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March 15, 2010
3/15/10 Macalister, Guardian, Money Spent on Tar Sands Projects Could Decarbonise Western Economies
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 White, LAT, Oil companies look at permanent refinery cutbacks
3/11/10 Ortiz, IPS, ECUADOR: Native Leaders Call for Anti-Government Protests
3/11/10 BBC, BP in $7bn deal to explore for oil in Brazil
3/11/10 BBC, Cyprus conflict closes leaders' eyes to water shortage
March 10, 2010
3/10/10 Lendman, Intel Daily, The Business of Water: Privatizing An Essential Resource
3/10/10 Walberg, IntelDaily, Russia, Azerbaijan/Armenia: All roads lead to the Caucasus
March 8, 2010
3/08/10 Sturgis, Facing South, Challenging Conventional Wisdom on Renewable Energy's Limits
March 7, 2010
3/07/10 Vidal, Guardian, How Food and Water Are Driving a 21st-Century African Land Grab
3/07/10 Macalister, Guardian, Government must take back control of North Sea oil and gas production
3/07/10 BBC, 'Dozens killed' in Nigeria clashes
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Povey, AP, Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip
2/25/10 Drake, FPIF 3/5/10, Ghana's 2010 oil 'boom': Ensuring public interest over private gain
3/05/10 BBC, Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers
March 3, 2010
3/03/10 Frank, AlterNet, EPA Drastically Underestimates Coal Waste Pollution's Threat to Human and Environmental Health
3/03/10 Bristow, BBC, China villagers moved to quench the urban thirst
3/03/10 Mercer, BBC, Aborigines to discuss nuclear proposal on tribal land
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Webster, Times Online, Green Fuels Cause More Harm Than Fossil Fuels, According to Report
3/01/10 Graham-Harrison, Reuters, China Stepping Up for Arctic Influence: Report
3/01/10 Duhigg & Roberts, NYT, Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A.
3/01/10 Madrigal, Wired, Backpack Hydroelectric Plant Gives You 500 Watts on the Move
3/01/10 Canadian Press, Syncrude Back in Court Over Duck Deaths
3/01/10 BBC, Chile quake sends copper prices higher
February 25, 2010
2/25/10 Nation, Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint
February 24, 2010
2/24/10 BBC, Oil spill reaches Italy's River Po after 'sabotage'
2/24/10 Bowers. Guardian, North Sea oil 'could last at least a decade'
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 BBC, Argentina rallies regional support over Falklands
2/23/10 Vidal, Guardian, Air pollution 'may cause 35,000 premature deaths a year in Britain'
2/23/10 Jena, IPS, INDIA: Indigenous Groups Step Up Protests Over Mining Project
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 Shankman, ProPublica, Gas Drillers Plead Guilty to Felony Dumping Violations
2/22/10 Bowers, Guardian, Falkland Islands oil drilling begins
February 20, 2010
2/20/10 Al Jazeera, Darfur group 'ready for ceasefire'
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Barry, Wired, Take That, Chevy Volt! Cal Poly Car Gets 2,752 MPG
2/19/10 BBC, Niger's coup leaders lift curfew
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 BBC, Oil deal 'damaging for Uganda environment'
2/17/10 Al Jazeera, French oil refineries hit by strike
2/17/10 Laessing, Reuters, Yemen's Water Crisis Eclipses al Qaeda Threat
2/17/10 BBC, Argentina toughens shipping rules in Falklands oil row
February 16, 2010
2/16/10 Al Jazeera, Refugees flood Congo-Brazzaville
2/16/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama ups nuclear investment for climate fight
February 15, 2010
2/15/10 Macalister, Guardian, Oil Giants Demand Open Market for World's Dirtiest Fuel
2/15/10 Godoy, IPS, Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say Studies
February 14, 2010
2/14/10 Pensacola Beach Journal, Floridians Gather to Say 'No' to Offshore Drilling
2/14/10 Fantz, CNN, ConocoPhillips Alaska president killed in avalanche
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Kirchgaessner & McNulty, FT, Obama offers nuclear plant loan guarantee
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 Socor, Asia TImes, Shtokman gas project postponed
February 10, 2010
2/10/10 Potter, Toronto Star, 2 US Firms Wash Hands of Tar Sands
2/10/10 Leggett, Guardian, Society ignores the oil crunch at its peril
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Hickman, Independent, Palm Oil Deal 'A Threat to the Rainforest'
2/09/10 BBC, Chavez puts Venezuela under 'electricity emergency'
February 8, 2010
2/08/10 Ford, CNN, Incentives to Going 'Off Grid' Bring Power to the People
2/08/10 Galst, NYT, Making Solar Power Portable
February 4, 2010
2/04/10 Sheppard, MoJo, Obama's Nuclear Giveaway
February 2, 2010
2/02/10 de Souza, Montreal Gazette, Woodland Caribou Under Threat in Oilsands Area, Group Says
February 1, 2010
2/01/10 McCandish, MoJo, Are Green Power Programs a Scam?
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 Shankman, ProPublica, Pennsylvania's Gas Wells Booming--But So Are Spills
January 27, 2010
1/27/10 Ayala, IPS, EL SALVADOR: Activists Link Mining Co. to Murders
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Strurgis, Facing South, Radioactive Racism at Tennessee Nuclear Waste Processing Company
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 Pasternak, McClatchy, U.S. 'nuclear renaissance' had roots in Bush-Cheney
1/24/10 Pasternak, McClatchy, Lobbying, global warming portend U.S. nuclear renaissance
1/24/10 CNN, Gunmen attack convoy near U.S. mining company in Indonesia
1/24/10 BBC, Tanker spills oil off Texas coast after collision
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Water a Matter of National Security
1/23/10 White, LAT, Occidental Petroleum and partners to develop massive Iraqi oil field
1/23/10 BBC, Nigeria religious riot bodies found in village wells
1/23/10 BBC, Venezuela oil 'may double Saudi Arabia'
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Donato, HLLN, Oil in Haiti
1/22/10 Lammers, AP, Sunflower DNA Map Could Produce Plants for Fuel
1/22/10 Vidal, Guardian, One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show
1/22/10 BBC, Power cuts in Venezuela lead to traffic gloom
1/22/10 Talbot, WSWS, Oil, the Dutch Iraq inquiry on the Iraq war, and the missing letter
January 20, 2010
1/20/10 ENS, Thirst for Oil Imperils South America's Most Biodiverse Wilderness
January 18, 2010
1/18/10 Bluemink, ADN, Persistence of Exxon Valdez oil may be explained by study
January 14, 2010
1/14/10 Williams, NYT, US Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
January 12, 2010
1/12/10 Jones, SF Chron, Stronger Controls Urged on Chemicals in Water
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 Roberts, Guardian, Russian energy group with the power to plunge Europe into darkness
1/11/10 Estep, Kentucky.com, Thousands of jobs could be created in renewable-fuels industry
1/11/10 Webb, Guardian, UK gas reserves down to six hours as imports fail to arrive
January 10, 2010
1/10/10 Miles, Reuters, China's commodity imports soar in December
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Hooper. Guardian, Racial violence continues in Italy as four migrant workers wounded in shootings
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 Fahrenthold, WP, Scientists say mountaintop mining should be stopped
1/08/10 Ahrens & Musgrove, WP, Rising gas prices could be a drag on economic recovery
1/08/10 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Russia, China, Iran redraw energy map
1/08/10 Sharip, Asia Times, China tightens grip on Kazakh gas
1/08/10 Hawkley, BBC, International nuclear bank - helping world peace?
