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No silver bullet for oil in crisis / Peak Oil, Energy Futures and Violent Conflict / Oleocene: se préparer au Pic Pétrolier / Do senators really hate oil price manipulation? / Weekend roundup

A wholly predictable energy crisis looms / OPEC secy gen: $60 oil too high, but likes $40-$50 / Natural gas depletion and what it will mean this winter / Brazil government pushes for Chinese backed dam / Row is all Bush’s fault, Chavez tells Mexico / Profile of Bolivia’s Evo Morales / Exxon and the World Bank developing enemies in Cameroon

US Senate Group Un veiling Oil-Saving Plan / Plastics costs driving up groceries / ‘Blame for high energy prices not black and white’ / US Senate wants out of Iraq / Veterans unemployment rate skyrockets / Leak contradicts oil chiefs on meets with Cheney task force / A field now in high demand: disaster research

Petrodollars greater than ever before / Sinopec, CNPC Said to Buy Sudan Oil Block / China-Japan oil rivalry spills into Africa / Nigerian militia leader wants foriegn oil Co.’s out / Iran makes progresss with ‘Energy for peace’ / North Sea oil output fall hits non-Opec growth / Australian farmers told will suffer for avoiding Kyoto protocol / ‘Don’t worry’ line on petrol price isn’t sinking in

Exxon, and the Implications of 8% / ‘Black Gold’ strikes Big Oil ‘nerve’ / Connecticut energy conference – danger of ‘No more Oreo’s for anyone’ / Oil Storm’s aftermath / NZ Greens co-leader on the peak oil toolbox / US Rep. Bartlett in Congress on the Hirsch Report / Report on forum in Albany, NY / Eric Olson on peak oil

Alcoholics Unanimous Newsletter / Willits localization and sustainability projects multiply / Recycling is good; using less is better / Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Auto Industry Ratchets Up Recycling / New Orleans: New Urbanism?

Shell ordered to stop wasteful, poisonous ‘gas flaring’ in Nigeria / Sun shines a light on efficiency / David Holmgren interview with GPM’s Julian Darley / Farmers benefited from clean energy

The swift-boating of peak oil / Staniford & Simmons / Global oil depletion: stop chasing dreams / PO group in Arcata, Calif / Oil on the curve

German Wind Lobby Hails Policy, Utilities Uneasy / Venezuela Sign Pacts to Double Oil Sales to China / Avoid arctic drilling via energy efficiency / Big Oil’s bottom line? No need to sacrifice / Shell is forcing us out of work, say UK forecourt owners / Schwarzenegger urges world to depend less on oil

Real energy savers don’t wear cardigans. or do they? / Speed limit crackdown to cut emissions / Recycling obsolete tower blocks