Dirty Fuels – Oct 22
Speak Now Against Bush’s Great Coal Giveaway
Government report criticizes U.S. plans for carbon dioxide burial
Excerpt: ‘Tar Sands’
Electricity
United Kingdom – Oct 20
UK wind farm plans on brink of failure
Shell pulls out of its last UK wind farm project
Miliband’s blueprint for greener homes
Renewables & efficiency – Oct 18
Energy-saving windows a legacy of ’70s oil crisis
Energy concerns rekindle love affair with open fires
Renewable Energy Payments (REPs) to stimulate renewable investment
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 17
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Canada & the United States – Oct 16
Canada: The environment was not a winning issue on this campaign trail
Climate, security concerns clash as Canada boosts oil-sands production
GAO launches probe into oil, gas drilling
Gas prices dropping: the good news and bad news
Creating a national grid to lower prices, improve transmission
Energy Industry – Oct 14
Fusion will be cracked “within 30 years”
Credit Crisis Meet Power Crisis
Montana Refining nixes $500 million expansion
Federal energy incentives have chiefly benefited oil, natural gas industries; nuclear, renewables lag
Public interest in the role of federal incentives in shaping today’s energy marketplace and future energy options has risen sharply. That interest has met with frustration in some quarters and half-truths in others because of the difficulty in developing a complete picture of the incentives that influence today’s energy options. The difficulty arises from the many forms of incentives, the variety of ways in which they are funded, managed, and monitored, and changes in the agencies responsible for administering them.
Renewables – Oct 12
Learning to live with solar panels
Indian tribes see profit in harnessing the wind for power
Biofuels and a dwindling water supply
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 10
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Peak oil focus of Michigan conference in November
Over 30 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Ellen Hodgson Brown, Albert Bates, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Richard Gilbert, John Richter, Tim Hudson, Bill Wilson, Tony Earley, Jerry Norcia, Paul Murray and Aaron Wissner explore the challenges and possibilities for Michigan’s future at a three day solution oriented conference in November.
Energy industry – Oct 8
Electric Utilities Unlikely to Spend
Coal Seam Gas Producers – The New Masters Of The Universe?
Energy’s Future in Latin America
United Kingdom & Europe – Oct 8
End use of fossil fuels in 20 years, UK warned
First council since Second World War set up to look at food security
EU climate change cuts: Poland leads revolt over Russia fears
Dirty coal power hit by Euro vote
