ODAC Newsletter – Oct 31
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Energy Policy
United States – Oct 31
Obama on energy
Van Jones: Working together for a Green New Deal
Rep Bartlett: Environment and energy are inseperable
Can U.S. go ‘green’ even when oil prices drop?
Peak oil, prices & supplies- Oct 31
TNK-BP CEO says Russia oil output likely peaked
IEA’s Tanaka: ‘The Low Energy Price Age Is Over’
Sleepless in Tehran
Renewables & efficiency – Oct 31
World can halt fossil fuel use by 2090: study
IEA cites gains from energy efficiency
A Solar Gold Rush Is Spreading From California to New Jersey
Peak oil, prices & supplies – Oct 30
UK will face peak oil crisis within five years, report warns
UK companies urge steps to head off global ‘oil crunch’
ASPO VII – first day
Oil’s stunning retreat: How long can it last?
Heinberg: Go develop yourself
United Kingdom – Oct 29
You’re wrong, PM. We need higher oil prices
Will the UK Face a Natural Gas Crisis this Winter?
UK industries to be forced to cut CO2 emissions
Carbon footprint standard for all products drawn up by Government
Climate & environment – Oct 28
Australia’s Stern review warns of runaway global warming
Climate change ‘making seas more salty’
Big decline in depth of Arctic winter sea ice
Author of “Climate Code Red” – No more business as usual: This is an emergency!
Biofuels – Oct 28
Big Oil May Be Close to Taking Control of the Biofuels Industry
Ethanol stance taints Barack Obama’s green credentials
UK: Seaweed farms ‘could fuel future’
Peak Oil Review – Oct 27
A digest of peak oil news including:
– A spreading crisis
– OPEC
– Investment in new production
– Briefs
Peak oil groups – Oct 27
ASPO-7 conference in Barcelona – presentations online
The Permanent Oil Crisis Conference in Amsterdam, January 21 & 22, 2009
Post Carbon Institute Announces New Executive Director, Senior Fellows
Matthew Simmons has bad news for Vermont
You think the financial crisis unfolded quickly? That’s nothing compared to how fast things could happen with oil. That’s the message Matthew Simmons, chair of the oil investment banking firm Simmons & Company International, delivered last month at a conference on peak oil. Vermont is unprepared for change of that rapidity.
Dawn of the new energy order
T. Boone Pickens has challenged the U.S. presidential candidates to come up with a detailed energy plan. This speech offers them the outline of a response to that challenge…
