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Flat Iraq exports shocking – Libyan oil Minister / Tougher times ahead for Nigerian fuel consumers / Matt Simmons interview in E-The Environmental Magazine / US pressures G8 to support nuclear power / Alberta, Canada – Where oil is mined, not pumped / Chairman of Shell: ‘The boat is sinking’

OPEC output slips in May – IEA / Iraq exports to fall in second half ’05 / Venezuela’s heavy oils & why Orimulsion is the right production road / Shell oil chief says expect volatility / LNG prices in Asia ‘may rise 75%’ / Cost of electricity from LNG ballooning in USA / US threatens Pakistan with sanctions over Indo-Iran gas pipeline / British Airways shaving its loads / New book on Radical Simplicity

Permaculture view of Peak Oil /
Plain Dealer takes lead in mainstream papers /
Copley news service discovers PO /
Peak Oil movie #2 – “The Deal” /
The income divide: why PO will hit hard /
Oil demand up /
African oil – the real agenda /
Energy tribes /
Global warmin’ is fer idjuts /
White house official resigns after climate documents flap /
Climate change is costing us, says BT boss /
Bury CO2 at sea /
A new trade in bioethanol /
Battle of the lobbyists (corn vs oil) /
Pig poo power

Stanford geophysicist worried about Peak Oil and war /
Twilight in the Desert /
PO: beyond optimism and pessimism /
London libertarian communists discover PO /
Toledo Ohio discovers peak natural gas /
Poor nations to get oil-price cushion /
Barclays: Oil likely to cross $60 /
Nuclear – expensive, ineffective and unnecessary /
USA Today says the debate is over: the globe is warming /
Despite White House, energy bill will address global warming /
Ethanol becoming popular /
Corn-based ethanol causes slow burn in California /
Beer company has sustainability goddess, saves energy /
Picky shoppers for the environment /
Support for Oregon truck torcher /
Germaine Greer is down on British suburbia /
Re-earthing the cities by MargaretRainbowWeb /
Naked bicyclists in Seattle and Spain

French government discovers Peak Oil /
Kunstlerism in a nutshell /
IEA: “Save energy. Fast.” /
Global electricity grids strained /
Energy security in US / China / India /
Crisis in Boliva – seismic upheaval for Latin America /
Nicaraguan protests over hike in electric rates – 2 views /
Dine well in neo-capitalist N. Korea /
Carbon sequestration /
Big business on board against global warming /
The rise, fall and rise of Brazil’s biofuel /
Guilt-free biodiesel /
Technology that imitates nature /
Strategies to keep progress alive /
Sustainable consumption: just do it! /
23 years for torching SUVs

BBC discovers Peak Oil /
MIT discovers PO /
USGS, EIA and IEA on PO /
Saudi Arabia reserves /

Zero hour in Bolivia /
Gore transformed into fiery climate evangelist /
The new nullification: if the feds won’t do it, we will /

Global warming /
Amazon rain forest a major source of pollution /
Every British road may soon have its price per mile /
Cold fusion, for real /
Productive farms with zero input, zero emission – just bugs and ingenuity /
Forget the tiger – put sheep urine in your tank

New site: “Oilcast – energy news audio on demand” /
USGS document from 2000: ‘Are we running out of oil?’ /
Cal Aggie / Kunstler /
Bolivia gas war /
High fuel costs take toll on crop harvesters /
Oil exploration successes, disappointments /
Ex-oil lobbyist watered down US climate research /
Save the Buy-o-sphere: sustainable consumption (24+ articles) /
Biofuels /
Huge wind farm proposed to power London /
Design instructors want auto industry to go green, but students resist /
70-mpg diesel concept car design based on a tropical fish

Grist reviews PO book by Deffeyes /
E Magazine discovers PO /
New peak oil book by McKillop and Newman /
How oil giant Exxon influenced Bush on Kyoto /
Interview with geo-green James Woolsey, former head of CIA /
LNG: Subsidized energy and free markets /
Bolivia gas war: trying to reverse the tide /
Our oil-laden food chain /
Astoria wants its train /
Fish poop could spread drilling wealth

Oil forecasting legend paints dire energy picture /
Egosystems threaten the planet /
‘Stealth’ drilling threat to US park /
Crisis warning as UK energy costs set to soar /
Fast economic growth fuels China’s energy crunch /
Bolivian protesters vow to go on /
How Saudi Arabia can double oil production /
Sellin’ nukes, dissin’ wind /
India to make quantum jump in nuclear power /
Advanced nuclear power reactors /
Nuclear waste debate is far from spent /
Sweden’s nuclear waste headache /
Pesticides blamed for fall in male fertility /
Global-warming fight goes grass roots /
UN urges ‘green’ planning for cities /
The bloggers have all the best news

Kevin Drum: “People get ready” /
Matthew Simmons interviewed – Bush, Saudi Arabia and what to do after Peak Oil /
Shell predicts two decades of rising energy prices /
Oil field’s falling production reflects U.S. trend /
Tankers carry oil and a story /
Long Beach at crossroads over plans for LNG plant /
Bolivian president to resign over natural gas reserves /
Launch set for solar-powered space ship

Did Gore mention Peak Oil during SF speech? /
“Oil Storm” movie – reviews, critiques /
Kunstler says “still clueless” /
Suburbia, oil, and preferences /
For the quants: a micro Peak Oil model /
Saudi Arabia – a well-oiled regime /
No oil deal with US, say Saudis /
Hunting for ‘elephants’ in Africa’s oil sector /
The true costs of petroleum – on the body – the home – the community – the world /
Mayors’ pact pledges cleaner, greener cities /
Bay Area’s open space tightrope /
Possum living: how to live well with (almost) no money