Late-breaking news – Jan 13
Bush set for climate change U-turn
Venezuela to nationalize ‘absolutely all’ energy sector
Mexico’s Calderon to fight soaring tortilla prices
Scientists to move doomsday clock forward
Geopolitics & Military
Somalia – Jan 11
Destabilizing the Horn: American-backed warlords invade Somalia
What’s at stake in the Horn of Africa
Background: The oil factor in Somalia
Geopolitical – Jan 11
Venezuela to nationalise key industries
Iran leader woos Latin America
Plan for economic strangulation of Iran
Putin stands firm on oil blockade
Energy international – Jan 9
Belarus cuts off Russian oil to Europe
Intl oil groups face new terms in Venezuela
Energy independence – S. America’s dream
Resource wars (leftist analysis)
France consumes less electricity in 2006
Iran – Jan 7
U.S. puts squeeze on Iran’s oil fields
Iran oil exports could dwindle
Iranian petro crisis and US national security
Revealed: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran
War, Iraq, oil – Jan 7
War and cheap oil: a second look
The new Middle East: close of the American era
Future of Iraq: The spoils of war
The Independent on the oil rush
How the West will profit from Iraq’s most precious commodity
Iraqi possible oil contracts (PSAs): some facts
Energy policy – Jan 3
Reserves divided between 2 superpower blocs; war over underwater reserves?
Bush to talk tough on energy but snub Kyoto
Will new Congress change our disastrous energy policy?
The peak oil story during 2006
An executive summary of major developments in peak oil for the year.
It’s the energy and the economy, stupid
An open letter to US policymakers
The 21st century will likely be defined by three overarching forces: climate change, Peak Oil, and macroeconomics. It will be an epochal moment in history; either a disastrous period of resource-related military and economic warfare or an unprecedented and noble effort at international cooperation. Either way, maintaining the status quo will not be possible much longer.
Iran – Dec 26
Sanctions approved for Iran
Analysis says Iran’s oil revenue is plummeting
Iranian petro crisis and U.S. national security
Controlling Iran’s nuclear program
Iran turns from dollar to euro in oil sales
Algeria increases the price of oil
This trend implies consumer nations will never be able to reach a long term contractual relationship with producer nations for the allocation of earth’s remaining oil and natural gas resources.
China, Africa, and the struggle for oil – Dec 24
The coming fight for oil
African perspectives on China in Africa
Resource warfare intensifies across “Grand Chessboard” and Horn of Africa
