China speeds up building strategic oil reserve base
China is accelerating the pace of constructing a strategic oil reserve base, according to the State Development and Reform Commission.
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An insider speaks out
Matthew Simmons is both the ultimate insider and a challenging iconoclast.
Kerry Backs Much of Bush’s Pre-Emption Doctrine
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said he would be willing to launch a pre-emptive strike against terrorists if he had adequate intelligence of a threat.
The vanishing bluefin
The fate of the giant bluefin tuna is another example of the way our oceans are being plundered to satisfy gourmet tastes.
U.S. Addiction to Foreign Oil Deepens
U.S. domestic oil production has dropped five percent since this year’s peak in February and near-record oil prices are unlikely to inspire drillers to slow the country’s deepening dependence on foreign oil, experts say.
To save all, we must risk all
A message from the inside. Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, Senior Expert of the Iranian National Oil Company speaks honestly about the coming impact of Peak Oil in his opening statement to May’s Berlin Peak Oil conference.
Fear motivates conserving energy
When California’s energy crisis subsided in 2002, consumers who conserved thousands of megawatts of electricity in 2001 gradually slipped back into their old consumption habits.
Oil at $41, demand hits 20-year high
OPEC pumping near capacity; price gains triggered by inventory decline, heating oil supply concerns.
Opposing Renewable Projects is Shortsighted
Opponents of renewable power projects like wind farms and hydroelectric dams are missing the forest for the trees – perhaps air pollution from fossil fuel plants in neighboring states is obscuring their view.
US: Bringing healthy produce to poor neighborhoods
Food activists and small farmers lead project for inner city food security in San Francisco.
Oil giant Shell’s investors shocked
When Shell admitted to misleading investors, down went the share price. And, as Mr Montagnon explained, “most people will have a stake in this, if they’ve got a pension, because Shell is such a large company”.
NZ: Energy Minister praises wind power at conference
Four-fold growth in wind energy generation this financial year is just a starting point, Energy Minister Pete Hodgson said in Palmerston North yesterday.
