Politics and Economics – Jan 26

Companies Pay US Less for Gas Rights / Sugar prices turn sour for consumers / Russia blamed for gas sabotage / Georgian Gas Crisis May Hint at Moscow’s New Energy Strategy / China: a bull in the energy shop / Bomb blasts kill six in Iranian oil city / Iran Sanctions Could Drive Oil Past $100 / Evo’s Challenge in Bolivia

Other Energy – Jan 26

Empire on the edge–betting on LNG / Blair warned on ‘rush for nuclear’ / UK: Privatised nuclear clean-up ‘will cause accidents’ / Exxon Mobil to exit Azerbaijan fields / China to build first “artificial sun” / How to beat the high cost of gasoline / Food, and fuel, for thought

Other Energy – Jan 22

Development of Irans Azadegan field delayed / Gas woes hobbling Aussie ammonium plant / Update from US Minerals Management Service on GOM /
Norways Statoil closes production on five fields

Politics and economics – Jan 22

Moscow eats up energy as temperatures drop / Iran cuts natural gas flow to Turkey / China struggling with energy price controls; Renewable Energy Law Takes Effect / Bolivia’s poor have new hope of energy dividend

Politics and Economics – Jan 20

Russia Rations Electricity / Italy hit by Russian gas shortage / Castro Announces Major Overhaul & decentralisation of Cuba’s Electrical Grid / Oil-Stung Caribbean Looks at Energy Alternatives / Real wages continue to decline / Forget Cheaper Oil in 2006? / BHP swaps oil rights for shonky debt in Iraq oil for food scam

Other Energy – Jan 20

New study raises questions about sustainability of metal resources / A New Old Way to Make Diesel / U.S. Will Decode Soybean DNA to Ramp Up Biodiesel Production / Waste incineration ‘set to rise’ in UK / Community members speak out on oil shale

Peak Oil – Jan 20

Thomas Friedman: Green is the new red, white and blue / Carbon the currency in a world of energy shortage / WELL meets TheOilDrum / Peak Oil: aids, addiction and opportune infections / Peak America – Is Our Time Up? / On Keeping Warm / Review of “Children of the Sun”