Climate – Oct 19
Weaving the magic number, 350, into Transition
US climate change activists go on trial
Methane hydrates: Energy’s most dangerous game
Climate change and wildfires
Methane Hydrates
Climate & environment – Sept 23
The methane time bomb
Permafrost may survive global climate change, new evidence suggests
Catastrophic fall in numbers reveals bird populations in crisis throughout the world
United Kingdom & Europe- Sept 18
UK report: Energy security ‘more important than climate change’
EU could halt energy demand growth, says study
Cheap thrills: Can you live on a pound a day?
United Kingdom – September 8
Brown vows freedom from oil dictatorship
How food waste can power your home
When the wind doesn’t blow
Environment Minister Sammy Wilson: climate change views are “hysterical psuedo-religion”
Coal – August 6
Dirty tactics to defend a dirty industry
The stakes could not be higher. Everything hinges on stopping coal
Coal’s future is safe – but what about the climate?
Green groups drop opposition to Texas coal plant
ODAC Guest Commentary – Arctic methane hydrate
Methane hydrates, which are formations of methane gas molecules enclosed in ‘cages’ of water ice, represent an enormous reservoir of fossil carbon. Although the magnitude of this reservoir is still highly uncertain, it is widely believed to contain thousands of giga-tonnes of carbon (GtC).
Peak oil – Apr 17
The Economist: Is there really an ocean of oil off Brazil?
Jean Laherrère: Hydrates updated
Petroleum Geologist Jeffrey J. Brown at UCSB
6 ways to profit from ‘peak oil’
Why do oil prices keep rising?
Foolish choices – Jan 2
Japan mines `flammable ice,’ flirts with environmental disaster
An end to coal power? Unlikely
Hansen: The wrong choice for Massachusetts
Energy sources – June 26
Tapis, world’s most expensive oil, may keep gains against Brent
First coal-to-oil mass converter to start operation in China
South Korea finds gas hydrate offshore
Shell shelves oil-shale
Argentina maintains NG supply cuts to industry
GAO on nuclear wastes
Energy producers – Apr 20
Iraq may hold twice as much oil
Jerome a Paris is dubious
Bering Sea likely rich in hydrates
Methane Hydrates – Feb 28
Alaska Fire and Ice
Anomalies caused by ancient event
Slope test well yields ‘gold mine of data’
Japan, Canada to Start Test-Production
Misc energy – Oct 28
Shell bid may start rush for oil sands majors /
Indian Oil plans $6 billion refinery in Ceyhan of Turkey /
Blair welcomes new gas pipeline from Norway /
Making fire from ice: a new fuel for the 21st century (gas hydrate)