UK ‘will fail pollution targets’
The UK will fail to meet key objectives on reducing air pollution, resulting in further damage to human health, a leading expert has said.
Australia: Leaked documents reveal fossil fuel influence in White Paper
Leaked documents reveal that the Australian government’s recent Energy White Paper was heavily influenced by the country’s biggest polluters.
Oil that is – black gold, Texas tea: Three books on the politics, economics, and depletion of oil
A bevy of scholars and policy analysts have seized this important moment of high prices and oil-related war to write about petroleum. Three new titles focus on the evocative political implications of our national chemical dependence.
Oil slides as Saudi offers big discounts
Oil prices eased yesterday as top world exporter Saudi Arabia slashed prices for its crude sales to the United States and Europe, however their excess production is heavier grade oil and not to refiners’ liking.
There is an alternative to nuclear energy
For 50 years, nuclear power has been a solution in search of a problem. Now – oh, happy days! – two of them have arrived at once. Suddenly, climate change exists: George Bush says so. After years of ridicule, the greens’ jeremiads about declining oil production are now spilling from other people’s mouths.
International companies flock to Libya for oil investment bids
The first round of the public announcement of the blocks offered for investment in oil exploration fields across Libya was held yesterday in Tripoli.
Oil Price Hike: Reasons and Impacts
Dr Muhanna gives five reasons for higher oil prices excluding oil depletion.
Law firm coffers fuelled by UK’s switch to liquefied natural gas
Consumers may be up in arms, but a host of law firms are reaping the benefits of the UK’s dwindling gas supplies as preparations hot up for the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals.
Project Censored: Secrets of Cheney’s Energy Task Force Come to Light
The Bush Administration’s struggle to keep secret the workings of Cheney’s Energy Task Force has been ongoing since early in the President’s tenure. What has been released reveals plans to occupy the Middle East which predate 9/11.
Project Censored: Media and Government Ignore Dwindling Oil Supplies
U.S. leaders, and the mainstream media, refuse to acknowledge that we are headed for an inevitable oil crisis with extreme consequences sure to impact every aspect of our lives.
World Needs More Oil Capacity -Watchdog
An extra 3 million barrels per day (bpd) of production capacity worldwide is needed to avoid another year of blistering oil prices, International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Claude Mandil warned on Sunday.
Maui Gas: Experience the Depletion Cliff.
When the question of oil and gas depletion is raised the flat earth fraternity often can’t help themselves laughing whilst pointing out “but we’ve never produced more than we are today, the world is awash in oil and gas”. A sobering lesson is to be learnt by looking at the current depletion rates in New Zealand’s Maui natural gas field.
