Oil producers – July 4
North Sea is running too dry to meet target
Iraq oil legislation advances
Iran, low on gasoline, to be supplied by Venezuela
Venezuela’s oil nationalization tests Chinese oil companies
Oil-rich Nigeria short on fuel
Staff
Preparing for permaculture
Interview with permaculture expert Robyn Francis in New South Wales, Australia, about the evolution of farming, peak oil and hope for the future.
Oil industry – July 4
The true cost of oil: $65 trillion a year?
Shell chairman Ollila works to recast company
Oil majors have bit more life in them yet
Transport – July 3
Clear Up the Congestion-Pricing Gridlock
Near the rails but still on the road
Plane Stupid activists give aviation a bumpy ride
Ontario to introduce truck speed limiters
Bikes beat the rush in commuter challenge
Crisis, what energy crisis?
Over 50 links to Oil Drum articles from the past year are provided which combined provide a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding peak oil and energy decline. (Great resource.)
U.S. climate policy – July 3
Schwarzenegger’s actions work against his tough talk
Al Gore:
Moving beyond Kyoto
Exxon Mobil: A proud oil giant comes to the climate change policy table
Climate – July 3
EU paper shows options on warming Europe
Livestock to breathe easy (methane)
Warming could increase U.S. death rate
Sad – July 3
For poor families, a burden of too many pets
How did it come to this? (eco-sabotage trials)
The new age of ignorance (about science)
Solutions & sustainability – July 3
WorldChanging round-up
Small-is-beautiful is back with Practical Answers
Think globally, manufacture locally
Our place on Earth – July 3
How many people have ever lived on Earth?
Human greed takes lion’s share of solar energy
Empty plates tomorrow
Computers, web, media – July 3
Wikipedia- biggest encyclopaedia ever written
DOD develops a parallel Earth: war games on the grandest scale
Murdoch takes on Manhattan- and the Financial Times
European climate policy – July 3
UK public ‘still sceptical on climate change’
Why hot air could be big business
HSBC and The Independent
EU warn: Adapt to climate change now
Monbiot: IPCC too optimistic on climate, UK response stymied by business interests
New prime minister steps up to the plate
