Politics and Economics Headlines – 8 November, 2005

Energize America — A Democratic Blueprint / Chinese demand – the Dragon is back / Azerbaijan: oil, overflights and democracy / Tokya Mayor says U.S. can’t win war with China / Iran Says Contracts With Russia Could Reach $10Bln / Latest World Energy Outlook from the IEA / High fuel prices hurt life-saving service

Politics and Economics Headlines – 7 November, 2005

What do you want Dubai? / IEA forecast of future oil price rises by a third / Arabs riot in oil-rich Iran province / Iran oil bourse:a threat to the petrodollar? / Bush urged to use heating oil reserve / Denvers’ Mayor sets scooter example / Oil producers are urged to invest in more capacity

Peak Oil Headines – 7 November, 2005

Faith-based energy policy? / A way out of Iraq: relocalize economic life / UK gov. to launch new oil depletion study / Peak oil workshop for community leaders Dec 2-4, Illinois / Life After Cheap Oil — Apollo [Alliance] and Beyond / Tools with a life of their own / New peak oil sites / Halliburton, BP and Russian Black Gold / Oil no longer the dressing for the ‘3,000 mile Caesar salad’ / Oil: the beginning of the end

Environment headlines – Nov 6

Environmentalist Bill McKibben on global warming /
Long-term model shows 14.5-degree hike in temperature /
Animal response to climate change may backfire /
EU seeks talks, not targets at U.N. climate meeting /
Canada: dramatic weather changes due to human activity, climate change /
China’s water crisis worst in the world: government official /
Expanding desert could cover China’s breadbasket with sand /
Environmental cloud on horizon for Mediterranean, warns UN

Peak oil headlines – Nov 6

Bill McKibben seeks a friendlier option for the post-peak future /
Coming to grips with the end of cheap energy /
PO activism in Minneapolis /
Vermont independence convention /
Tom Whipple on importing energy after PO /
French environment minister publishes PO book /
La vie après le pétrole /
Dry Dipstick launches “Beyond Peak” website /
What Shell and BP say about energy supply /
The empty promise of technology /
PO group in Virginia /
Prof. Albert Bartlett on PO

Solutions and sustainability – Nov 6

Suburbia project: the experts reply /
Green washing: get your company to clean up its janitorial act /
Entrepreneurs hear that green is trendy at SF conference /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter /
Salon’s Climate warriors and heroes /
Interview with Seattle green architect Johnpaul Jones /
All the king’s media – the Web as counter-propaganda /
CSIRO goes for high tech and big impact

Politics and economics – Nov 6

BP boss predicts oil price fall /
West balks at backing revolution as elections loom in oil-rich state /
Oil patch faces rough patch; still, lawmakers may give industry more carrots than sticks /
Firms must plan for energy costs /
Environmentalists slam World Bank’s clean energy ‘failure’ /
Albania imposes power cuts due to drought /
Is UK headed for a winter of discontent? /
High prices for energy hold down job growth /
What is happening to Iraqi oil /
US stripper well oil down in 2004; gas up /
A vulnerable natural-gas supply /
Democracy Now mentions peak oil