Peak oil: Weaning Europe off its oil addiction

By Staff, originally published by The Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament

May 6, 2011

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A Greens/EFA conference

Part I: Peak oil and peak oil evidence Activities in Different EU Member States

  • Summary of the Peak Oil situation Kjell Aleklett, President of ASPO International
  • Jeremy Leggett, UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security
  • Lord Ron Oxburgh, UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas

Part II: The EU and peak oil – analyses and policy measures

recorded-stream: from the European Parliament – Brussels

May 03 2011 10:30 – 12:30

Chair: Hughes Belin (energy journalist)

  • Marjeta Jager, Director for General Policy – DG MOVE – EU transport policy and peak oil
  • Jan Panek, Head of Unit “Coal and Oil” DG energy – EU energy policy and peak oil
  • Tassos Haniotis – Director – Economic Analysis, Perspectives and Evaluations at DG AGRI – EU agriculture policy and Peak Oil

Debate and discussion between MEPs and speakers

Conclusions: Claude Turmes MEP, Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP

Notes from the Conference from Kjell Aleklett

You can listen to the latter part of the seminar and questions here.

After the seminar were a few interviews and you can see them here:

Kjell Aleklett

Jeremy Leggett

Lord Ron Oxburgh

I hope that other parties will arrange similar seminars.

Staff

Tags: Energy Policy, Fossil Fuels, Media & Communications, Oil

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