Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
Democrats want to shift oil tax, give to green energy
Oil group blasts Democrats’ tax agenda
Interview: California environmental adviser Tamminen
Alternative-energy spending fizzles out
A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists offers the most comprehensive documentation to date of how ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry’s disinformation tactics, as well as some of the same organizations and personnel, to cloud the scientific understanding of climate change and delay action.
Himalaya’s receding glaciers suffer neglect
Australia warming faster than world
NYT’s Revkin: New middle stance in climate debate
Science activists blast ExxonMobil on warming
Analyst Chris Skrebowski is “surprised and somewhat saddened to read CERA’s curious attack on the concept of Peak Oil.” After analyzing CERA’s figures, however, he concludes that “far from dispelling concerns about Peak Oil you have effectively confirmed that they are real and imminent. “
NYT: Incentives on oil barely help U.S.
Mexico’s lost oil revenue
Trading coal for oil
Oil boom for Norwegian outpost
Audio interview with Tom Whipple (new)
Desperately shrinking Big Oil
Cultural Economist: online report on oil depletion
Skeptics speak against their own interests
UK Soil Assn conference focuses on peak oil
Dr. Jerry Unruh – interview
Peak oil and the energy utilization chain (EUC)
Enlarged Opec aims for high crude prices
Angola joins OPEC (TOD analysis)
Saudi Aramco revealed as biggest group
Gulf states study shared nuclear program
Richest people of the Middle East
The cautious U.S. boom in oil shale
Oil sands key target for global energy players
Toxic waste left in wake of oil sands extraction
“By 2030, energy demand will increase by about 60% compared to 2000. …The global energy mix will look very similar 25 years from now. Oil, gas and coal will be predominant. Resources are adequate to support global demand growth.”
Penalties of acting alone stall effort on climate change
Business & the the cost of an overheated planet
Climate change catching voter attention
Wall Street eyes heart of darkness: global warming
PSAs and Iraqi oil
ISG report: Has the Empire really failed?
The Baker Boys: stay half the course