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 Macalister, Guardian, 1970s-style rationing as National Grid cuts off gas to factories
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 MacNamara, FT, Chinese stake in African Minerals
1/06/10 Shankman, ProPublica, Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
1/06/10 BBC, Turkmenistan opens new Iran gas pipeline
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 Deen, IPS, Russia, China Sustain Military Toehold in Yemen
1/05/10 BBC, Benn unveils plan to boost UK food and 'grow your own'
1/05/10 Clark, CSM, Environment: In Peru's Amazon, finding gold but leaving mercury
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 Goodnough, NYT, For Cape Cod Wind Farm, New Hurdle Is Spiritual
1/04/10 Bezlova, IPS, POLITICS: Backlash against Rogue Chinese Investors Alarms Beijing
1/04/10 Freedman, Earth Island Journal, Swimming in Natural Gas: The Greenwashing of an Industry
1/04/10 Al Jazeera, Belarus report pushes up oil price
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 Al Jazeera, Leak threatens China's Yellow River
1/03/10 Macalister, Guardian, Shell accused of abandoning solar power buyers in the developing world
January 2, 2010
1/02/10 Milmo, Independent, Concern as China Clamps Down on Rare Earth Exports
1/02/10 Blood, AP, Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home
December 31, 2009
12/31/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Natural Gas Drilling: What We Don't Know
12/31/09 Carroll, Guardian, Gold giant faces Honduras inquiry into alleged heavy metal pollution
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 BBC, Iraq oil contract goes to Angola's Sonangol (Deciphering the Sino-Africa saga
12/30/09 England, FT, Social pressures help to spur jihad
12/30/09 Gorst, FT, Kazakh talks to secure stake in giant field
12/30/09 Al Jazeera, Dutch court to hear Shell case
12/30/09 Leggett, Guardian, Investing in coal is dysfunctional
12/30/09 BBC, Copper price hits 16-month high
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Wines, NYT, China, Willing to Spend, Wins a Trove of Afghan Copper
12/29/09 Feldman, Solve Climate, Solar Could Generate 15% of Power by 2020, If US Ends Fossil Fuel Subsidies
12/29/09 Sapien & Shankman, ProPublica, Drilling Wastewater Disposal Options in N.Y. Report Have Problems of Their Own
December 28, 2009
12/28/09 Spence, IntelDaily, Ever Expanding Wars: An Appalling New Year Certainty
12/28/09 Al Jazeera, Russia opens far east oil terminal
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, New Gas Wells Leave More Chemicals in Ground
December 26, 2009
12/26/09 Reuters, Iraqi and Iranian forces stand off in oil well row
December 25, 2009
12/25/09 Bradsher, NYT, Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, Eritrea hit with UN sanctions for 'aiding insurgents'
12/23/09 Mouawad, NYT, Chilly Climate for Oil Refiners
12/23/09 de Leon, IntelDaily, China Secures Gas Supply From Turkmenistan: Who's the True Winner?
December 21, 2009
12/21/09 Martin, Wired, Uranium Is So Last Century -- Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Blas, FT, Record year for top five crude traders
December 19, 2009
12/19/09 Smith, AP, Fear of violence grows in mountaintop mining fight
12/19/09 Eckholm, NYT, Utility Bill Is One More Casualty of Recession
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 CNN, Iraqis say Iran seizes oil well in southern Iraq
December 17, 2009
12/17/09 Andrews, ProPublica, Chemicals Sneak Past Law Regulating Tap Water
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 Telegraph/UK, Geologist stands trial for triggering earthquakes in Switzerland
12/16/09 Sheikh, IntelDaily, Major Powers Follow Different Paths to Same Energy Security End Game
12/16/09 Springston, IPS, U.S.: Aging Coal Plants Still a Fixture in South
12/16/09 Pannier, Asia Times, China ends Russia's grip on Turkmen gas
12/16/09 Escobar, Asia Times, Iraq's oil auction hits the jackpot
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 BBC, Biogas must play bigger role in meeting energy needs
12/15/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Colorado Towns Take Extra Measures to Protect Their Water From Gas Drilling
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 Meikle, Guardian, Metal thieves suspected in rail delays
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Valente, IPS, ARGENTINA: Solar Villages Light Up the Andes
12/13/09 Fainaru & Booth, WP, Mexico's drug cartels siphon liquid gold
12/13/09 BBC, Sudan leaders agree deal over referendum for South
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Mottern, TruthOut, Less Than Citizens (Part One): People of Fort Drum
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 Carlsen, PSL, Bailed-out AIG 'acquires' small town water supplies, hikes rates 50 percent
12/11/09 Duncan, AlterNet, Damning New Evidence Raises Concerns About Threats to New York's Water from Gas Drilling
December 9, 2009
12/08/09 Duhigg, NYT, Millions in US Drink Dirty Water, Records Show
December 7, 2009
12/07/09 Bolstad, McClatchy, Drill, Baby, Drill: Obama Administration OKs Oil Drilling in Arctic off Alaska
12/07/09 Woods, FPIF, Africa and the Economic Crisis
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 Shukman, BBC, Glacier threat to Bolivia capital
12/04/09 Schmidle, NYT, The Hostage Business
12/04/09 IntelDaily, Peak Oil: Adapting for Big Changes Ahead (video)
December 3, 2009
12/03/09 Musfon, WP, An energy answer in the shale below?
December 2, 2009
12/02/09 Mackenzie, FT, Mexican oil production: from bad to worse
December 1, 2009
12/01/09 Demopopulos, FT, Majority stake in Indonesia's Berau Coal sold for $1.5bn
November 30, 2009
11/30/09 24/7 Wall St, The Vicious Competition For Peak Oil
11/30/09 Williams, NYT, Oil Companies Look to the Future in Iraq
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 BBC, Energy price rules 'not being imposed'
11/28/09 MacLeod, Canada Citizen, US Navy Plots Arctic Push
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Macalsiter, guardian, Designs for New UK Nuclear Reactors are Unsafe, Claims Watchdog
11/27/09 Navarro, NYT, At Odds Over Land, Money and Gas
11/27/09 EDIE, Government facing key decisions about plutonium stockpile
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 Wald, NyT, U.S. Unlikely to Use the Ethanol Congress Ordered
November 25, 2009
11/25/09 EDIE, Enviro Technology brings water-borne hydrocarbon fingerprinting to UK
November 24, 2009
11/24/09 Ross, Toronto Star, Oil Sands Threaten Our Survival, Al Gore Warns
11/24/09 AFP, Mankind Using Earth's Resources at Alarming Rate
November 23, 2009
11/23/09 Oil Drum, World Oil Production Forecast - Update November 2009
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 CNN, Three Mile Island radiation leak investigated
11/22/09 O'Shaughnessy, Independent, US Builds Up its Bases in Oil-Rich South America
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 Greer, IntelDaily, How Relocalization Worked
11/20/09 Arab News, Kingdom, US sign pact
11/20/09 de sousa, Canada.com, Report Says Nuclear Plants Are Poisoning Our Water
11/19/09 Sharife, FPIF, The Battle for Angola's Oil
November 19, 2009
11/18/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Report Details 'Coal's Assault on Human Health'
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 Partlow, WP, Afghan minister accused of taking bribe
11/18/09 BBC, EU seeks Russian energy boost
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 MIT Technology Review, The Coming Nuclear Crisis
11/17/09 Smith, Guardian, Goldminers sue for lung disease payout
November 16, 2009
11/16/09 Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, Privatizing Water System Could Be a Risky Move for Chicago
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Viatteau, AFP, Canada's Tar Sands Are the Future of Oil Production: Oil Exec.
