Geopolitics of oil – July 11
Lubricating an oily path to the Middle East
The world has two energy crises but no real answers
Iran’s oil industry: a house of cards?
Staff
Canada – July 11
Canada flexes muscles in scramble for Arctic
Canada’s oil boom has legs, IEA says
Energy news round-up
U.S. looks to Canada for more oil
LNG pipeline approved for Quebec
Energy policy – July 11
Rising fuel prices hits Air Force hard
Costs surge for building power plants
Germany to stay nuclear in Merkel U-turn
Energy productivity- the profitable path
Climate & environment – July 11
China’s green leap forward
Murray-Darling water shortage
Geoengineering the climate: weighing the risks
The great global warming swindle- scientists respond
Solutions & sustainability – July 11
Preaching the anti-shopping gospel
Downsize my dish (less food please)
Green chemistry: changing an industry
Maryland Governor challenge on energy saving
IEA boss denies and confirms peak oil in same breath
The International Energy Agency, the intergovernmental energy watchdog, has been going in overdrive lately. Now we have a disquieting interview in Le Monde, the big French daily, with Claude Mandil, the head of the Agency, who pulls no punches, despite an apparent denial of “peak oil.”
Trash – July 11
Danger from chemicals getting into SF Bay
Brick maker uses trash, saves cash
Earth to shoppers: Bag the plastic sack
The cost of a diaper and other trash
Transport – July 10
UK railways set for a hi-tech revolution
A high-speed revolution in European railways
Sales soar as Boeing unveils its green dream jet
California’s eco-friendly cars aren’t doing the job
208 million riders make year a record in DC
What our grandparents can teach us about saving the world
The World War II home front was the most important and broadly participatory green experiment in U.S. history.
Peak oil – July 10
Play peak oil before you live it
U.K. Parliament members form peak oil group
Net oil exports and the “Iron Triangle”
ODAC News
Energieagentur schlägt Alarm
Feeling peaky (a peaknik in all but name)
Biofuels – July 10
Fuel rules soak soap makers
Could jatropha be a biofuel panacea?
Brazilian ethanol ‘slaves’ freed in raid on plantation
The case for turning crops into fuel
Food & agriculture – July 10
The new food crusade (U.S. farm bill)
How to stop cows burping
End of cheap-food era bad news for poor
Where have all the bees gone?
Eco-Kosher movement heeds tradition, conscience
Rising sea levels pose threat to rice
The dark side of soy
