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Metals – May 14

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Military cracks down on scrap-metal scavengers
Metal theft plagues troubled neighborhoods

Some homes worth less than their copper pipes
Copper theft could have been deadly

Preventing home copper-tubing theft
Steel once again a hot commodity

The Age of Aquarius

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Prices may fall later this year, but will not likely dip below the $110/barrel floor price. It is actually more likely that the price will continue to rise this year, as Goldman Sachs believes, because 1) stuff happens, e.g. deepwater project delays, project cost inflation, blown-up pipelines, and 2) we are now living in Flatland.

Peak oil – May 14

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Martin Wolf (FT): oil prices an ‘an early warning of stark reality’
CNN briefing on oil
Truth and lies about world’s oil supply
Glenn Beck interviews Kunstler
Peak oil on BBC’s ‘You and Yours’

Climate – May 13

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World CO2 levels at record high : NOAA
Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast
World may be heating quickly: CSIRO scientist

McCain rips Bush record on warming
New index tracking consumer action on climate

Food & agriculture – May 13

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Chef in NYT: Change we can stomach
Super Spuds roundup

Low cost labor and untaxed fuel cause migrations of frozen fish
Protecting farmland in Montana

Phosphate latest craze for investors
Canada’s role in food supply crisis

Food crisis symptom of dubious liberalisation

Peak oil – May 13

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Dion, leader of Canada Liberals: ‘the peak oil era is happening and we need to prepare’
Heinberg on Australia’s “Lateline”
Paul Krugman: The oil nonbubble

The peak oil culture wars
An oil bubble? EIA’s odd forecasts
Popular Mechanics on peak oil
Does peak oil mean no more large engines?