11/13/09 Money Web, The coming economic collapse and oil at $200
11/16/09 Greer, IntelDaily, A Gesture from the Invisible Hand
11/13/09 Mackenzie, FT, Soaring oil price
11/13/09 Vartabedian, LAT, Nuclear scars: Tainted water runs beneath Nevada desert
11/13/09 Ackbarally, IPS, WATER-AFRICA: Civil Society Demands Action, Not Words
11/13/09 BBC, California adopts 'comprehensive' new water strategy
November 12, 2009
11/12/09 Guardian, British Gas expects profits to rise 43% as winter gas prices are hiked
11/12/09 BBC, Oil rise 'could derail recovery'
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 Macalister, Guardian, Key Oil Figures Were Distorted by US Pressure, Says Whistleblower
11/10/09 Minter & Wheeler, FPIF, Climate Change and Africa's Natural Resources
November 9, 2009
11/09/09 Teather, Guardian, Ed Miliband to deliver nuclear site assessment reports
11/09/09 Fraser, BBC, China's chequebook draws African nations
November 8, 2009
11/08/09 Madslien, BBC, All change as gas reserves soar
November 7, 2009
11/07/09 Williams, NYT, Marooned on Sea of Iraqi Oil, but Unable to Tap Its Wealth
11/07/09 Mariches, AP, Venezuelans struggling with water shortages
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 Cox, ALterNet, Why Natural Gas Is Not a Clean Energy Panacea
11/05/09 Barker, Idaho Statesman, Idaho reservoirs have lots of water now, but will it last?
11/05/09 Henderson, Charlotte Observer, Cliffside expansion reaffirmed
11/05/09 BBC, Iraq in third overseas oil deal
November 4, 2009
11/04/09 Bluemink, ADN, Lawsuits have Shell debating Arctic drilling
November 3, 2009
11/03/09 Al Jazeera, Timor oil rig fire extinguished
11/03/09 McNulty, FT, Coal-rich US puts faith in CO2 storage
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Bluemink, ADN, Competing gas pipeline projects prepare their pitches
11/02/09 BBC, South Sudan awaits oil bonanza
11/02/09 BBC, Zimbabwe diamond sales ban urged
11/02/09 Hanhoo, NYT, Mt. Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Continues Rapid Retreat
11/02/09 Kagame, Guardian, Why Africa welcomes the Chinese
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Bodeen, AP, China to map out Africa strategy at forum in Egypt
11/01/09 Webb, Guardian, Winter crisis could see UK 'run out of gas in hours'
11/01/09 BBC, Australia oil well catches fire
11/01/09 Dizzard, FT, Shale gas numbers may not add up or here
11/01/09 BBC, South Sudan leader urges split
11/01/09 BBC, Gulf monetary council 'on track'
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 Worth, NYT, Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Baldauf, CSM, China, eager for oil, expands investment in Nigeria and Guinea
10/30/09 Marks, CSM, Rising tide of asylum-seekers: Will Australia let them in?
10/30/09 Clark, Guardian, US safety authorities to impose record £52m fine on BP for Texas City failings
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Romanian Times, CRG says USA to use Romanian bases to control Caspian Sea oil
10/29/09 Etim, All Africa, Group Challenges Oil Firms On Land Encroachment in Africa
10/29/09 Farrel, NYT, Plan to Drill on Colorado Plateau Meets Resistance
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Jenkins, It's Getting Hot In Here, Blasting Begins on Coal River Mountain
10/28/09 Chavez, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE-BOLIVIA: Climbing a 'Dead' Glacier
10/28/09 Berger, IPS, ECUADOR: Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains
10/28/09 Phakathi, IPS, SWAZILAND: More Boreholes, No Water
10/28/09 BBC, Audio slideshow: Ethiopia's water traps
10/28/09 BBC, Ivory Coast's old foes 'rearming'
October 27, 2009
10/27/09 Mouawad & Krauss, NYT, Gas Company Won't Drill in New York Watershed
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 Lydersen, ITT, Native American Uranium Miners Still Suffer, As Industry Eyes Rebirth
10/26/09 Nieuwoudt, IPS, TRADE: What Will China's Legacy in Africa be by 2049?
10/26/09 EDIE, Unlicensed water sellers blamed as cholera claims lives in Kenyan capital
10/26/09 Jha & Duckworth, Guardian, Science Weekly: Uranium wars
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Mahdy, IPS, MIDEAST: 'France, U.S. Pushing Arabs Into Nuclear Race'
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 Geloo, IPS, ZAMBIA
: Fishing in Troubled Waters
10/24/09 Mackenzie and Wallia, FT, Ghana in oil stake talks as Exxon bid runs into trouble
10/24/09 BBC, Evacuation from Puerto Rico fire
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 Machado, IPS, MOZAMBIQUE: Watching the Water Flow Away
10/23/09 BBC, 'Huge damage' in Australia spill
10/23/09 BBC, Oil price rises above $81 level
10/23/09 Rizoff, IntelDaily, AFRICOM Year Two: Taking The Helm Of The Entire World
10/23/09 Schliefer, CSM, Turkey's talks with Armenia test ties with gas-supplier Azerbaijan
October 22, 2009
10/22/09 Hoyos, FT, Total warns of energy insecurity
10/22/09 Yi, AFP, Orangutans Struggle to Survive as Palm Oil Booms
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Meyer, FT, Setback for US crackdown on oil speculation
10/20/09 Lamont, FT, Asian tensions on water supply risk spilling over
10/20/09 Arsenault, IPS, Govt Threatens Tar Sands Activists with Anti-Terror Laws
10/20/09 Porritt, Guardian, Our nuclear tragedy
10/20/09 Ford, CSM, Rivals China, India in escalating war of words
10/20/09 Conaway, NPR, Wholesale Prices Fall. Plus: The Hidden Costs Of Fossil Fuels
10/20/09 Pilkington. Guardian, US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Dawber, Independnent, BP Set for Iraqi Oil License as Cabinet Approves Deal
10/19/09 Telegraph, Claims police tortured Peruvian protesters outside British-owned mine
10/19/09 Alden, Guardian, What is China doing in Guinea?
10/19/09 Seager, Guardian, Oil prices hit high but report warns of supply crunch
10/19/09 BBC, Nigeria 'to give 10% of oil cash'
10/19/09 Schoof, Miami Herald, Report looks at hidden health costs of energy production
October 16, 2009
10/16/09 Bower, Guardian, Held over a barrel
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Mercer, BBC, Australia fails to plug oil leak
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 Collins, Boulder Daily Camera, A Look at Fracking: Documentary Explores Environmental Consequences of Gas Extraction Method
10/13/09 Mouawad & Revkim, NYT, Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues
10/13/09 Guardian, From extraction to consumption: Oil, an exhibition by Edward Burtynsky
10/13/09 BBC, Lack of Mid-East peace deepens water crisis
10/13/09 BBC, Guinea confirms huge China deal
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Hullalbaloo, AlterNet, War, What Is it Good for? Iraq to Deal Oil in Euros
10/09/09 Krauss, NYT, New Way to Tap Gas May Expand Global Supplies
10/09/09 Romero & Krauss, NYT, Ecuador Oil Pollution Case Only Grows Murkier
10/08/09 Guardian, Peak oil could hit soon, report says
October 8, 2009
10/08/09 Mukherjee, BBC, Warning over global oil 'decline'
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Gas Drilling Vs. Drinking Water: New York City Consultant's Report Sets Stage for Fight With Albany
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 Reuters, Saudi central bank: report on replacing dollar is wrong
10/06/09 Reuters, Gulf region to stay with dollar for oil: UAE central bank source
10/06/09 Caldwell, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Resource Crunch Signals Larger Ecological Crisis
10/06/09 BBC, Jordan faces up to water crisis
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Howard, PowerSwitch, Dark world of declining oil supplies expected by peak oil community
10/05/09 Dugger, NYT, Contention Over Rankings of African Nations
October 4, 2009
10/03/09 Sapien, ProPublica, With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
10/04/09 Howells, ITT, Don't Frack with Our Water!
