Gas pump pain – with China coming on strong
News roundup which puts the major energy stories of recent weeks into perspective.
Trinational Elites Map North American Future in “NAFTA Plus”
The expansion of the NAFTA agreement will have radical implications for sovereignty over energy, water and other resources.
Politics and Economics Headlines – 26 August, 2005
Damaged wells cut Ecuador oil pumping by half / Ecuador Government, Provincial Leaders Await Oil Companies Response / Chávez taunts US with oil-for-poor offer / Two fingers to America / Chávez seeks influence with oil diplomacy / Oil Fat Cats vs. Hugo Chavez / Nigerian plan brings threat of petrol price rise / Killing the dollar in Iran / Iran in the Crosshairs / GM, Ford Motor Debt Ratings Cut to Junk by Moody’s / Stagger on, weary Titan / Bankruptcies in U.S. surge to record high
Environment Headlines – 26 August, 2005
US states bypass Bush to tackle greenhouse / Panel Sees Growing Threat in Melting Arctic / U.S. judge OKs global warming suit on
Agencies’ financing overseas energy projects / Water, Water Everywhere… / Is extreme weather down to climate change? / No reversal seen in pace of Arctic melting / Needed: A Global Survival Movement / Study predicts world population growth / Climate
Model Links Higher Temperatures to Prehistoric Extinction
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 26 August, 2005
Eco-Driving / Italy Eyes Concept of Selling Sun’s Energy / Heal the Planet, Heal Ourselves / The Hundred-Mile Diet Goes North / Oregon pursues wave power / Bacteria possible key to ‘Green’ plastics, drugs
Other Energy Headlines – 26 August, 2005
A Question Of Shale / Canadians Gear Up for Protest against Natural Gas Projects in Maine / Underground Coal-Gasification, Coal-to-Liquids Project in Australia / New chips lower PC power use
Poor Africans hit hard by rising world oil prices
Africans are struggling to cope with stubbornly high global oil prices which are forcing many to walk long distances to work or schools, go hungry as food prices skyrocket, and depend on candles to light their homes.
Intelligence Brief: French Energy Policy
After explaining why the present oil crisis is destined to last, French Prime Minister de Villepin launched a new strategy of national energy independence and technological innovation. The policy has three pillars: 1) massive investment in energy policy, beginning with the oil sector 2) renewable energy (hydroelectricity and bio-fuels, together with nuclear power) 3) energy savings.
Has oil production peaked?
The BBC asks your opinion: Has oil production peaked? Will prices rise again? How will the global economy be affected? Have you stopped using your car since petrol prices went up?
Oil prices shoot up to new record
Oil prices have surged to fresh record highs again after a surprise drop in US petrol stocks added to worries about a gathering storm in the Caribbean.
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 25 August, 2005
Suburbanities getting back to farming roots / The Conservation-Conscious Salute This Man’s Commute / Taiwan’s amateur enviro-spies / ‘Permaculture’ featured on Beyond Organic Radio / Oil Demand Restraint Options for New Zealand – Final Report
Politics and Economics Headlines – 25 August, 2005
China’s Kazakh prize / Chinese takeaway is going nowhere / Is natural gas China’s next oil? / Implications of Oil Price Super Spike for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia / The fuel behind Iran’s nuclear drive / Chavez Now in the International Spotlight / US Fuel efficiency plan targets SUVs, except the biggest / New auto standards fuel debate / Guzzling the order of the day / Fuel hardy / Republicans Eye Offshore Drilling in U.S. Budget Bill
