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Damaged wells cut Ecuador oil pumping by half / Ecuador Government, Provincial Leaders Await Oil Companies Response / Chávez taunts US with oil-for-poor offer / Two fingers to America / Chávez seeks influence with oil diplomacy / Oil Fat Cats vs. Hugo Chavez / Nigerian plan brings threat of petrol price rise / Killing the dollar in Iran / Iran in the Crosshairs / GM, Ford Motor Debt Ratings Cut to Junk by Moody’s / Stagger on, weary Titan / Bankruptcies in U.S. surge to record high

Eco-Driving / Italy Eyes Concept of Selling Sun’s Energy / Heal the Planet, Heal Ourselves / The Hundred-Mile Diet Goes North / Oregon pursues wave power / Bacteria possible key to ‘Green’ plastics, drugs

Suburbanities getting back to farming roots / The Conservation-Conscious Salute This Man’s Commute / Taiwan’s amateur enviro-spies / ‘Permaculture’ featured on Beyond Organic Radio / Oil Demand Restraint Options for New Zealand – Final Report

China’s Kazakh prize / Chinese takeaway is going nowhere / Is natural gas China’s next oil? / Implications of Oil Price Super Spike for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia / The fuel behind Iran’s nuclear drive / Chavez Now in the International Spotlight / US Fuel efficiency plan targets SUVs, except the biggest / New auto standards fuel debate / Guzzling the order of the day / Fuel hardy / Republicans Eye Offshore Drilling in U.S. Budget Bill

From Peak Oilers to Citizens for Sustainable Living / Riding Down the Curve: How Cities Can Survive the Energy Crisis / CSIRO(Au) Sustainability Network newsletters 51, 52 / Energy conservation: using less to do more

Sweet and sour crude / ‘Peak oil’ is coming, but country is ill-prepared / Interview: Peter Maass on ‘The Breaking Point’ for Gas Demand / Delusion and the Media / Peak Oil conference in London October 11 / Is Oil Nearing Its Peak? /

Venezuela Expects Oil Exports to China to Soar / Foolishness on Fuel / Whatever the economic system, oil is a shock / Ten Things Congress Could Demand from Bush on Iraq / The Oil Effect / Soaring petrol prices make farms target for theft / Electricity Cut Halts Iraq Oil Exports / Higher gas prices finally curb demand

Ecofarming and Agroforesry for Self-Reliance in Russia / High oil prices motivate studies for renewable energy sources / Toxic legacy of e-waste revealed / UK birds ‘hit by climate change’ / UK Greens Party backs Friends of the Earth ‘Big Ask’ on emissions reduction / Visitors rush to glimpse vanishing glaciers / Climate change marks dawn of man

Super rich go for geothermal energy / Coal’s price is rising, but can it clean up? / USDOE Touts Solar Energy Potential / Ecological landslide fuels nuclear debate / Hydrogen fuel cells hint at hope, hurdles

Green Paper: Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply / Peak oil’ spells cataclysm for U.S., Deffeyes warns / CSPAN Interview with Kenneth Deffeyes / Matt Simmons Answer Some Tough Questions About Peak Oil / High gas prices encourage stewardship / Extent of global oil reserves a matter of some dispute / Nuclear power’s future / Don’t Get Stuck In The Tar, Baby