October 3, 2009
10/03/09 Fong, Toronto Star, Greenhouse Emissions From Oil Sands Underestimated: Report
10/03/09 Vidal, Guardian. Tilting at windmills
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Gas Execs Call for Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
10/02/09 EDIE, One dead and dozens injured in water protests
10/02/09 Llana, CSM, South America: Will defense spending trigger an arms race?
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Hurdle, Reuters, Water Worries Threaten US Push for Natural Gas
10/01/09 Devraj, IPS, DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Farmers Vs Coca-Cola in Water Wars
10/01/09 Gibson, MoJo, Joe Berlinger: Welcome to the Jungle
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 Wiles, MoJo, Navajo Yellowcake Woes Continue
09/30/09 Oil Drum, Facts and Figures: Where we really stand with respect to oil and natural gas supplies
9/30/09 EDIE, UK's largest biomass power plant given green light
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Brown, IPS, ENVIRONMENT: Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilisation?
September 28, 2009
9/28/09 RIA Novosti, China to build world's largest solar power plant
September 27, 2009
9//27/09 Foley, NYT, As Oil Enriches Australia, Spill Is Seen as a Warning
September 26, 2009
9/26/09 Borger et al, Guardian, Iran nuclear plant: Miliband refuses to rule out military action
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Burns, BBC, Recession barely dents 'eco-debt'
9/25/09 BBC, Mugabe: West 'dividing Zimbabwe'
9/25/09 Wade, The Age, Water Wars Loom in a Nation of Parched Fields
9/25/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Pennsylvania Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County
September 24, 2009
9/24/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, West Using Its Military Might To Control World Energy Resources
9/24/09 VOA, Chinese Companies Continue Global Expansion in Resources Sector
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Spencer, Telegraph, US restrictions on petrol imports to Iran foiled by India and China
September 22, 2009
9/22/09 Klare, MoJo, The Era of Xtreme Energy
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Frack Fluid Spill in Dimock Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish
9/21/09 LaFraniere & Grobler, NYT, China Distributes Aid in Africa, With a Catch
9/21/09 Green, FPIF, Oil Nationalism in Latin America
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Dearen, AP, Vacated Mercury Mines Taint Calif. Waters
9/20/09 Al Jazeera, Oil firm 'settles' toxic waste case
9/20/09 North, BBC, Left behind by Iraq's oil rush
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 BBC, Brazil eyes Amazon sugar cane ban
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Gibbs, TimesOnleine, Trafigura offers deal to 31,000 Africans over dumped waste
9/17/09 Lohan, AlterNet, Would You Know How Survive After the Oil Crash?
9/17/09 Al Jazeera, Venezuela-China sign $16bn oil deal
9/17/09 Pearce, Guardian, Dong Energy: 'Clean' Denmark's dirty secret
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Tankersley, LAT, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to end royalty program that erupted in scandal
9/16/09 Leigh, Guardian, How UK Oil Company Trafigura Tried to Cover up African Pollution Disaster
9/16/09 Webster, Times Online, World Bank Spends Billions on Coal-Fired Power Stations Despite Own Warnings
9/16/09 Bluemink, ADN, Native leaders urge developers to consult in villages
September 15, 2009
9/15/09 Reuters, Shell Halts Mining as Activists Protest Oil Sands
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 AP, 2 Utah areas on list of West's 'imperiled' land
9/13/09 Barker, Idaho Statesman, Power lines planned from the plains to the Pacific, but not without resistance
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Seeking Alpha, Oil Supply: As Russian Production Tops Out, World Supply Will Continue to Slip
9/12/09 Johar, IPS, MINING-INDIA: Woman Leads Tribals Against World's Steel Maker
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Schoof, McClatchy, EPA delays 79 permits for Appalachian surface mines
September 10, 2009
9/10/09 AFP, Oil Majors Propping up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Levine, AlterNet, Dr Pepper's Wet Dream: Water, Government Subsidies and Transfer of Wealth in the Middle of the Desert
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 Williams, NYT, China Oil Deal Is New Source of Strife Among Iraqis
9/05/09 PublicRecord, BP Heavily Involved In Deal to Release Lockerbie Bomber
9/05/09 BBC, Hope and rusty guns in Niger Delta
9/05/09 BBC, Straw admits Lockerbie trade link
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 Rapier, Oil Drum, Renewable Fuel Pretenders
September 3, 2009
9/03/09 AP, China tries to calm unease over rare earths curbs
9/03/09 IntelDaily, Breaking News: Tom Petrie of Bank of America Merrill Lynch says we are at Peak Oil (Video)
September 2, 2009
9/02/09 Klas, Miami Herald, Campaign to drill off Florida's coast has cash, confidence
9/02/09 Conaway, NPR, BP Makes 'Giant' Oil Discovery. Plus: 'Health Care Rationing Is Good'
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Horning, Bull is not Bull, Washington Capitulates: Peak Oil Is Real
8/31/09 BBC, Brazil unveils oil rules changes
August 30, 2009
8/29/09 Hightower, AlterNet, Big Oil Gets in on Right-Wing Astroturf Game
8/30/09 Independent, Millions Facing Famine in Ethiopia as Rains Fail
8/30/09 Brulliard, WP, In Oil-Rich Niger Delta, the Sun Never Sets
August 29, 2009
8/29/09 Dewan, NYT, Clash in Alabama Over Tennessee Coal Ash
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 EDIE, Global standards agreed for water stewardship
August 27, 2009
8/27/09 Arsenault, ISP, ENERGY: Pipeline Sabotage Blows Image of Stable Canada
August 26, 2009
8/26/09 Devraj, IPS, ENVIRONMENT: 'Water Recklessness Worsening Drought'
8/26/09 Grant, BBC, Smugglers thrive as row hits trade
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyo. Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking
August 24, 2009
8/24/09 Cooke, BBC, A storm brews over food, water & power
8/24/09 EDIE, Climate talks must consider water, not just carbon
8/24/09 Hall, Windsor Star, Activists Assail Tar Sands
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 BBC, The vegetable gardeners of Havana
August 21, 2009
8/21/09 BBC, Oil price touches high for 2009
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Gleick, AlterNet, The U.S. Is Years Behind the Rest of the World on Water Issues
8/20/09 BBC, Nigeria oil rights grab 'illegal'
August 19, 2009
8/19/09 Lerer, Politico, Coal Lobbyists Sent 13 Fake Letters to Hill
8/19/09 Pepitone, CNN, Why oil won't return to triple digits
8/19/09 Ferriss, SacBee, Central Valley continues marathon fight for clean drinking water
8/19/09 AFP, Access to Water Key for World's Poor: Experts
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Eoss, IntelDaily, Winners and Losers in the American Warfare State
8/18/09 Krauss & Mouawad, NYT, Oil Industry Backs Protests of Emissions Bill
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 EDIE, Water focus of top level talks
8/17/09 EDIE, Biofuels 'disastrous' and fuelling climate change
8/18/09 EDIE, Improved efficiency could cut world's energy bill by 60%
8/17/09 BBC, Water reform is 'needed in Asia'
August 15, 2009
8.15.09 Dewan, NYT, River Basin Fight Pits Atlanta Against Neighbors
8/15/09 BBC, Prosperity promise of Bolivia's salt flats
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 Heinberg, IntelDaily, Video -- Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines
8/14/09 BBC, Deadly game of Kenya's gem trade
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 AFP, Conflicts to Get More 'Pernicious': ICRC Chief
8/13/09 EDIE, Australia prepares for future with less water
8/13/09 EDIE, Satellites track Indian water loss
8/13/09 BBC, US sugar supplies 'running out'
8/13/09 Black, BBC, India's water use 'unsustainable'
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Erdman, CNN, Study ranks states' vulnerability to oil prices
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 BBC, Oil rises following Chinese data
8/11/09 Johnson & Krisher, AP, GM says new Volt to get 230 mpg in city driving
8/11/09 Houreld, AP, Oil is no gift for Africa's poor
8/11/09 Thill. AlterNet, Why Corporations, Emerging Powers and Petro-States Are Snapping Up Huge Chunks of Farmland in the Developing World
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Vallely, Independent, Wish You Weren't Here: The Devastating Effects of the New Colonialists
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Heinberg, Oil Drum, Temporary Recession or the End of Growth?
