Oil Multinationals making out like bandits in Iraq
Report exposes the extortionate contracts multinational oil companies are extracting from Iraq’s ‘government’ – with UK & US help.
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Environment – Nov 23
Greenhouse emissions up: Spain, Monaco, Portugal, Greece, Australia, New Zealand… / Papers: DuPont Hid Chemical Risk Studies / Millions face glacier catastrophe as Global warming hits Himalayas / Greenland icecap melting faster than ever / Corporate Canada’s change of heart on global warming / Plan To Restore Great Lakes Appears Sunk / Rainforest Action Network commends Goldman Sachs
New Global Oil Data Reports to Start
New monthly oil data intended to ease oil price volatility with better transparency from countries such as China and Saudi Arabia are to be released beginning Saturday.
First meeting of ASPO-USA a success, next stop Boston
Organizers of the recent world oil conference in Denver are preparing to take their planned annual event on the road to help spread the word about the coming peak and irreversible decline in world oil production.
Other Energy – Nov 22
Forests paying the price for biofuels / Demand climbs for biodiesel fuel / Spoonful of sugar makes biofuel greener / Jungle Rot: the Future of Ethanol / Stripping – Fire in the hole! / Can nuclear power become just another business?
Solutions and Sustainability – Nov 22
The greening of 10mph suburbia / America’s green zeitgeist / A return to tribes / Three paths toward a green — and tasty — Thanksgiving
Politics and economics – Nov 22
Service stations feel the squeeze / Oil’s 2-Month Drop Leaves Traders With Worthless Bets / UK Chief Scientists pushing nuclear? / Iran in turmoil as president’s purge deepens / Oil may be Canada’s undoing / Montana Governor has coal for every problem (2) / Sheik, rattle and roll – Syriana review in NewsWeek
Thanksgiving Day 2005
Contemplating the end of oil is frightening, even terrifying. …But since it is Thanksgiving, let’s take a clear-eyed look at our situation and see if there is anything that we can be thankful for.
Peak Oil resolution in U.S. House of Representatives
A peak oil bill has been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives with the support of the newly formed Peak Oil Caucus.
Politics and economics – Nov 21
A wholly predictable energy crisis looms / OPEC secy gen: $60 oil too high, but likes $40-$50 / Natural gas depletion and what it will mean this winter / Brazil government pushes for Chinese backed dam / Row is all Bush’s fault, Chavez tells Mexico / Profile of Bolivia’s Evo Morales / Exxon and the World Bank developing enemies in Cameroon
Peak Oil – Nov 21
No silver bullet for oil in crisis / Peak Oil, Energy Futures and Violent Conflict / Oleocene: se préparer au Pic Pétrolier / Do senators really hate oil price manipulation? / Weekend roundup
Former CIA director testifies before Senate on oil and foreign policy
There are at least seven major reasons why dependence on petroleum and its products for the lion’s share of the world’s transportation fuel creates special dangers in our time.
