Climate – Aug 7
Heat waves are getting longer in Europe
Monbiot:
The climate camp is a protest for democracy (Heathrow airport demo)
Same carbon credits sold twice
Staff
Oil producers – Aug 7
Struggle for Iraq’s oil as Kurds open doors to foreign investors
Power cuts worsen as Iraqi grid nears collapse
Chávez taps oil wealth to build socialism
Report: Venezuelan oil subsidies to Cuba top $3 billion
Escape From Suburbia: beyond the American dream
A review of the new Peak Oil documentary and an interview with its director.
Deep thought – Aug 7
Insurgent American
Sharon Astyk de-constructs
The really inconvenient truth
In dusty archives, a theory of affluence
Peak oil: what’s ahead?
Some analysts say that peak oil is here now. Suppose they are correct — what changes will we see in the years ahead? How might oil production change between now and 2030, and how will this decline affect the economy?
(Part 3 of a series)
Building on Kyoto
A critical assessment of George Monbiot’s scheme for a 90 per cent cut in carbon emissions. Can ambitious targets and moral exhortations bring any improvement on existing treaties?
Peak Oil Review – August 6, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Crude and Gasoline
– The OPEC Meeting
– In the Congress
– African Power Crisis
Biofuels – Aug 6
Boom in biofuels could backfire (climate effects of more nitrogen fertilizer)
National Express quits biofuel experiment
Cruise line signs biodiesel contract
Media – Aug 6
Eco-couple go prime time: they spread the word on “Wife Swap”
Blame the media for climate woes: analysis
Facebook and “object-centered sociality”
Meeting best friends for the first time
United States – Aug 6
Energy policy per American Petroleum Institute
Energy bill adopted by House requires utilities to use renewables
Candidate Dodd on energy & the environment
Water – Aug 5
NYT: In praise of tap water
A river ran through it: Australia’s Murray
The emerging global freshwater crisis
Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River after PO
Post-peak dam maintenance, or lack thereof
Health – Aug 5
Scientists issue warning on chemical found in plastics
Dengue fever rages across Asia
Global health report rejected by Bush administration for not being political