8/07/09 Downie, CSM, Brazil oil giant, Petrobras, in corruption spotlight
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 BBC, Putin seeks new Turkey gas deal
August 4, 2009
8/04/09 EDIE, Oil sand extraction a 'toxic' investment
August 3, 2009
8/03/09 Dougherty, Canada.com, Carbon Credits: 'Cure Worse Than the Disease'
August 2, 2009
8/02/09 Mshelizza, Reuters, More than 700 killed in Nigeria clashes: Red Cross
August 1, 2009
8/01/09 Hightower, Progressive, The New Oil Cheats
July 31, 2009
7/31/09 McCartan, Asia Times, Farmers forgotten in oil-for-food deals
7/31/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 BBC, Russia to drill for oil off Cuba
7/29/09 EDIE, Bio-jet fuel plan takes off
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 Clark, McClatchy, Senators push to bring oil drilling closer to Florida's coast
7/27/09 Goodchild, Countercurrents, Peak Oil And World Food Supplies
7/27/09 EDIE, New York cracks down on fire hydrant abuse
7/27/09 EDIE, Contaminated land to be transformed into solar energy projects
7/27/09 Ansari, CNN, Is the ocean Florida's untapped energy source?
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Mitchell, IslandPacket, Where will Beaufort County get its water over the next 50 years?
7/26/09 Furbury & Robrequain, Les Echos, Cohn-Bendit: "Sarkozy Must Stand Fast on the Carbon Tax, a Revolutionary Measure"
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 BBC, US car scrappage scheme unveiled
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Zito, SF Chron, Farmers Told How to Save Huge Amounts of Water
7/22/09 BBC, Sudan tense for oil border ruling
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 BBC, Mineral firms 'fuel Congo unrest'
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 Smithers, Guardian, Food products should carry 'water footprint' information, says report
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Cobban, IPS, MIDEAST: Turkey Gets Boost from Pipeline Politics
7/17/09 Tankersley, LAT, Offshore oil leases to be auctioned despite legal uncertainty
7/17/09 Aron, Guardian, Radar beams could protect bats from wind turbines
July 16, 2009
7/16/09 Busch, FPIF, El Salvador's Gold Fight
July 15, 2009
7/15/09 Hallinan, FPIF, Blood and Oil in Central Asia
7/15/09 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Pipeline deal is sweet music for Iran
July 14, 2009
7/14/09 Klare, MoJo, Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Cocks & Mamhoud, Reuters, Disputed Iraqi City Fears Oil Will Only Fuel Woes
7/13/09 Weiser, SacBee, Feds document shrinking San Joaquin Valley aquifer
7/13/09 Woods, FPIF, Obama Visits Africa's 'Oil Gulf'
7/13/09 Smith, CNN, Months after ash spill, Tennessee town still choking
7/13/09 Marquand, CSM, Will Nabucco pipeline deal free Europe from Russian gas?
7/13/09 Robertson, NYT, Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles
7/13/09 Bradsher, NYT, China Builds High Wall to Guard Energy Industry
7/13/09 Laessing & Somerville, Reuters, Geithner to reassure Gulf allies on dollar assets
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 McCown, TriCities, Demolishing Appalachia
7/12/09 Chamberlain, Guardian, India prays for rain as water wars break out
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Bybee, ITT, Sewer Socialism Down the Drain?
7/10/09 Elliott & Wintour, Guardian, G8 leaders under pressure to honour promises as Africa takes centre stage
7/10/09 BBC, SA miners hold bosses underground
7/10/09 Hinshaw, CSM, Obama in Africa: Can US rival China's new clout?
7/10/09 BBC, Nairobi water 'stolen for farms'
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 Kraemer, CleanTechnica, Russians to Drill Melting Arctic with Nukes
7/09/09 Mistillis, FPIF, Niger Delta Standoff
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 Rice-Oxley, CSM, Where rich countries are buying farmland
7/08/09 BBC, In pictures: Mumbai's water woes
7/08/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data ... Chart: Where States Fall on Oil and Gas Regulation
July 7, 2009
7/07/09 Hall, McClatchy, Regulators aim to curb speculators' influence on oil prices
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Abdullah, McClatchy, Mine safety advocates praise Obama's choice to lead agency
July 5, 2009
7/05/09 Shaw, AP, Zimbabwe vows to pull troops out of diamond fields
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Woodall, Reuters, Los Angeles Will End Use of Coal-Fired Power
7/03/09 Leopold, Truthout, Eager to Tap Iraq's Vast Oil Reserves, Industry Execs Suggested Invasion
7/03/09 Thompson & Costello, Times online, Rogue trader sends oil to year-high on $10m gamble
7/03/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Petroleum Sullies the Amazon
7/03/09 Fazal-e-Haider, Asia times, Miners bank $3bn on Baloch project
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Chart, OpenLeft, Hamstringing Environmental Protection for Coal
7/02/09 Klapper, AP, Extinction Looms, Study Says
7/02/09 BBC, Nigaz name sparks racism debate
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Samuelrich, AlterNet, David v. Goliath: Help Michigan Citizens Protect Their Water from Nestle's Bottling Operations
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Mathiason, Guardian, Amnesty Attacks Oil Industry for Decades of Damage in Niger Delta
6/30/09 BBC, Oil companies reject Iraq's terms
6/30/09 BBC, Niger court dissolution 'is coup'
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 EDIE, New role for Spaans Babcock Archimedes screws generating electricity
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Londono & Ibrahim, WP, Iraq Set to Seek Foreign Oil Bids
6/28/09 Nelson, Telegraph, India joins 'neocolonial' rush for Africa's land and labour
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Godoy, IPS, TECHNOLOGY: Rare Metals Could Trigger Next Trade War
6/26/09 Woodward, Boston Globe, Saudi, Libyan leaders top gift-givers to US
6/26/09 BBC, Emergency powers for Niger leader
6/26/09 Tomkins, ITT, Small Towns vs. Nestle
June 25, 2009
6/25/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Mountaintop Removal Damage 'Irreversible,' Senate Hears
6/25/09 Salaheddin, AP, Big Oil poised for return to Iraq
6/25/09 Chevez, Lexington Herald-Leader, Report: Coal industry costs state government
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Fisher, PSL, An important victory for the Indigenous of Peru
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Duffy, BBC, Amazon bill controversy in Brazil
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 EDIE, Government comes under fire on clean coal
6/22/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, NATO's War Plans For The High North
6/22/09 Lendman, IntelDaily, Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order
June 21, 2009
6/12/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Why Afghanistan might gain a CEO
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 Boscov-Ellen, Council of Hemispheric Affairs, Water for Sale; Thirst for Profit: Corporate Control of Water in Latin America
6/19/09 WSWS. Iraq: oil industry protests private service contracts
6/19/09 BBC, World hunger 'hits one billion'
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Bartlett, IPS, MIDEAST: Attack on Water Brings Sanitation Crisis
6/18/09 Carlsen, FPIF, Trade Agreement Kills Amazon Indians
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 BBC, Peru moves to ease Amazon crisis
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 Rizvi, IPS, Activists Urge Obama to Use Trade Pact as Leverage
6/16/09 Geller, Reuters, Water Risks Ripple Through the Beverage Industry
6/16/09 Bland, SF Weekly, Report says peak oil could cause food shortages in S.F.
