Food & agriculture – Dec 3
Unexpected benefits From pasture farming
Qatar looks to grow food in Kenya
Agrofuel proponents hone tactics
Geopolitics & Military
United States – Dec 1
General Jones and the Chamber of Commerce energy plan
Michael Klare: The fall of triumphalism
Unusual merger of union bosses and environmentalists
Geopolitics – Nov 27
Russia’s comeuppance
Gulf’s woes bode ill for the oil and gas we need
Oiligarchy: A game with a message
The slow death of Gaza
What the pirates say
Peak oil – Nov 27
Robert Bryce turnaround: Gasoline’s cheap again, but peak oil still looms large
Nafeez Ahmed: Food crisis & peak oil
The end of the world as we know it?
Iraq’s oil: The greatest prize of all ?
Gravity check
ODAC Newsletter – Nov 27
A weekly digest from a UK perspective.
Water – Nov 26
One-third of China’s Yellow river ‘unfit for drinking or agriculture’
Water in the Middle East: Plugging the supply gap
Experts call for end of flushing toilets on World Toilet Day
Media & persuasion – Nov 24
China winning cyber war, Congress warned
Who killed the blogosphere?
US Journalism: What Must Be Done Now
‘To be a journalist in Russia is suicide’
Global Trends 2025: A transformed world (excerpts)
The U.S. intelligence agencies dust off their crystal ball and give us their long-term view of the future. In a striking reversal of the triumphalism of the Bush years, the report sees the future as multi-polar and roiled by shocks. Resource scarcity and climate change are highlighted. Despite the bracing dose of reality in the report, peak oilers will find much to criticize. (Excerpts, links, commentary)
Energy producers – Nov 22
Yemen ‘faces crisis as oil ends’
From the Kremlin to Caracas, how oil collapse changes everything
How Dubai’s fantasy skyline tumbled to earth
ODAC Newsletter – Nov 21
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Geopolitics – Nov 21
U.S. intel office adds warming to warnings
Director of National Intelligence: Conflicts over resources (PDF)
Germany’s Courting of Oil-Rich Turkmenistan Prompts Criticism
Europe joins international contest for Arctic’s resources
Biofuels – Nov 21
Right to eat comes before fuel, Swiss minister says
South Korean company takes over part of Madagascar to grow biofuels
Cutting Emissions in Rural China
