Oil producers – Aug 24

Shrinking supply of Venezuelan oil to the US
A pipe dream for Chavez?

Research boom in Arctic village as oil reserves draw big powers
BP-led pipeline In Turkey a possible target for rebels
Hurricane Dean will paralyze oil extraction in Mexico
Somalia reopen to oil majors

Food & agriculture – Aug 23

Global warming to decimate China’s harvests
Chicago wheat gains on speculation U.S. export demand to rise
Uganda farmers use human urine as fertilizers, pesticide
Bullock brothers homestead- 25-years of permaculture

The bounty around us

What’s off the record at N.H.T.S.A.? Almost everything

The newly appointed head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has put the big hush on one of the government’s most important safety agencies. The agency’s new policy effectively means that some of the world’s top safety researchers are no longer allowed to talk to reporters or to be freely quoted about automotive safety issues that affect pretty much everybody.