Reenergize America – a Democratic blueprint
A draft of “what we hope to transform into a bold, consistent, easy-to-understand Democratic energy agenda.” Much of it will appeal to anyone concerned about energy policy, Democrat or not.
Meteor Blades
Solutions and sustainability – Oct 23
Time for a Schumacher revival /
Peak oil and permaculture /
Hundreds of sustainability links /
How rural communities can grow again /
Japan’s sustainability down 19%
Peak oil headlines – Oct 23
Report on “End of Oil” conference in UK /
Peak oil and the North Atlantic oscillation /
IEA’s “Resources To Reserves” report – not to worry! /
Peak oil slideshow
Other energy headlines – Oct 22
Chief UK scientist backs nuclear power revival /
Feuding over the origins of fossil fuels /
Bio-fuel hopes for palm oil are overstated /
Outgoing German environment minister: consign atomic energy to the past /
Expert lambastes Canada’s massive oil sands play /
Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source /
Governor Schweitzer, I have a few questions for you about coal /
Why oil intensity changed in the US economy
Politics headlines – Oct 22
Sudan war ends, conflict over oil continues /
Iran ‘has proof’ of British role in bombings /
Reenergize America – a Democratic blueprint for energy /
Daily Kos a hotbed of peak-think /
Despite big profits, oil seeks special help /
Violence, politics muddy Iraq’s oil future /
Chavez and Chirac affirm ‘common vision’ /
Imperial candor on US and oilfields /
The new US ‘oil imperialism’ /
Arctic map vanishes, and oil area expands /
Oil-drilling blues for the coasts
Economics headlines – Oct 22
Arab Times: solution to high oil prices – cut taxes /
High fuel costs strain mass-transit systems /
Chavez helps Motley Fool pick oil stocks /
Threat to privatised £56bn UK nuclear clean-up /
Simmons says crude could hit $190 this winter /
France’s consumer spending fell on oil /
IEA to discuss possible further oil release /
Energy costs sting rural residents in Alaska /
Energy, trade and the demise of petrochemicals in Alberta /
Peak corn? As Wal-Mart shifts from petroleum to corn, farmers flee the crop /
Agriculture facing its own Katrina
Environment headlines – Oct 22
Blue Planet winners urge CO2-cutting efforts /
China emerges as main threat to Asian forests /
Satellite images reveal Amazon forest shrinking faster /
Global warming a major threat to Africa /
In Great Basin, scientists track global warming via pikas
Peak Oil Headlines – 21 October, 2005
Tompkins County Relocalization Project / The End of Cheap Oil / Exxon Sell-Off Underlines Oil Market Muddle / Peak oil and sustainability at SF Green Festival Nov 5-6 / Does peak oil signal the end?
The pressure mounts
North Sea oil production has ‘peaked’ and is now declining. The same will happen soon to global supplies. John Vidal and Ian Sample examine the potential consequences of a worldwide shortage of fossil fuels.
The end of cheap oil: the consequences
Second part of The Ecologist series on Peak Oil detailing the impacts on food production in the UK. Note that this version is published on the American International Automobile Dealers Assoc. website!!
Peak Oil Headlines – 21 October, 2005
Citizen groups urge U.S. Congress to address PO / The new energy mercantilism / Residents bracing for an oil crisis / Roscoe Bartlett leads Republican faction in US Congress / Henry Groppe discusses peak oil, share price / ‘Dangerous’ Matt Simmons’ terrifying world of peak politics
Environment Headlines – 21 October, 2005
Amazon Indians protest oil contamination left by Texaco / Saving the planet by flicking a switch / Old ways of life are fading as Arctic thaws / S.Africa opposed to watered down Kyoto / Oil drills getting closer than ever to the Arctic Refuge (2)
