United Kingdom – Mar 12
Queen urges action, not talk, to tackle climate change
Ministers challenged over backing for coal-fired power station
Darling plans Labour’s greenest budget yet
Government backs coal-fired power stations
Staff
Oil prices – Mar 12
Oil prices rocket close to $110
Oil watchdog IEA to analyse record highs
IEA: no likely relief from oil prices
Peak oil – Mar 12
Spitzer successor would be US’s 4th black governor (and 1st PO-aware governor)
Michael Klare: $100+ oil and what it means
Kunstler: Kiss the gas-guzzling NASCAR era good-bye
The Saudis are blowing smoke again
Shortly after the oil price shattered the record inflation-adjusted high set in 1980, OPEC decided to sit on its hands and let events take their course… Despite some financial considerations, most of the oil price results from a fundamental disequilibrium between supply and demand in the oil markets.
Pieces of the puzzle
Too much discussion about responding to peak oil has focused on finding a single solution to the complex predicament we face. Start with the recognition that we don’t have any models for a sustainable technic society to work from, and a more flexible (and arguably more successful) strategy comes within reach.
Review: Kunstler’s World Made by Hand
James Kunstler’s vision of life post-peak gives even the most thoughtful doomers new things to think about and new ways to think about them.
Is it a currency war?
THE UN Security Council’s March 3 sanctions against Iran not only present a diplomatic victory for President Bush but also a major success for Washington in the first phase of its currency war with Tehran. The war began with the commencement of Iran’s oil bourse in mid-February.
Deep thought – Mar 11
How The Limits to Growth was demonized
Alex Steffen: Zero, now
Jeff Vail: Rhizome at the community level
United States – Mar 11
Our three-decade recession
Labor’s war on global warming
Green movement is reaching for the rainbow
Volunteers help warm New England homes
Big Oil profit pushes Democrats to seek $1.8 billion
Arctic – Mar 11
Jean Laherrere: Arctic oil and gas ultimates
Could Arctic ice melt spawn new kind of cold war?
Climate change may spark conflict with Russia, EU told
Oil prices & supplies – Mar 11
Gas prices near records, following oil ($108/b)
Goldman Sachs:
New ‘super-spike’ might mean $200 oil
Energy crunch hinges on Bolivia
Unchanged Syncrude oil sands “increased” due to new category
Peak oil – Mar 11
Stuart Staniford: Food to 2050
Matt Simmons on Fast Money
Green UK MEP
Caroline Lucas on PO, food and Transition Handbook
The Australia 2020 Summit – climate & PO
Rep. Bartlett Delivers 39th PO talk (video)
