Politics & economics – Dec 4

Is CAFE kaput? /
Embrace the new energy economy /
US, China should develop joint energy programs to avoid war: Sen. Lieberman /
A changing China offers lessons for the world /
Disposable chic: For retailers, fashion turnover gets ever faster, cheaper

Congressman backs post-oil planning: Thompson says Willits can set national example

“We can’t keep going the way we’ve been going,” said Congressman Mike Thompson. “That’s a no brainer.” Speaking during Mondays meeting with local officials and members of the Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) group, Thompson was referring to an economy based on insatiable consumption of fossil fuels.

Politics & economics – Nov 29

Syriana and Iraq /
BP alternative energy: it’s a start /
Iraq report: It’s about the oil /
Now for Blair’s dodgy nuclear dossier /
New tax may fund nuclear stations /
Senate approves coal-to-liquids development plan /
Ford seeks US help to make fuel-efficient cars

Environment – Nov 29

Impact of climate change ‘can be likened to WMD’/
In Montreal, delegates look at post-Kyoto world /
US resists climate change pressure at UN conference /
The gathering winds (hurricanes and climate change) /
Oil sands make Canada complicit in global warming /
Nitrogen is biggest environmental threat /
Climate talks – hoops and hot air (analysis) /

Politics & economics – Nov 28

What your Mama never told you about NAFTA: A look at Canada’s oil /
Russia pressing for world energy market transparency /
Chile’s Bachelet says Greens back her energy plan /
Labour to ease pollution rules in UK if gas runs short /
Crude designs: the rip-off of Iraq’s oil wealth /
High fuel costs projected to slash farm incomes /
Finding new ways to fuel the farm /
Oil-rich Venezuela covets nuclear power

Politics and economics – Nov 11

Soaring energy costs have Md. aluminum plant on the brink /
China: A miracle and a menace /
Oil and grilling don’t mix in Washington /
House shelves Alaska drilling in budget fight /
The coal war: fighting back in Texas /
‘Streamlining’ King Coal’s beheading of Appalachia /
Uzbekistan ‘facing oil crisis’ /
Recycling the petrodollars