Environment – Nov 29

Impact of climate change ‘can be likened to WMD’/
In Montreal, delegates look at post-Kyoto world /
US resists climate change pressure at UN conference /
The gathering winds (hurricanes and climate change) /
Oil sands make Canada complicit in global warming /
Nitrogen is biggest environmental threat /
Climate talks – hoops and hot air (analysis) /

Peak oil – Nov 29

Deffeyes sticks with Thanksging 2005 prediction /
Monbiot: Cut demand to have any hope of solving the energy crisis /
US Senate committee hearing on peak oil /
Ending the end of oil /
Peak oil and pensions /
Gloomy seasons greetings from Kunstler

Solutions & sustainability – Nov 29

William McDonough on sustainable design /
Voluntary simplicity /
NJ rebates and credits fuel alternative energy /
Ted Trainer interview: what is our biggest problem? /
How China can save the planet /
“Greener” heat sources cost money, save energy

Peak oil – Nov 28

Peak oil and the fear of losing immortality /
PO events in the UK for December /
Don’t dither about energy crisis /
Peoria: time running out for oil, gas reserves /
“Risk” and “probability”: MIA in PO debate /
Trafalgar Or Waterloo ? /
PO: what we know now /
NZ Greens: Surely the time is now? /
Why $5 gas is good for America

Other energy – Nov 28

Warm glow of Irish peat takes edge off oil woes /
Global hunger for oil fuels new gold rush in Arctic /
New era for Britain’s coal mines? /
Is coal the answer for Illinois? /
U.S. has plans for Canada oil sands /
No choice over nuclear – UK’s Beckett /

Politics & economics – Nov 28

What your Mama never told you about NAFTA: A look at Canada’s oil /
Russia pressing for world energy market transparency /
Chile’s Bachelet says Greens back her energy plan /
Labour to ease pollution rules in UK if gas runs short /
Crude designs: the rip-off of Iraq’s oil wealth /
High fuel costs projected to slash farm incomes /
Finding new ways to fuel the farm /
Oil-rich Venezuela covets nuclear power

Political & economics – Nov 26

0il security emerges as issue in US political debate /
Cuban electricity rates soar /
Scientific American: Bush-style conservation is not enough /
Winter, high oil costs cause global chills