Brian Schweitzer on 60 Minutes tonight

The governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, says he can turn the billions of tons of coal under his state into enough diesel fuel to greatly reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. Schweitzer speaks to 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl this Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Peak oil – Feb 26

Environmentalist David Orr on peak oil, climate change and our response to them /
Heinberg and experts debate fall in oil production /
Beyond Peak Oil scenario competition /
Matt Simmons speech /
Author William Clark speaks on Washington-Teheran tensions

Other energy – Feb 25

Japan utilities eye summer oil as LNG hits records /
World has bigger oil worries than size of reserves /
Microorganisms key to ethanol production /
HighCountry special issue on energy /
Bush admits to ‘mixed signals’ on renewable energy lab /
Alaska, energy firms agree on pipeline /
UK: We’re in for nasty weather – and no gas

Politics & energy – Feb 25

Oil jumps after attempted attack on Saudi processing plant /
Shell told to pay Nigeria $1.5bn /
Niger Delta crisis affecting crude oil prices and supplies /
Will fight for oil (Ted Koppel maintains oil drives foreign policy) /
Ports & petrodollars /
Killing the Iranian oil bourse story

Other energy – Feb 24

Record year for wind energy /
Bush: U.S. on verge of energy breakthrough /
Interview: Chevron invests in new energy sources, fears rising oil prices /
And we thought Colorado had natural gas problems

Politics & economics – Feb 24

Crude tactics in the Niger delta /
Niger Delta: the gathering storm of war /
The 21st century threat: global energy terrorism /
S.Africa energy crisis may hit investment /
Ecuador reaches truce with oil protesters /
Bush advisers urge veto of oil company tax break cuts

Solutions & sustainability – Feb 24

Smart friction-free sailing /
Lovins and other links /
Forgotten by many, a Brooklyn neighborhood nourishes its own /
How the feds make bad-for-you food cheaper than healthful fare (the cheap-corn policy)

Peak oil – Feb 24

Whipple: The Hirsch Report — one year later /
Writer Michael Ventura on Things to Come /
The earth’s half empty oil tank (visualizing peak oil) /
Looking at energy supply in terms of Cubic Miles of Oil (CMOs)