Politics & economics – Feb 8
Cuba’s oil bid angers U.S. /
Bush wants new fuels, but cuts energy-saving program /
Farmers try to limit pain of high fuel prices /
Budget doesn’t allocate funds to build oil reserve /
The geopolitics of natural gas
Activism
Politics & economics – Feb 7
Bush’s energy proposals: Next steps on energy /
Cuba invites American oil companies to invest /
Ukraine gas deal draws attention to secretive importer /
Oil companies: high profits, sluggish investments /
British fuel rationing threatens U.S.-London flights /
Smart meters slash power bills
Politics & economics – Feb 6
U.S. eyeing Alberta oilsands – the party’s still on! /
Feldstein: America will fall harder if oil prices rise again /
Nigeria is a mess and getting worse /
A visionary President that “gets” energy policy
Politics & economics – Feb 4
Bush’s goals on energy quickly find obstacles /
Feeding the oil addiction /
UK oil contract threatens US energy prices -senator /
OPEC has consensus to cut output in March /
Montana’s Helmore: the green governor
President’s State of the Union energy initiatives are “a start”
Without a national commitment with the breadth of the Apollo program to land a man on the moon and the intensity of the Manhattan Project to build the atom bomb, there’s no way we will achieve the President’s goal.
It’s capitalism or a habitable planet – you can’t have both
Our economic system is unsustainable by its very nature. The only response to climate chaos and peak oil is major social change
Peak oil – Jan 31
Squeezing the last drop of oil /
Radio Ecoshock covers peak oil /
Oil reserves discussed on Radio New Zealand /
The carbon economy – in-depth /
Iran and energy news roundup /
Iran: Of nukes and oil /
The guerrilla oil cartel /
Chavez on Peak America
Politics & economics – Jan 31
Scotland and North Sea: Pouring oil on troubled borders /
NG costs draining farms /
How the US fell out of love with its cars /
Is a run on the (resource) bank behind rising inequality? /
Italy shivers as Europe’s cold spell hurts gas supply /
Saudis, Chinese agree to landmark energy accord /
Ford: Explorer era nearing a close /
Pricey oil is deflationary, not inflationary threat
Politics & economics – Jan 24
McCain: U.S. can’t be held hostage for oil /
Iraq’s oil bust /
Bolivian leader sheds tears but talks tough at inauguration /
Great Russian freeze spreads west /
‘Blue’ states tackling energy on their own /
Ukraine gas dispute — Has Putin gone nuts?
Interview with the Rt. Hon. Edward R. Schreyer
Esteemed political figure, Edward Schreyer, comes out of retirement with the hopes of addressing Peak Oil in Canada’s Parliament.
Politics & economics – Dec 22
Iraqi Oil – the $250bn gift to Saudi Arabia and Russia /
Roger Ebert picks Syriana as #2 movie for 2005 /
The [environmental] price of oil /
Venezuela gives Exxon ultimatum /
Senate rejects Arctic drilling /
Calpine opts for Chapter 11 /
Analysis: Costly commodities spark global change /
Is there enough oil? Or is there just enough oil to keep the Bush regime going? /
Dubai: Oil prices ‘may hit new heights’ /
Churches pray for heating bill salvation
A desperate plea from the North Pole
I am writing to you with a heavy heart. As Santa Claus it is my duty, come late December, to spread the loving cheer of “Spirit” around the globe.
