Food & agriculture – Feb 18
Britain runs out of pasta as costs soar
“Food miles”- don’t forget land use policies
Soy displaces cattle as main farm activity in Argentina
Staff
New economics – Feb 18
Green collar jobs study
Paul Krugman: Poverty is poison
New book: Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
The crisis is so bad the financial press turns bolshie
Renewables – Feb 18
Britain is third worst in EU for use of renewable energy
Greenpeace: All about EfficienCity
Eliminating fossil fuels is friggin’ cheap
Walking: new source of energy
Oil producers – Feb 18
Chávez backs off threats to halt oil to U.S.
Iran launches oil bourse
As Mexico’s oil reserves drop, Calderon thinks the unthinkable
Gulf must curb its oil demand
United States: criticism/self-criticism session
Are Americans hostile to knowledge?
The dumbing of America
The US state of denial
The former United States of America
Saving the world starts at home
New York Times on eco-moms
Sharon Astyk on ‘Pleasures’
Generation Green taking on parents
Going green for 80 cents a day
Peak Oil Review – February 18, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and prices
– CERAWeek — The Hess heresy
– CERAWeek — Much to think about
– Citibank contemplates oil depletion
– Changing views of the recession forecast
– Exxon versus Venezuela
– Energy briefs
Also, A 10-year retrospective on oil predictions
The lure of the city
The history of the 19th and 20th centuries could fairly be characterized as the history of urbanization. Will the history of the 21st century be more of the same?
ODAC Newsletter – Feb 15
Comprehensive round-up of energy news and comment from the UK. The redesigned newsletter will be published weekly.
Oil industry – Feb 16
Steve LeVine: the end of Big Oil
How Big Oil could help on climate change in Iraq
Where is all the oil money going? (a look at Dubai)
How Big Oil could help on climate change in Iraq
Those knowledgeable about Iraq say the country is now flaring 600 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. It’s wasting fuel and releasing millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually.
Peak oil – Feb 16
New comprehensive ODAC newsletter
Hess chief: action needed to avoid oil crisis
Crunch time for Mexican oil
Bartlett attacks U.S. energy research budget as “business as usual”
The Oil Drum: World oil forecasts