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Hurdle, Reuters, Pennsylvania Town Fights Big Coal on Mining Rights
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Rowell, Independent, Secret Papers 'Show How Shell Targeted Nigeria Oil Protests'
6/14/09 BBC, Sudan tribesmen attack UN barges
6/14/09 Blumenthal, McClatchy, Northwest utilities turn to nuclear, 25 years after industry collapsed
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Fimrite, SanFran Chron. Superfund Money to Clean 'Mouth of the Beast'
6/13/09 Vidal, Guardian, Indigenous Peoples: 'We Are Fighting for Our Lives and Our Dignity'
6/13/09 Carlton, AP, Drilling might be culprit behind Texas earthquakes
6/13/09 Thompson, AP, US, Canada to update Great Lakes water agreement
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Palast, TruthOut, Oil and Indians Don't Mix
6/12/09 Ria Novosti, Gulf of Aden, World's major oil gateway, under NATO control
6/12/09 Kachere, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-ZIMBABWE: Farmers Go to War Against Lantana Camara
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Native Protesters Search for Their Dead
6/11/09 Llana, CSM, To quell protests, Peru suspends Amazon investment laws
6/11/09 Black, BBC, 'Boom and bust' of deforestation
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Energy Bulletin, CERA official acknowledges "peak oil is here"
6/10/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US Green Agenda Delivered Blow as Ban on Drilling off Florida Overturned
6/10/09 Graham & Kwiatkwoski, Bloomberg, World Oil Reserves Fell for First Time in 10 Years, BP Says
6/10/09 Montero, CSM, Thousands of refugees flee fighting in Somalia
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 BBC, Peru protest leader takes refuge
6/09/09 WorldFocus, Police clash with indigenous protesters in Peru
6/09/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, FRAC Act--Congress Introduces Twin Bills to Control Drilling and Protect Drinking Watera
6/09/09 Vidal, Guardian, Shell settlement with Ogoni people stops short of full justice
6/09/09 Borger & Watts, Guardian, China launches green power revolution to catch up on west
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Auken, WSWS, Peruvian massacre aimed at opening Amazon to transnationals
6/08/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: 'Police Are Throwing Bodies in the River,' Say Native Protesters
6/08/09 BBC, Shell settles Nigeria deaths case
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Cancio, Cuba Herald, Cuba could supply oil to U.S. in post-embargo era
6/07/09 Davidson, WP, Beauty of the Chesapeake recovery
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Industry Defends Federal Loophole for Drilling Before Packed Congressional Hearing
6/05/09 BBC, Deadly clashes in Peru's Amazon
6/05/09 Whipple, Falss Church, The Peak Oil Crisis: Watching a Mega-Crisis
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Lydersen, ITT, Coal Mountain Elementary
June 3, 2009
6/03/09 Moss, FPIF, Managing World Water
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 Hamburger & Wallsten, Chicago Trib , Controversial Coal Mining Method Gets Obama's OK
6/02/09 Helmer, Asia Times, Manganese skirmish takes on global hue
6/02/09 BBC, More bodies in South Africa mine
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Aresnault, IPS, ENERGY: Oil Economy Driving Growth of Controversial Tar Sands
6/01/09 Trend Capital, USA stands ready to assist Azerbaijan in delivering hydrocarbons: U.S. special envoy
May 31, 2009
5/31/09 Smith, Boston Globe, Tracking the War on Women in Darfur
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Burns, AlterNet, Why Does Two-Thirds of the World's Population Still Not Have Access to Safe Drinking Water?
5/29/09 Clark, Bloomberg, Arctic May Hold 30% of Undiscovered Gas, Strengthening Russia
5/29/09 Leahy, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: More Subsidies for Fossil Fuels in Recovery Plans
5/29/09 Mackenzie, FT, Peak oil professor challenges IEA figures
5/29/09 BBC, African viewpoint: Nigeria's freedom
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Ansari, CNN, Survey: Arctic may hold twice the oil previously found there
5/28/09 Black, BBC, Ocean monster shows hidden depths
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 Keesecker, AlterNet, Milwaukee, Don't Give the Public's Water Away to a Private Company
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Natural Gas Politics
5/26/09 AP, Russia to sign new uranium contract with US
5/26/09 Boyle, TimesOnline, Shell in court over death of Nigerian activist
5/26/09 Veal, IPS, ENERGY: Geothermal Is Not So Clean
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 BBC, Nigeria rebels destroy pipeline
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Thalman, Deseret News, Professor at USU says U.S. society may collapse
5/24/09 Blas, FT, Africa almost giving land away, says UN
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Mouawad, NYT, Oil Industry Braces for Trial on Rights Abuses
5/21/09 Casey, AP, UN study advises caution over dams
5/21/09 Labott, CNN, Torture video threatens U.S.-UAE nuclear deal
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 NPR, A Global Shortage Of What?
5/20/09 Al Jazeera, UAE abandons monetary union plans
5/20/09 Hall, McClatchy, Are Wall Street speculators driving up gasoline prices?
5/20/09 Oil Drum, Peak Oil: World Oil Production Forecast - Update May 2009
5/20/09 IntelDaily, White House announces national vehicle emissions policy
5/20/09 Telegra[h, World's first battery fuelled by air
5/20/09 WIllis, Wa. Independent, EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 BBC, Obama to curb vehicle emissions
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Reuters, U.S. to propose most aggressive auto fuel standards
5/18/09 Litvinsky, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Lifting the 'Resource Curse'
5/18/09 Kunstler, IntelDaily, Bad Collateral: A campaign to sustain the unsustainable
5/18/09 EDIE, Australia to build World's largest solar power station
5/18/09 EDIE, Utah allowed to process foreign nuclear waste
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Lynn, ITT, Rethinking the Future
5/17/09 Earth Times, US commander: Iraqi navy to run offshore oil platform by year's end
5/17/09 Bengali, CSM, Islamist offensive ruins the West's plan for Somalia
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 AFP, IAEA Chief Warns of New 'Virtual' Nuclear Powers
5/15/09 Romero & Krauss, NYT, In Ecuador, Resentment of an Oil Company Oozes
5/15/09 BBC, Russia to sign gas pipeline deal
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 BBC, Oil falls as demand 'set to drop'
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 CNN, Carter pushes energy reform plan to Congress
5/12/09 Doyle, Reuters, World seabed disputes face U.N. deadline
5/12/09 Escobar, MoJo, Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak
5/12/09 McGrath, BBC, Going bananas for energy in Africa
5/12/09 BBC, Oil above $60 on economy hopes
May 11, 2009
5/12/09 Downing, Sac Bee, Economic, environmental hurdles block critical California water transfers
May 9, 2009
5/09/09, Escobar, Asia Times, Balochistan is the ultimate prize ... Part 1: Obama does his Bush impression
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 Al-Rubai, AlterNet, Angry Farmers Sabotage Chinese Oil Equipment in Southern Iraq
5/08/09 BBC, Chavez extends state oil industry
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 Federman, AlterNet, The Newest Gold Rush: The Frenzy for Natural Gas Threatens New York's Water
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4360/salt_of_the_earth/">Salt of the Earth
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Herbert, AP, Ethanol test for Obama on climate change, science
5/03/09 Vidal, Guardian, Russia to build floating Arctic nuclear stations
5/02/09 BBC, Mining a mint in eastern DR Congo
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Al Jazeera, Morales nationalises fuel supplier
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Frykberg, IPS, ENVIRONMENT: Israel Stripping West Bank Quarries
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, US promotes Iran in energy market
4/28/09 Mead, Lexington Herald, Obama plans to enforce mining limits
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Weiser, SacBee, Water Controversies Boil Over
4/27/09 Rascoe, Reuters, US Seeks to End Bush Mountaintop Coal Mining Rule
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Schild, Daily Vidette, Beehive Design Collective Shares Stories of Activists
4/24/09 BBC, Gray whales granted rare reprieve
April 23, 2009
4/23/09 Duncan, The Ithican, An Unearthed Resource: Gas drilling in Northeast raises health and environmental concerns among residents
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Schmid, AP, Rivers shrinking: Flow of many rivers in decline
April 20, 2009
4/20/09 Godoy, IPS, The Second Scramble for Africa Starts
4/20/09 BBC, Palestinian Water Crisis Deepens
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Beamish, AP, Solar finds it hard to squeeze water from desert
4/18/09 Rosales, IPS, PERU: Water Isn't for Everyone
4/18/09 Bhadrakumar, AsiaTimes, Cash-rich China courts the Caspian
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Romero & Barrionuevo, NYT, Deals Help China Expand Sway in Latin America
4/16/09 CNN, Obama unveils high-speed passenger rail plan
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Kunstler, IntelDaily, The coming siege of Austerity
4/15/09 Wirth, IntelDaily, "Preparing for a Post Peak Life Video," By Prepared for the Peak, 2009
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 WSJ, Green Ink: Forget Peak Oil; Peak Gasoline is Already Here
4/13/09 Kasler & Dowling, SacBee, As industry struggles, Pacific Ethanol is running on fumes
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Mitchell, AP, Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico
4/10/09 Sloan, Kentucky.com, Environmentalists say costs are too high for new plant
4/10/09 BBC, Water cut off in Mexican capital
4/10/09 BBC, Nigeria oil unrest 'kills 1,000'
April 9, 2009
4/10/09 Sieff. UPI, Water Crisis Rocks LA, Mexico City; Who's Next?
