exploration soar
Auditors say US Dept. Interior corruptly favouring oil companies
Geopolitics – Sept 22
US controls price of crude oil
Brazil, Bolivia to address energy crisis
EU fears grow over dependence on Russia
California AG sues auto makers over emissions
Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging their vehicles’ emissions have contributed significantly to global warming, harmed the resources, infrastructure and environmental health of California, and cost the state millions of dollars to address current and future effects.
The peak oil crisis: a report to Australia’s Senate
Last fall Australia’s Senate, concerned about the future of the country’s oil supply, directed a standing committee to conduct an inquiry… In essence, the Committee was asked to investigate peak oil
Environment – Sept 21
US droughts may eclipse Dust Bowl
Fires Sweep Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra
Illegal logging costs billions
China taps into foreign water solutions
Energy policy – Sept 21
Saudi wary of “green” policies to reduce oil consumption
Alaska astir over plan to tap its NG
Bangladesh faces energy dilemma: coal?
Fuel diversification: coal to liquids
Climate policy – Sept 21
Branson pledges billions to fight GW
White House outlines global warming fight
DOE releases climate change plan
Australian PM not moved by US climate policy
Hot issue in Oregon race: global warming
California: two new bills on warming
GW is subject for directors at big companies
Monbiot: threat is from those who accept climate change, not not those who deny it
Environmental journals feel pressure to adopt disclosure rules
Politics and economics – Sept 21
For Bush, cheaper gas = popularity
Chavez – an
emerging force
Being angry at Russia is pointless
Russia cancels Shell’s Sakhalin license
Drive to create jobs in Indonesia
Brazil poor feel benefits of Lula’s policies
Is high-flying economy heading for turbulence?
Solutions and sustainability – Sept 21
Toward an International Energy Transition Plan
NY Mayor and California Governor in sustainability inititive
Energy rebounds and amplifications
Physicist Takes Energy Efficiency From Theory to Practice
Heinberg & Holmgren Australia Tour
Hirsch at Oil and Money conference
