Middle East – May 21
Oil law gives intl. oil cos. too much- Iraq VP
Kuwait drops peg in body blow to Gulf currency union
Traditional production unfit for half of Kuwait’s oil reserves
Heinberg on Iran: Now we know
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Oil and gas prices – May 21
Gas prices: Worse than ’81 oil shock
Senate hearings on oil and gas: We may have a problem
Asphalt prices pave way for higher costs
Detroit News: Raise gas tax by $1 to reduce oil appetite
UK energy policy – May 21
Renewable energy: The tide turns
Spend, spend, spend is costing the Earth
Grant cuts anger renewable energy industry
Peak oil – May 21
Letter to Science: When the oil supply runs out
Variety reviews The 11th Hour
Interview with maker of Crude – the incredible journey of oil
New PO newsletter from NL: Oilwatch Monthly
ODAC News
Author Greg Pahl: Peak oil will force changes
Australia & U.S. energy – May 21
The only way to change Australia is to change the USA
Australian coal industry:
Tough decisions to ensure a low-carbon world
Arnie terminates BHP project
Transport – May 21
Emissions-free travel way of life for globe-trotting B.C. couple
Paradise lost: the downside of travel
Freight train usage keeps rolling higher
Bicycles beat subway as fastest mode of travel in NYC
Climate – May 21
The heat is on: Predicting British weather
Scorching summer forecast in USA
It’s not your imagination: fires are more common
Climate policy – May 21
Governments undermining action on climate, Canadian, U.S. critics charge
NYT Magazine: Al Gore has big plans
Byron Bay won’t budge over rising sea liability
Global warming exaggerated, insufficient oil, natural gas and coal
We do not have to discuss or doubt the established historic rise in temperature, but we have to discuss and doubt the future temperature increases that the IPCC scenarios project and the fossil resources that IPCC assumes in its prognoses.
The Economy is an Ecosystem
Metaphors are important even if they remain unstated. The modern conception of an economy is dominated by the theory of neoclassical economics, whose metaphor is hidden from view, the field would otherwise look ridiculous if its roots were front and center.
Biofuels – May 19
Rise of biofuel crops threatens native tribes
Forestry leaders debate biomass potential
Food & agriculture – May 19
Eating organic on a food stamp budget
Bitter-sweet Harvest- a beekeeper’s year