4/09/09 Fessy & Doyle, BBC, From rebel-held Congo to beer can
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 McGregor, Ottawa Citizen, Former Oilsands Exec Named Head of Climate Working Group
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Mathiason, Guardian, Shell in court over alleged role in Nigeria executions
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 BBC, Virus battery could 'power cars'
4/02/09 Litvinsky, IPS, Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott 'Blood Minerals'
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Halpin & Bluemink, ADN, Redoubt settles a bit but is building dome
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Vanderklippe, Globe & Mail, Syncrude Triples Number of Dead Ducks From Oil Sands
3/31/09 Lohan, Nation, Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun?
3/31/09 Cotter, PSL, Oil companies hoarding water rights in Colorado
3/31/09 Kanter, NYT, Is Wasting Energy Uncivilized?
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Wasserman, AlterNet, Coal Industry Reacts to EPA Crackdown on Mountaintop Removal Mining with Lies about Job Losses
3/26/09 Johnson, Reuters, Financier sees oil shock from credit crunch
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Ford, CNN, Can the West cultivate ideas from Cuba's 'Special Period'?
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 Al Jazeera, France seals African uranium deals
5/28/09 BBC, Russia to build 6 nuclear subs with cruise missiles
3/28/09 BBC, 'Nothing to discuss' on Falklands
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Parenti, Nation, Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama
3/27/09 EDIE, Elastoplast solution to African water crisis not working
3/27/09 BBC, Slowdown blights DR Congo economy
3/27/09 BBC, Russian 'Arctic military' plan
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Dowling, BBC, What we learned from the Exxon Valdez
3/26/09 Pearce, Guardian, Greenwash: Shell betrays 'new energy future' promises
3/26/09 Escobar, Asia Times, Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan
3/26/09 Greste, BBC, The dam that divides Ethiopians
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Hopkins, ADN, Villages will get free Citgo heating fuel again
3/25/09 Perlez, NYT, U.S. Weighs Sharif as Partner in Pakistan
3/25/09 Mead, Kentucky.com, EPA signals mining crackdown
3/25/09 Simon, LAT, Feinstein wants desert swath off-limits to solar, wind projects
3/25/09 EDIE, Europe running out of water
March 24, 2009
3/24/09 Miller, PSL, Hundreds protest commercialization of water
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 Beiser, Wired, Store Power in Super Batteries
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Zabrenko, Reuters, As climate changes, is water the new oil?
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 AFP, Activists Slam World Water Forum as a Corporate-Driven Fraud
3/21/09 Torros, IPS, Women's Special Water Needs Find Voice
3/21/09 BBC, Sudan 'extermination' as aid cut
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 Capiello, AP, Report: Energy production choking bird population
3/20/09 Reisser, Guardian, The US cannot drill its way out of energy dependence
3/20/09 BBC, Port awaits liquid gas delivery
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Lee, Star-Telegram, Industry group rebuts researcher's study on pollution from natural gas drilling
3/19/09 Hoffet, IPS, ENVIRONMENT: Coping in a World of "Peak Water"
3/19/09 Schleifer, CSM, Is access to clean water a basic human right?
3/19/09 McGourty, BBC, Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Webb, Guardian, Shell dumps wind, solar and hydro power in favour of biofuels
3/17/09 Walker, BBC, The day oil was discovered in Nigeria
3/17/09 BBC, Russia announces rearmament plan
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Harkinson, MoJo, The Saline Solution
3/16/09 EDIE, Protect water to save money
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 Toros, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Preparing for Water Quarrels, if not Wars
3/15/09 BBC, Opec debates oil production cuts
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Welz, MoJo, Ethanol's African Landgrab
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Trainer, IntelDaily, Renewable energy cannot sustain a consumer society
3/13/09 Rowlatt, BBC, In Texas, green power is American power
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Forest Service Ignored Concerns About Drilling
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Hanley, Canada.com, Have we reached peak water?
3/10/09 AP, Activists Set to Defy Ban on WVa Mining Protests
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Deeb, AP, Sudan's president warns foreigners in Darfur
3/08/09 Landay, McClatchy, China's thirst for copper could hold key to Afghanistan's future
March 7, 2009
3/07/08 Kramer, NYT, The Last Days of the Oligarchs?
3/07/09 BBC, Old sensitivities resurface in Sudan
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Everly, Kansas City, Backers want to put more ethanol in your fuel
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Barry, Wired, Swedish Solar Car Runs on Fool's Gold
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Bartelme, Post&Courrier, EPA Urged to Toughen Coal Ash Rules
3/04/09 Simanowitz, ITT, Blue People, Yellowcake
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Kunsler, IntelDaily, What Next? The collapse of complex systems...
Originally published 2/14/09 Dmitry Orlov, Cluborlov, Social Collapse Best Practices
3/02/09 van den Bosch, IPS, WATER-NAMIBIA: Policy to Create a Water Scarcity?
3/02/09 Bezlova, IPS, ENERGY-CHINA: On Oil Shopping Spree
3/02/09 EDIE, Google Earth map to boost US renewable energy production
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Rogers, MoJo, Why Biofuels Are the Rainforest's Worst Enemy
3/01/09 Eddelmont, BBC, Azerbaijan's pipe dream for Europe
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 AFP, Activists Warn US Lawmakers of Uranium Mining Perils
2/28/09 Gyuse, IPS, MINING-WEST AFRICA: Ending the Race to the Bottom
2/28/09 Denvir, ITT, Resource Wars in Ecuador
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
2/27/09 Tavares, LA Sun, Adapting to Water Woes
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 Pearce, Guardian, Greenwash: Why 'clean coal' is the ultimate climate change oxymoron
2/26/09 Vembu, DNA, 'Next oil shock will be far worse than $147 a barrel'
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Watkins, Oil&Gas Journal, Bolivian president accuses CIA of corrupting state oil firm
2/25/09 Russell, Winnipeg Free Press, Oil's not well in Canada
2/25/09 Oil Drum, Are Reserves of the Largest US Coal Field Overstated by 50%?
