U.S. oil royalties scandal – Dec 10
Democrats plan oil royalties inquiry
House rejects push to renegotiate contracts
Congress urged to close oil royalty loophole
Industry
A troubled U.S. – Dec 2
U.S. Senator Reid to change U.S. energy plan
Energy industry: Regulate us
Shutdown of EPA libraries
US dollar: everybody’s problem
Stalled subdivisions – Kunstler’s prophecy come true?
Climate policy – Nov 30
Interview: NYT science reporter Andy Revkin
Canada’s commitment to failure
Global warming goes to court
Teachers Association reject 50,000 free copies of “An Inconvenient Truth”
Oil – Nov 30
Firms crimping oil supplies
The history of oil propaganda
No public disclosure of Kuwait oil reserves
Iraq’s oil industry in grip of despair
Alberta must invest in oil sands: board
Peak oil -Nov 27
Peak oil – the South will rise again
Oil, food, the US $ and the “global” drought
Kunstler: The storm perfected
Pickens predicts record 2007 oil price
Examining CERA’s powers of prediction
Business, economics and climate
Financial Times: Averting climate change
The Stern Review: critical notes on its abatement optimism
Energy firms accept regulation as inevitable
Emission credit market heats up
Power Companies Order Up Texas Toast
On Tuesday, climate scientist James Hansen said that the world has less than a decade to take decisive action on global warming or risk tipping the planet towards catastrophe. ..The world may have ten years, but Texas only has six months to stop TXU from turning our climate to toast.”
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 22
Self-sufficiency plan for a suburban home
Science cafés: Knowledge in a casual setting
McKibben: Is corporate do-goodery for real?
Visionary architect William McDonough
Peak oil – Nov 22
Guinea – as fuel prices soar, a country unravels
Near-term peak unlikely to happen
Statoil CEO discusses peak oil
The peak oil crisis: picking the peak
It is not much of leap to believe that CERA is coming under heat from those who recognize that a bad call on peak oil will be devastating. This CERA report, which is obviously an attempt to defend their position, may be a sign that the message of peak oil may just be getting through to the corporate world.
Peak Oil – Nov 21
Even If The Optimists Are Right, Time Is Getting Tight
Mexico: output short of demand
Lynch: Oil to Fall Below $45
Peak oil – Nov 20
Vintage Kunstler talk and interview
TOD’s November peak oil update
Exxon retiree seeks debate on peak oil & warming
On CERA: Even if the optimists are right…
