Pakistan problem: Washington’s perspective
The author believes that as part of a policy to establish greater control over the world’s energy resources, the United States has instituted a policy of covertly engineering Pakistan’s dismemberment.
Geopolitics & Military
Geopolitics – Feb 8
Internet interruption in the Middle East looks fishy (Iran oil bourse)
Spying against oil-rich Norway
Gazprom: gas talks with Ukraine end in failure
Chalmers Johnson: Oil wars and overreach
Venezuela’s U.S. assets too hard to freeze: Exxon
Oil resources at stake in Chad conflict
Climate policy – Feb 7
Big oil stokes the fires for the planet to burn
Cap and trade and fairness for working families
Report attacks Australia’s climate policy
Proportionality
There is a strange clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that applies to only one country—Canada. The clause states that Canada must continue to supply the same proportion of its oil and gas resources to the US in future years as it does now. That’s rather a good deal for the US: it formalizes Canada’s status as a resource satellite of its imperial hub to the south.
Canada – Feb 6
When oil crisis hits, Canada fantasyland will become nightmare
Take the muzzles off scientists
Oil sands are shifting in Alberta
Canada needs Strategic Petroleum Reserves
Iran oil bourse scheduled
Iran was scheduled to inaugurate its long-awaited oil bourse this coming week. However, communication cables have been cut three times, disrupting Web service to portions of the Middle East and Asia. This may impact the bourse. (Links and background)
United States & Canada – Feb 2
Michael Klare: How oil burst the American bubble
‘Muzzle’ placed on Canada’s federal scientists
Wars dwarf warming in U.S. budget
Transportation – Feb 2
What’s so funny about a hybrid howitzer?
Airbus A380 completes alternative fuel test flight
Trouble in the oil patch – Feb 1
Big Oil has trouble finding new fields
Western majors feel the squeeze
Shell feeds doubts about oil industry
United States – Feb 1
Military and climate spending compared
Climate, energy legislation after Bush’s SOTU
Low-income residents struggle with energy prices
Canada and U.S. – Jan 30
Heavy footprint weighs down U.S. empire
Why Cape Breton shakes in the echo of this distant boom (tarsands)
The energy efficiency option
Empire – Jan 28
Going bankrupt: Chalmers Johnson on military Keynsianism
An empire from a tub of goo (Canadian tar sands)
Waving goodbye to hegemony (now it’s US, EU, China)
The unraveling of Russia’s Europe policy
