COUP D’ETAT: The Real Reason Tenet and Pavitt Resigned from the CIA (excerpt)
The CIA are staging a subtle coup against Bush and Cheney over the Plame Case writes Michael C. Ruppert.
Fossil Fuels
ASPO June newsletter online
ASPO’s 42nd newsletter is a must-read.
Australia: Warning on oil hunt slip
Surging oil prices should be seen as a warning and not a cure for declining oil and gas exploration which threatened to leave Australia dangerously reliant on overseas supplies, the head of the nation’s peak oil and gas body warned yesterday.
The boom that only oils the wheels of corruption in Equatorial Guinea
When oil was found in 1996 in Equatorial Guinea, the former Spanish colony in West Africa was one of the poorest countries in the world. Today, this small and sparsely populated country of 465,000 inhabitants has an offshore production of 350,000 bpd, making it the third largest sub-Saharan producer of oil, behind Nigeria and Angola. According to the African Development Bank, a year after oil was found, gross domestic product went up 76 %.
The End of Oil
Oil, besides being a whole lot of political trouble, is approaching its production peak. What to do?
The ”King” is Naked
Political reengineering in the muslim world– Clash of civilization by many names– The greater middle east initiative and the partnership for future success
Peak Oil and Permaculture: David Holmgren on Energy Descent
David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept and author of ‘Permaculture: Principals and Pathways Beyond Sustainability’, speaks with Adam Fenderson from Energy Bulletin.net about permaculture and its role in an energy constrained world.
Quest for energy is race against time
New forms of energy need to be developed quickly or else the world faces a cataclysmic economic and environmental future writes Jeremy Leggett
Join us as we watch the crisis unfolding
Saudi Aramco could turn some valves and increase production rate by two million barrels per day. In doing so, they might cut short the life of their largest resource.
Middle East: EU Modifies U.S. Plan On Promoting Regional ‘Democracy’
The European Union says it has modified an ambitious U.S. plan to promote democracy in the Middle East. [propaganda warning]
Crossing the Red Line
Bill McKibben discusses Paul Roberts’ book the End of Oil in the context of climate change.
Raymond urges “constructive relationships” with oil-producing nations
“We simply do not yet have the economic solutions or technologies that would permit us to meet future energy demands without carbon emissions growth,” Exxon Mobil chairman Lee R. Raymond said.
