Sustainability and Environment Headlines – 1 September, 2005
Green China Overview / Clean, green and organic, in the middle of the city / Wetlands erosion raises hurricane risks / Lake Victoria Dying – Report / Peru’s glaciers in retreat
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Other Energy Headlines – 1 September, 2005
Green China Overview / Chinese govt. blows up coal mines as dangerous pits ordered to close / China to slow exports of gas, oil products / Charting the long road to hydrogen power
Why high oil prices are a force for good
BRUSSELS During the first half of 2005, gasoline consumption in Germany and Belgium – and presumably in many other countries – fell by about 10 percent. We have not seen a drop like this for many years. It shows that the market mechanism continues to function as the most important regulator of supply and demand – and very speedily indeed.
ASPO Newsletter #57 – September 2005
The ASPO September 2005 newsletter is now available. Articles in this newsletter:
Queensland (Au) MP Andrew McNamara Interviewed re Oil Vulnerability Task Force
Queensland Australia Parliament member Andrew McNamara speaks to David Room about discovering peak oil, explaining oil depletion to his colleagues and his constituents, and previews his state’s oil vulnerability task force. [Audio & Transcript]
Environment Headlines – 31 August, 2005
Shrinking La. Coastline Contributes To Flooding / Storm Turns Focus to Global Warming / Republicans accused of witch-hunt against climate change scientists / Welcome To A Warming Planet / Arctic Meltdown / Plastic bags banned in Bombay / A million species live in just a gram of soil
Politics and Economics Headlines – 31 August, 2005
News and analysis on Katrina, oil supply from The Oil Drum / Oil prices hit new high / IEA – Europe may send oil stockpiles to US / Another Storm Casualty: Oil Prices / Iran’s oil gambit – and potential affront to the US / Ecuador’s oil workers threaten to resume strike / After oil protests, Ecuador instability may deepen / CAFE Society –
Fuel-efficiency standards wont cut gasoline consumption / Deliver Us from Oil / Drivers using plastic to delay the oil price pain
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 31 August, 2005
Efficiency Works Forever / Railways, Hindustan Petroleum order jatropha fuel / Green China Overview / Interview with Alex Steffen of WorldChanging / How to make the NW a smart grid leader / Couple offer lessons in life after doomsday
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 30 August, 2005
If Your Home Utility Bill Is Zero, Is It Still a Bill? / Grist interviews Local food ambassador /
New blog on sustainable farming / Spain Aims to Double Energy from Renewable Sources / HopeDance Magazine – Issue #51 July-August / Lemmings on the Ledge / The Lifestraw water purifer / New stove Clears Air, Cuts Chores in Eritrea
Politics and Economics Headlines – 30 August, 2005
Venezuela to Provide Discounted Heating Oil and Free Eye Operations to U.S. Poor / Phillipenes mulls ‘coercive powers’ for energy crisis / Time to worry about oil / Gold Rises in Asia as Surge in Oil Spurs Inflation Gain Concern / Blackout a call for energy plan
Peak Oil Headlines – 30 August, 2005
Continuing coverage of Hurricane Katrina / When did the era of cheap oil end? / Oil, Blood and the Future / Over a barrel
Peak Oil Headlines – 29 August, 2005
Oil’s Peak: The End May Be Nearer, It Seems / Peak Oil Debunked? / Big Gav’s Peak Energy News Roundup / WHRW Interviews Julian Darley / Jan Lundberg talks about peak oil & gas prices / James Howard Kunstler interview with Robert Birnbaum / Matt Simmons with Lou Dobbs on CNN / Green Car Congress monitors energy issues / A Peak Oil Primer / Gulf Oil Supply/Katrina Weather Map Update /
