Environment Headlines – 1 November, 2005

Lake algae confirm global warming link / No Escape: Thaw Gains Momentum / European Union emission trading multiplies / UK Prince’s plea over climate change / Global warming: help or hindrance? / Mighty Amazon close to running out of water / China’s Next Big Boom Could Be the Foul Air

CNBC hosts ‘Deep Oil vs. Peak Oil’ debate

Craig R. Smith co-author of WND Books’ “Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil,” will go head-to-head with author Matthew R. Simmons in a debate entitled “Deep Oil vs. Peak Oil” on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” this morning at 9 a.m. Eastern. [updated – mp3 and transcript now available]

Other Energy Headlines – 31 October, 2005

Gulf oil and gas production damage worse than reported? / Nuclear irony finds French power company ads in Nevada / US to transfer nuclear reactor tech to China / France in nuclear sell-off U-turn / Appalachian crude makes comeback

Other Energy Headlines – 29 October, 2005

Brazil to reach oil self-sufficiency next year / US Deepwater Reserves in decline / GE stops supply of LNG compressors to Iran / Efficient energy at sea: The new age of sail / US Air Force nation’s leading ‘green power’ user / Upscale French wine turned into ethanol

Politics and Economics Headlines – 29 October, 2005

EU Troops Stage Exercise To Protect ‘Oil-Rich Country’ / Syrians queue for fuel as subsidies cuts are announced / Jump in US layoffs / Republicans ask oil industry for help with fuel prices / Oil Co’s shy on profits, stepping up advertising / Automobile apartheid — another lesson from Katrina / Venezuelan nuclear technology is a long shot

Peak Oil Headines – 29 October, 2005

Peak Oil Map / Problems with our oil from Iraq / Energy Minister: Russian oil peak by 2010 / Report on “End of Oil” conference in London, Oct 11 / United Oil Awareness Meetup Day Nov 9th, Groups in 23 cities to participate / The coming petro collapse

Doubts raised on Saudi vow for more oil

…doubts about Saudi Arabia’s assurances of how much it can expand capacity – and for how long – have been raised in a secret intelligence report and in a separate analysis by a leading government oil adviser, according to a federal government official and the oil expert.