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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 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