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July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Thompson & Costello, Times online, Rogue trader sends oil to year-high on $10m gamble
7/03/09 Fazal-e-Haider, Asia times, Miners bank $3bn on Baloch project
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Klapper, AP, Extinction Looms, Study Says
July 1, 2009
June 30, 2009
June 29, 2009
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Londono & Ibrahim, WP, Iraq Set to Seek Foreign Oil Bids
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Woodward, Boston Globe, Saudi, Libyan leaders top gift-givers to US
6/26/09 Tomkins, ITT, Small Towns vs. Nestle
June 25, 2009
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
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Duffy, BBC, Amazon bill controversy in Brazil
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, NATO's War Plans For The High North
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
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Carlsen, FPIF, Trade Agreement Kills Amazon Indians
June 17, 2009
June 16, 2009
June 15, 2009
June 14, 2009
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Fimrite, SanFran Chron. Superfund Money to Clean 'Mouth of the Beast'
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Palast, TruthOut, Oil and Indians Don't Mix
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Black, BBC, 'Boom and bust' of deforestation
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Graham & Kwiatkwoski, Bloomberg, World Oil Reserves Fell for First Time in 10 Years, BP Says
June 9, 2009
June 8, 2009
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Davidson, WP, Beauty of the Chesapeake recovery
June 5, 2009
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
June 1, 2009
May 31, 2009
5/31/09 Smith, Boston Globe, Tracking the War on Women in Darfur
May 29, 2009
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Black, BBC, Ocean monster shows hidden depths
May 27, 2009
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Natural Gas Politics
May 25, 2009
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Thalman, Deseret News, Professor at USU says U.S. society may collapse
May 21, 2009
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Al Jazeera, UAE abandons monetary union plans
5/20/09 WIllis, Wa. Independent, EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry
May 19, 2009
May 18, 2009
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Lynn, ITT, Rethinking the Future
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Romero & Krauss, NYT, In Ecuador, Resentment of an Oil Company Oozes
May 14, 2009
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Escobar, MoJo, Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak
5/12/09 McGrath, BBC, Going bananas for energy in Africa
May 11, 2009
May 9, 2009
5/09/09, Escobar, Asia Times, Balochistan is the ultimate prize ... Part 1: Obama does his Bush impression
May 8, 2009
May 6, 2009
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4360/salt_of_the_earth/">Salt of the Earth
May 3, 2009
May 2, 2009
April 30, 2009
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
April 26, 2009
April 24, 2009
April 23, 2009
April 21, 2009
April 20, 2009
April 18, 2009
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
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Kunstler, IntelDaily, The coming siege of Austerity
April 13, 2009
April 10, 2009
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Fessy & Doyle, BBC, From rebel-held Congo to beer can
April 8, 2009
April 5, 2009
April 2, 2009
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 Kanter, NYT, Is Wasting Energy Uncivilized?
March 30, 2009
March 29, 2009
March 28, 2009
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Parenti, Nation, Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama
March 26, 2009
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 Mead, Kentucky.com, EPA signals mining crackdown
March 24, 2009
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
March 20, 2009
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 McGourty, BBC, Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'
March 17, 2009
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Harkinson, MoJo, The Saline Solution
March 15, 2009
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Welz, MoJo, Ethanol's African Landgrab
March 13, 2009
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?
March 8, 2009
March 7, 2009
3/07/08 Kramer, NYT, The Last Days of the Oligarchs?
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Everly, Kansas City, Backers want to put more ethanol in your fuel
March 5, 2009
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 Bezlova, IPS, ENERGY-CHINA: On Oil Shopping Spree
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Eddelmont, BBC, Azerbaijan's pipe dream for Europe
February 28, 2009
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
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Russell, Winnipeg Free Press, Oil's not well in Canada
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
February 22, 2009
February 20, 2009
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Lombardi, CFPI, Coal Ash: The Hidden Story
February 18, 2009
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 Warner, NYT, Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
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
February 11, 2009
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Energy Taxes' Faustian Bargain
2/09/09 IntelDaily, Venezuela braces for $20 oil
February 7, 2009
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Biofuels Head to the Forests
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Zeller, NYT, A Tough Week for Coal
February 3, 2009
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 Wirth, IntelDaily, Peak Oil and the Global Economy
2/29/09 Harrabin, BBC, 'Green' gas could help heat homes
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Black, BBC, Water - Another Global "Crisis"?
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
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 Kinver, BBC, UK gets biofuels research centre
January 26, 2009
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 Whipple, IntelDaily, The Peak Oil Crisis: What of 2009?
January 23, 2009
January 22, 2009
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Woods, Toronto Star, Tar Sands Smog Seen Worsening
January 20, 2009
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 Eilperin & Hsu, WP, White House Directive Guides Policy on Arctic
January 18, 2009
January 17, 2009
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 McKibben, Grist, Fiddling While the Coal Burns
January 15, 2009
January 14, 2009
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Mirani, Asia Times, Race to the death over Kashmir waters
January 12, 2009
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Rodgers, BBC, Rise of Russia's political fortune
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 Zhdannikov & Polityuk, Reuters, Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe
January 6, 2009
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Whipple, Falls Church, The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest
January 4, 2009
1/04/09 Franchetti, TimesOnline, Russian gas cuts start to hit Europe
January 3, 2009
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Weber, IntelDaily, Energy in the real world
1/02/09 Henderson, Charlotte Observer, Coal ash scrutiny returns
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 McAlister, Guardian, Green revolution stalls on cheap oil