Iran & Mideast oil – Dec 22
UN poised to pass Iran sanctions despite threat
U.S. plans naval buildup in Gulf to counter Iran
Finally, wisdom in Washington on our oil future
Year: 2006
Perspectives – Dec 22
The Tuscan way of surviving collapse: plant trees, disband the army, work together
Looking back on the 21st century
The price of money – selfishness
Hurtling through history at the speed of enlightenment
Evolutionary roots of environmental problems
Climate – Dec 22
NYT: Outsize profits in effort to cut warming
Nature responds to warming signs
2006 set to be 6th warmest worldwide
Shorelines may be in greater peril than thought
Peak oil – Dec 22
Audio interview with Tom Whipple (new)
Desperately shrinking Big Oil
Cultural Economist: online report on oil depletion
Skeptics speak against their own interests
UK Soil Assn conference focuses on peak oil
Dr. Jerry Unruh – interview
Peak oil and the energy utilization chain (EUC)
“Happy Relocalisers”, Doomers, Wheelwrights and the concept of Resilience
A key concept in the whole responses-to-peak-oil debate of whether one might prioritise individual survival over communal survival, or vice versa, may well be one found in the study of ecology, that of resilience.
Open letter to Peter Jackson of CERA
Analyst Chris Skrebowski is “surprised and somewhat saddened to read CERA’s curious attack on the concept of Peak Oil.” After analyzing CERA’s figures, however, he concludes that “far from dispelling concerns about Peak Oil you have effectively confirmed that they are real and imminent. “
Turkmen death puts gas supplies in turmoil
The death of Turkmen leader Saparmurat Niyazov on Thursday plunges Europe’s energy security into doubt, with the prospect of a struggle for power raising the specter of a new gas crisis. (headlines)
US energy policy – Dec 21
State of the Region 2006 (Southern California)
New call to reduce dependence on foreign oil
FedEx founder on energy independence
Mississippi salt dome selected to expand U.S. oil reserves
Oil & gas companies to pay royalties
NY Times: royalty rip-off
OPEC says peak oil near
In the most recent edition of the OPEC Bulletin, a senior member of OPEC writes: “…peak oil output is not very far away for all of us.”
Climate policy – Dec 21
Planting trees is far from pointless
India Says its GHGs not harming world
Climate change clash in Africa
No dramatic U-turn seen on U.S. climate policy
Climate policy could hinder renewables
Food & agriculture – Dec 21
Vandana Shiva on farmer suicides & more
Pot becomes top cash crop in US
An organic recipe for development
Federal subsidies turn farms into big business
Inuit diet touted as health tonic
Peak oil – Dec 21
Ten principles of post oil-peak planning
The energy detensive economy (for local governments)
Peak Oil Blues – interview
PO & GW do not fit a socially believable disaster profile
Alternative to powerdown?
New documentary: “What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire”
Mike Ruppert back in U.S.