February 23, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/23/network-coal-burning-protest-washington">Why I'll get arrested to stop the burning of coal
2/23/09 EDIE, New advice on nuclear safety published
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 BBC, Deadly explosion in China coalmine
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 Kaunda, IPS, ZAMBIA: Corruption in Water Sector Makes Clean Water A Pipedream
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Lombardi, CFPI, Coal Ash: The Hidden Story
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Baldauf, CSM, Why did Sudan make a deal with Darfur rebels?
2/18/09 Ahlers, CNN, New nuclear plants to protect against jet strikes
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 Warner, NYT, Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
2/14/09 Revkin, NYT, Coal Industry Wins a Round on Mining
2/14/09 Linklater & Rosie, TimesOnline, Secret plan to deprive independent Scotland of North Sea oil fields
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Wolf et al, BBC, Peace in the pipeline
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 Chen, BBC, China seeks broader Africa role
2/12/09 Randerson, Guardian, David King: Iraq as the First 'Resource War' of the Century
2/12/09 Hanna, AP, Kansas House Panel Endorses Bill on Coal Plants
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Lasseter, McClatchy, A Ukraine mystery: Who benefited from Russian gas sales?
2/11/09 Spiegel, 'We Cannot Continue to Waste Valuable Natural Resources'
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 EDIE, Irish firm unveils 'most efficient solar panel'
2/09/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, NATO's, Pentagon's New Strategic Battleground: The Arctic
2/09/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Energy Taxes' Faustian Bargain
2/09/09 IntelDaily, Venezuela braces for $20 oil
2/09/09 Simon, CNN, In rural Alaska villages, families struggle to survive
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Hopkins, ADN, Debate persists about long-term effects of Exxon Valdez oil spill
2/07/09 New Scientist, Renewable Energy Needs to Become a Lot More Renewable
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Macan-Markar, IPS, CAMBODIA: Chevron Silent on Bribery Allegations
2/06/09 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Biofuels Head to the Forests
2/06/09 Weir, CSM, Global downturn hammers Ukraine's economy
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Zeller, NYT, A Tough Week for Coal
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Tisdall, Guardian, No way out for nearly 3 million trapped in cycle of despair in Darfur's camps
2/03/09 Waughray, BBC, ,a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7790711.stm">The pending scramble for water
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Jha, Guardian, Biofuels More Harmful to Humans Than Petrol and Diesel, Warn Scientists
2/02/09 Macalister, Guardian, We can't check everything, admits atomic safety chief after 14-year leak
2/02/09 Commodity Online, Peak Gold: The depleting world of Yellow Metal
2/02/09 Wirth, IntelDaily, Peak Oil and the Global Economy
2/02/09 Adams, CSM, Niger militants scrap cease-fire, vow offensive
2/29/09 Harrabin, BBC, 'Green' gas could help heat homes
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Doward, Guardian, Britain 'must revive farms' to avoid grave food crisis
2/01/09 Black, BBC, Water - Another Global "Crisis"?
2/01/09 Kanter, IHT, Rebound of Nuclear Plants Raising Worries Over Waste
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 Gonzalez, CNN, Water cutbacks on tap for Mexico City
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 Hargreaves, CNN, Exxon posts annual profit record
1/30/09 Estrada & Baquedano, IPS, Q&A: Water Pushed to the Limit
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 Stringer, AP, Arctic's thaw brings security risks for NATO
1/29/09 Booth, Times Online, Opec pledges to push oil back above $50 a barrel
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Coal Wins Big in Senate Stimulus Package
1/28/09 Nesbitt & Yusuf, FPIF, Strategic Dialogue: Somalia
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Schliefer, CSM, Gas dispute with Russia boosts European interest in alternative pipeline
1/27/09 Kinver, BBC, UK gets biofuels research centre
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Loyn, BBC, UN debates global food cost rise
1/26/09 Branigin et al, Obama Announces New Energy, Environmental Policies
1/26/09 Abaca, MarketRap, Peak Oil Production in Russia Suggests Worldwide Supplies on the Brink
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Seager & Milner, Guardian, Lights go out across Britain as recession hits home
1/24/09 Scanlon, BBC, Bolivia nationalises energy firm
1/24/09 Lamb, Merced Sun-Star, Water: Cities, agriculture compete for precious, dwindling resource
1/24/09 Whipple, IntelDaily, The Peak Oil Crisis: What of 2009?
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 BBC, Oil rises as Opec output reduced
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Kizzia, ADN, Critics protest Homer deal for Healy power
1/22/09 Lewis, Times Online, Ecologists Warn the Planet Is Running Short of Water
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Woods, Toronto Star, Tar Sands Smog Seen Worsening
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 Lundberg, IntelDaily, Peak-oil activist approach for the coming change in culture
1/20/09 Macalister, Guardian, The Arab royal who's going off oil
1/20/09 House, Bul. Atom Science, The limits of energy storage technology
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 McDowell, AP, Palm oil frenzy threatens to wipe out orangutans
1/19/09 Eilperin & Hsu, WP, White House Directive Guides Policy on Arctic
January 18, 2009
1/18/09 IntelDaily, George Bush is a genius (Video and Transcript)
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 Kay, SF Chron, US Tells Plan to drill off California coast
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 McKibben, Grist, Fiddling While the Coal Burns
1/16/09 Sheppard, Reuters, World oil demand to shrink sharply this year: IEA
1/16/09 Labott, CNN, U.S.-United Arab Emirates sign nuclear deal
1/16/09 Momigliano, CSM, Russian gas cutoff energizes nuclear comeback
1/16/09 Aly, CSM, War crimes charges rattle Sudan
1/16/09 EDIE, Coal ash dumping 'poisoning water supplies'
January 15, 2009
1/15/09 Schoof, McClatchy, Report calls on EPA to ban coal-waste storage in mines
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 IntelDaily, EU to nationalise North Sea oil and gas
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Revkin, NYT, In Parting Move, Bush Sets Arctic Priorities
1/13/09 Mirani, Asia Times, Race to the death over Kashmir waters
January 12, 2009
1/12/09 Bryan, IntelDaily, Worst coal ash spill in US history ruins huge area in Tennessee
1/12/09 Zimonjic, IPS, BALKANS: In a New Search for Alternative Energy
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 ENS, Waste Spills From a Second TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant
1/10/09 Barry, NYT, A Crossroad for Russia and America
1/10/09 Rodgers, BBC, Rise of Russia's political fortune
1/10/09 BBC, Accord signed in Russian gas row
1/10/09 BBC, Ukraine 'making gas crisis worse'
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Henshaw, BBC, Uneasy peace in Sudan ghost town
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Smith, Rocky Mountain News, Shell Stakes Claim on Yampa River
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Venezuela reinstates free home heating oil for poor in U.S
1/07/09 Austen, NYT, The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand
1/07/09 Zhdannikov & Polityuk, Reuters, Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Weir, CSM, Europe begins to feel gas pipeline pinch
Mini-turbines to harness energy from pressure in UK's gas pipelines
1/06/09 Schoof, McClatchy, Coal ash spill reveals risks, lapses in waste regulation
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Friend of America's poor? Chavez shuts off free oil
1/05/09 Whipple, Falls Church, The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest
1/05/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
January 4, 2009
1/04/09 Franchetti, TimesOnline, Russian gas cuts start to hit Europe
January 3, 2009
1/03/09 Vogt, AP, Lead for car batteries poisons an African town
1/03/09 BBC, The curse of Nigerian oil
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Wirth, IntelDaily, Top Story of the Year: Global Oil Production Peaked in 2008
1/02/09 Weber, IntelDaily, Energy in the real world
1/02/09 Walton, CNN, Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources
1/02/09 BBC, Ukraine accused of stealing gas
1/02/09 Henderson, Charlotte Observer, Coal ash scrutiny returns
1/02/09 Kavanaugh, AP, Tennessee sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 McAlister, Guardian, Green revolution stalls on cheap oil
1/01/09 BBC, Russia shuts off gas to Ukraine