United States – August 20
Anti-regulation aide to Cheney is up for energy post
Why oil prices continue to fluctuate
Petrol pump pilgrims keep faith
Renewed push for uranium mining in West
Politics
Solutions & sustainability – August 18
Bumps on the road to a greener city
San Francisco peak oil town hall meeting: What’s happening with oil? (audio)
Fred’s footprint: the best solution to climate change
United Kingdom – August 15
Soaring fuel prices and green pressures herald comeback for Britain’s waterways
Fuel theft increases in the UK
Companies face crackdown on electricity greenwash
Food & agriculture – August 13
Organic garden takes over San Francisco’s City Hall lawn
NPR misses real story, plants wrong seeds
A solar success on the farm
The curse of Yemen – qat
Alternative trade networks and the coffee system
Feeling the heat of food security
Brazilian agriculture faces huge losses from climate change
Dysfunction – August 12
Mad cows (and livid lambs)
China and India: heartlands of global protest
Outside U.S., credit cards tighten grip
Local scientist splits water, saves world, gets on TV
Trash – August 12
The waste-pickers of Delhi
Junk raft raises awareness of plastics despite adversity, challenges
Recyclers are cashing in on the fortune in your bin
Largest water solar heater with PET bottles installed in Parana, Brazil
A tall, cool drink of … sewage?
Solutions & sustainability – August 12
Living simply by sharing space
Going vintage is going green
Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland: what we have in common
Go-getter gets governments going on sustainability
Cycling with the wind behind you (electric bikes in NL)
United States – August 12
Kunstler: shoulder season
Colorado shines in the solar rush
The perfect (economic) storm
Fuel costs boost conservation efforts; 7 in 10 Reducing ‘carbon footprint’
Peak Oil Review – August 11
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The BTC pipeline
– Oil and the US elections
– Energy Briefs
Drill time in America – Aug 10
New House bill combines drilling with tax extensions for renewables
Drill, drill, drill is working
Paul Krugman: Know-nothing politics
Kunstler: Drill drill drill !!! (or maybe not)
Rising gasoline costs – an animation
Biofuels – August 8
EPA rejects Perry plea on ethanol
Experts clash over viability of biofuels, alternative energy
Burgers or biofuel?
ODAC Newsletter – August 8
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
