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An impending crisis that could have a detrimental impact on the oil and gas infrastructure and fishing industry in the United States is leading scientists to investigate how to stop rapid deterioration and to start restoring marsh land in Louisiana’s southern coastal wetlands-which are losing a piece of land the size of a football field every 35 minutes.
Until about five months ago, Mel Hutto had never heard of “peak oil,” the belief that global oil production will decline and never return to the levels that have nourished American lifestyles.
The tsunami may have been an act of nature, but further environmental catastrophes caused by humans will be much worse.
Among the many prolific oil fields in the Middle East, the giant Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia stands out as the crown jewel.
ConocoPhillips’ decision to bow out of a lobbying group focused on opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling means that two of the largest operators on Alaska’s North Slope are no longer actively advocating exploration in the refuge.
Long discussion of oil fundamentals, particularly the complexity & dynamics of markets, followed by superficial look at likelihood of production peak and potential of alternatives.
Clifford, 49, is an oil man, one in a growing stable of risk takers hunting new supplies of natural gas around Cook Inlet. They’re drawn by a big surge in gas prices, plus forecasts of a looming shortage for gas-addicted Southcentral Alaska.
When OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia recently announced a production increase, there was scant mention the increase was mostly in the form of low quality crude rather than sweet.
Why did once flourishing societies collapse and disappear? Jared Diamond, a Pulitzer Prize-winning geographer at UCLA, has spent much of his career wrestling with this profound question.
You don’t have to be miserable to oppose globalisation and care about the environment. You can eat the tastiest food and drink the finest wine – as an essential part of your mission. William Skidelsky reports
Wind energy industries are growing, and as we look for alternative power sources, the growth potential is through the roof. Two industry watchers take a look at generating energy from wind and wave action and the potential to alter the energy landscape.
And the one mantra rising above the conference chatter that might create enough political muscle to kick-off that shift [to renewables] can be summed up in two words: National Security.
