Politics and Economics Headlines – 12 August, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Mauritania: An All Too Familiar Story / Venezuela to Buy Two Tankers, Send Fuel to Argentina / Philipines: Oil prices next Arroyo crisis / US contingency plan for a Venezuela oil cut off / Is Iraq war fueling the GCC’s economic boom? / Foiled Bid Stirs Worry for U.S. Oil / Reserve Judgment In Deal for Unocal, Chevron Gambles On High Oil Prices / I don’t drive; why should I care about oil prices? / China Energy Watch: Foreign Upstream Investors Wanted

Other Energy Headlines – 12 August, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Chinese gasoline stations jammed as fuel crisis deepens / Ghana has 350 Million dollar energy funding gap / Indian Official: Assam oil production ‘critical’ / Explosion at BP plant near Alvin comes on heels of Texas City closing / The only way is up for oil prices, but the world will not run out in the near future / Are record oil prices leading to exploitation of oil shales? / Electrical Inefficiency A Dark Spot for China / Shell Canada Oil Sands Expansion Costs Jump 83% / U.S.: Pricier Oil Won’t Send The Economy Into A Skid / More fuel for airlines’ woes

Environment Headlines – 12 August, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Warming hits ‘tipping point’ – Siberia feels the heat / Stop gassing on climate change and take action / Field tested: Grasslands won’t help buffer climate change as carbon dioxide levels rise / Muckraker: Pact or fiction? – New Asia-Pacific climate pact is long on PR, short on substance / Water rights 101: Analysis / Scorched earth / The Dangers of Climate Change (AUDIO) / We Brake For Efficiency

Sustainability Headlines – 12 August, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Past the Peak – How the small town of Willits plans to beat the coming energy crisis / The Peak-Oil Crisis: A Role for the Post Office / What ‘Green’ Means / Beyond an Encyclopedia: What’s Next for Wikimania? / A Roof Garden? It’s Much More Than That / In the Cards – Brits consider radical plan to measure personal emissions / Ask Umbra: Greasing their alms, On subsidies for big oil / New Urbanism: an Online NewsHour Special Report

Peak Oil Headlines – 12 August, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Kunstler – No Discipline / Introducing ASPO-USA (AUDIO) / Heinberg – Threats of Peak Oil to the Global Food Supply”- (AUDIO) / Open Letter to Senator Schumer / Review of The Long Emergency in American Scientist / The Oil Drum on numeracy / James Hamilton – Limitations of the Hirsch report on peak oil / Rate hike fears as oil prices hit new high

US Energy & Roads Bills Headlines – 12 August, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

No gain, much pain – When energy bill comes due, we’re going to pay / Cleanpeace: Energy bill speeds nuclear proliferation, stifles competition and threatens national security / Holes in the Energy Law / In new energy crisis, Bush rewards cronies / Energy bill roils port policy / Energy Vacation [animated cartoon] / Passage of energy bill highlights lack of united Democratic opposition / The Energy Bill’s Gift to Terrorists / Highway bill Legislation loaded with money for special projects / Road Bill Reflects the Power of Pork

Sustainability and Environment Headlines – 11 August, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Voters prefer wind farms to new nuclear reactors / Solar Power is Hot — Too Hot /
Canadian municipalities have path to de-centralize services / If ENN Readers Could Have Written the Energy Bill… / Brasil launches new bio-energy program / Sugar on uncharted course, link to funds, energy / The Spud of Life / Malaysia Bans Open Burning around Kuala Lumpur and Central Selangor State as Haze Worsens / A ‘Gulley of Death’ That Gobbles Up All On Its Way / Roundup Is Killing Off Amphibians, Ecologist Says

How to Live Without Oil – New energy sources and efficiency could make petroleum obsolete.

With prices exceeding $50 a barrel, the world’s oil habit now costs $4 billion a day. Some experts warn that output will soon peak and prices will reach $100, but nobody really knows for sure (94 percent of reserves are owned by governments, which generally keep the data secret). Fortunately, it doesn’t matter: With cheap oil-saving technologies and alternative fuels already at our disposal, the sooner we get off oil, the sooner we’ll start making bigger profits.

Petrodollar Warfare: Dollars, Euros and the Upcoming Iranian Oil Bourse

Contemporary warfare has traditionally involved underlying conflicts regarding economics and resources. Today these intertwined conflicts also involve international currencies, and thus increased complexity. Current geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran extend beyond the publicly stated concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear intentions, and likely include a proposed Iranian “petroeuro” system for oil trade.

Fossil Fuel Headlines – 10 August, 2005

The Peak Oil Crisis: The Real Energy Bill / Transcript of Matthew Simmons Interview on Financial Sense Newshour / Terror fears push oil prices to 22-year high / ell Canada Oil-Sands Cost Target Jumps to C$7.3 Bln / What’s happened to British Nuclear Fuels Ltd? / Rate hike fears as oil prices hit new high / Why commodities should concern everyone / India not influenced by U.S. pressures over gas pipeline / Energy investments lure hordes of newcomers / Coup precedes oil exploration / U.S. strategic interests rise in West Africa’s oil-rich Gulf of Guinea / What’s next for Saudia Arabia / Belgium: Record oil prices send gas, electricity bills soaring