Other energy headlines – Oct 22

Chief UK scientist backs nuclear power revival /
Feuding over the origins of fossil fuels /
Bio-fuel hopes for palm oil are overstated /
Outgoing German environment minister: consign atomic energy to the past /
Expert lambastes Canada’s massive oil sands play /
Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source /

Governor Schweitzer, I have a few questions for you about coal /
Why oil intensity changed in the US economy

Politics headlines – Oct 22

Sudan war ends, conflict over oil continues /
Iran ‘has proof’ of British role in bombings /
Reenergize America – a Democratic blueprint for energy /
Daily Kos a hotbed of peak-think /
Despite big profits, oil seeks special help /
Violence, politics muddy Iraq’s oil future /
Chavez and Chirac affirm ‘common vision’ /
Imperial candor on US and oilfields /
The new US ‘oil imperialism’ /
Arctic map vanishes, and oil area expands /
Oil-drilling blues for the coasts

Economics headlines – Oct 22

Arab Times: solution to high oil prices – cut taxes /
High fuel costs strain mass-transit systems /
Chavez helps Motley Fool pick oil stocks /
Threat to privatised £56bn UK nuclear clean-up /
Simmons says crude could hit $190 this winter /
France’s consumer spending fell on oil /
IEA to discuss possible further oil release /
Energy costs sting rural residents in Alaska /
Energy, trade and the demise of petrochemicals in Alberta /
Peak corn? As Wal-Mart shifts from petroleum to corn, farmers flee the crop /
Agriculture facing its own Katrina

Environment headlines – Oct 22

Blue Planet winners urge CO2-cutting efforts /
China emerges as main threat to Asian forests /
Satellite images reveal Amazon forest shrinking faster /
Global warming a major threat to Africa /
In Great Basin, scientists track global warming via pikas

Peak Oil Headlines – 21 October, 2005

Citizen groups urge U.S. Congress to address PO / The new energy mercantilism / Residents bracing for an oil crisis / Roscoe Bartlett leads Republican faction in US Congress / Henry Groppe discusses peak oil, share price / ‘Dangerous’ Matt Simmons’ terrifying world of peak politics

Environment Headlines – 21 October, 2005

Amazon Indians protest oil contamination left by Texaco / Saving the planet by flicking a switch / Old ways of life are fading as Arctic thaws / S.Africa opposed to watered down Kyoto / Oil drills getting closer than ever to the Arctic Refuge (2)