Peak oil – Apr 25
Wood Mackenzie sees non-OPEC oil output peaking by 2015
Five geopolitical feedback-loops in peak oil
Gazprom’s uncertainty of supply due to underinvestment (mention of peak)
Geopolitics & Military
Energy policies – Apr 19
Trade-off looms for arid US: water or power?
EU should not discard military to secure oil, US expert says
European energy security: A bear at the throat
Climate expert urges dropping clean coal
Egypt weighs domestic energy needs as export demands grow
Climate policy – Apr 19
World to US: We demand ‘climate justice’
Ex-U.S. military chiefs warn warming worsens security
Climate change threatens security, UK tells UN
Climate change poses serious threat to U.S. national security
New report was released Monday from blue-ribbon panel of senior admirals and generals. “People are saying they want to be perfectly convinced about climate science projections,” said retired General. Gordon R. Sullivan, former Army chief of staff. “But speaking as a soldier, we never have 100 percent certainty. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.”
Peak oil – Apr 17
UC Berkeley study: Risks of the oil transition
Peak Oil Law Center (what’s the future?)
“Crude Demand” film reviewed in Louisville
The power of green
A long and heartfelt appeal by the NY Times columnist for leadership at all levels of government for a reduction in use of fossil fuels in order to prevent climate disaster and political authoritarianism. (Excerpts)
North America – Apr 15
What Cheney energy task force talked about
Global warming called U.S. security threat
Canada’s Dion: Put industry on a carbon diet
Geo-politics – Apr 12
The Saudi paradox
Russian trans-Balkan pipeline to skirt Turkey
Russian general says U.S. continues preparations for military action against Iran
Climate, water, mountains – Apr 8
Dire warming report too soft, scientists say
Michael Klare: Wars for water?
Mountaineers testify to warming’s effect
The Curse of Akkad
Oil producers – Apr 5
“Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil”
Mexico tries to save a big, fading oil field
Indonesia’s oil output below target
Vietnam’s crude oil export down in Q1
Peak oil – Apr 4
Peak oil at conference of American Assn of Petroleum Geologists
Heinberg interviewed on Iran and on peak coal
ASPO-USA site to be reinvigorated
Geopolitics – Apr 3
Risks of rising oil nationalism
Puplava: The politics of energy
Venezuela signs oil deal with China
