Environment – Mar 15

Burst oil pipeline causes ‘catastrophe’ in Alaska /
UK: New suburbia is an environmental cul-de-sac /
U.S. about to become net food importer /
Is America facing yet another dust bowl? /
Climate change ‘irreversible’ as Arctic sea ice fails to re-form /
Even Bush’s business allies have seen the light on global warming, but he’s dug in /
UN report: 2004 set record for carbon dioxide

Peak oil – Mar 14

Saudi Arabia: the sands run out /
Rep. Bartlett on C-Span Tuesday March 14 /
Country singer Charlie Daniels: People must work together to solve energy crisis /
Matt Simmons in New Zealand /
BP CEO: energy mythology and its reality /
Interview: Richard Douthwaite of FEASTA

Other energy – Mar 14

High illness rate near oilsands worrisome, says Alberta health official /
Air Force committed to energy-efficient strategies /
China to fill strategic oil reserve in ’06 /
UK natural gas shortage sends prices soaring /
Getting gas from crude (tech talk)

Environment – Mar 14

Pollution [CO2] soaring to crisis levels in Arctic /
Review: climate change books by Tim Flannery and Elizabeth Kolbert /
Ecopunkt (points of environmental vulnerability) /
NASA puts its weight behind climate warming signs

Politics & economics – Mar 14

Arab central banks move assets out of dollar /
China rivalry fuels Japan’s Free Trade Agreement drive /
Ecuador oil workers agree to return to work after strike /
International oil industry: ‘our biggest risk is the US administration’ /
Iran faces petrol dilemma

Environment – Mar 13

Princeton professor lays out broad strategy on greenhouse emissions /
Tight budgets imperil the nation’s environmental satellites – vital forecasting tools /
Bering sea climate is shifting; sea life fights to survive /
Lester Brown “On Point”