Inuit See Signs In Arctic Thaw

The global warming felt by wildlife and increasingly documented by scientists is hitting first and hardest here, in the Arctic where the Inuit people make their home. The hardy Inuit — described by one of their leaders as “sentries for the rest of the world” — say this winter was the worst in a series […]

Climate change a threat to Amazon rainforest, warns WWF

Climate change and deforestation could convert the majority of the Amazon rainforest into savannah, with massive impacts on the world’s biodiversity and climate, WWF said today at the 8th UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Presenting a review of scientific research on the Amazon and climate change, WWF says that […]

Oil sands mystery solved

An intriguing mystery in the Canadian oil-patch was solved Tuesday when global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell admitted to being behind the $465-million purchase of nearly 900 square kilometres of northern Alberta wilderness. But Royal Dutch Shell’s bold move into the Canadian oil sands gives rise to many new questions about the European-based super-major’s plans […]

Bush: Troops to Stay in Iraq for Years

President Bush said Tuesday that American forces will remain in Iraq for years and it will be up to a future president to decide when to bring them all home. But defying critics and plunging polls, he declared, “I’m optimistic we’ll succeed. If not, I’d pull our troops out.” The president rejected calls for the […]

Anarchism and the Peak oil argument

Peak Oil is a subject that has not been addressed much in the Anarchist community and it’s relevance to it. This is something I wish to discuss here and begin what is probably a very important debate and our response to it. Peak Oil is one of the major issues facing humanity and will result […]

Alternative energy inspires new power generation

Research by the Energy Savings Trust suggests that home generation of power is developing so fast that it could potentially provide 30%-40% of the UK’s total electricity needs by 2050. “Generating your own power makes economic and environmental sense. I think people are becoming scared about becoming too reliant on the system that we have,” […]

China raises taxes on some cars, other items

Chinese changes to consumption taxes will raise levies on the most polluting cars and impose new ones on other things, including some oil products, as the country seeks to protect the environment and cut energy consumption, state media said. It said it would begin levying charges on fuel oil, jet fuel, naphtha and lubricants, stepping […]

The disappearing petrol station

Oil companies are shutting petrol stations and even outsourcing accountancy services to Poland in a drive to cut costs despite making record profits. Eleven forecourts a week are now being closed and the number owned by oil companies – rather than supermarkets or other retailers – fell by more than 300 last year, figures from […]

Sales pitch for solar

If you’re going to take out a loan on a $600,000 house, you might as well tack on another $20,000 for solar panels, insulated pipes and energy-saving appliances, right? The energy checkup is a 100-point scale that analyzes everything from a home’s insulation and windows to air conditioning units and what kind of light bulbs […]

AAA Names Its Top Car Picks for 2006

AAA, one of the nation’s leading member organizations that provides motorists with solutions to all of their automotive needs, has selected its top cars for 2006 in 13 distinct categories, including “Cool Car of the Year.” They are: theautochannel

Pentagon looks to cut oil use and costs

In an effort to reduce the U.S. military’s spending amid high fuel costs, the Pentagon is looking at wind, solar, geothermal, biofuel, hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells as new sources of energy. The Defense Department uses more than four times as much energy as the other government agencies combined, and accounts for almost all the […]

Senators Introduce Renewable Fuels Legislation

U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) recently introduced comprehensive legislation in Congress that will use alternative and renewable fuel technologies to greatly decrease America’s dependence on foreign oil. Obama and Lugar’s bipartisan legislation, the American Fuels Act of 2006 (S. 2446), would take a four-step approach to reducing America’s dependence on foreign […]

Ontario Renewable Energy Policy Breakthrough Hailed

The Ontario government today unveiled a vast, new renewable energy incentive program experts predict will accelerate the use of renewable energy in the province and create a regional market with implications for the global renewable energy industries. The plan is based on a long-term Standard Offer Contract, or feed-in-laws, as they are commonly called in […]

Royal Dutch Shell Opens Second Front in the Oil Sands

A unit of Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Exploration & Production in the Americas (Shell EP Americas), has formed a wholly-owned venture to acquire, evaluate and develop oil sands resources. The new company, SURE Northern Energy (SURE Northern), a Canadian corporation, acquired 10 parcels of oil sands land in the February Oil Sands Public Offering for […]

PEAK OIL + ESPN.COM

People keep talking about how peak oil has penetrated the media. ESPN has given it a mention:

Possible Drawbacks [to Madden being made NFL commissioner]: Pat Summerall becomes voice of NFL Films; Peak Oil leads to higher crude prices, which increases the cost of gas, which makes using the Madden Cruiser more expensive, which ultimately bankrupts the league; fiendish terrorist plot to assassinate the commish ends badly for stand-in/body double Frank Caliendo.

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Petrol and diesel prices jump again

New Zealand motorists were smacked in the wallet again yesterday The rising price of crude oil and the sliding price of the dollar have previously been blamed for for the continual rise and drop off of fuel prices. Yesterday Mike Noon, the Automobile Association’s director of motoring affairs, said petrol had gone up 15c this […]

Going up: High crude oil prices push up fuel prices across the board

Spring is here. Want to hit the road? It will cost you. Gas prices are up more than 10 cents locally in the past week. Jetting out of town? Fares are rising. Low-cost airlines Southwest and JetBlue, among others, have announced ticket hikes on several routes. Going Greyhound? The big bus company has nudged some […]

Hotels: Energy Costs Surge; Shock Absorbed By Revenue

Throughout 2005 we all heard the news of oil prices lingering above $50 a barrel and gasoline exceeding $3.00 a gallon. For long-term lodging industry participants, vivid memories of the gas lines and high inflation of the 1970s resurfaced. Understandingly, hotel owners and operators feared that a fall off in travel would cause occupancy to […]

Putin Commits to Gas Supplies for China

BEIJING – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans Tuesday to step up energy supplies to China with a gas pipeline opening within five years, but there was no word of an agreement to build a separate pipeline sought by Beijing to deliver Siberian oil to China. A Russian minister said Moscow would finance a feasibility […]

Experts: Gazprom will have to choose between Europe and China

Russia can start gas supplies to China as early as in five years, Head of Gazprom Alexei Miller has said commenting on signing a memorandum on supplies of Russian natural gas to China. As Miller said, first supplies of the Russian gas to China will be carried out, most probably, from oil fields in West […]

Energy Dept. sees better refining capacity

Companies continue to invest in expansion projects, agency says SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Fuel production capacity in the United States is expected to grow at a faster pace in the coming years as refining companies invest in expansion projects, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday. The expected boost in refining capacity comes as […]

Nigeria Oil Output to Drop

ROME Although the affected pipeline was shut down after the incident, some oil contaminated vegetation along the banks of the Brass river, and Eni said it was contacting experts to limit the damage to the environment. Eni said its Nigerian Agip Oil Co. unit, which operates the pipeline, confirmed that Friday’s incident was “an act […]

Brown to target gas guzzlers with taxes

U.K. – Road tax is expected to be abolished for the “greenest” cars under plans in the Budget to encourage drivers to move away from gas-guzzling cars and four-wheel drive vehicles. Mr Brown is likely to approve a radical shift in road tax, by imposing a new top rate of road tax – possibly up […]

Chavez Lashes Out at Free-Trade Pacts

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela agreed Monday to sell fuel under preferential terms to an El Salvador association created by a group of leftist mayors. Details of the amount of fuel that will be sold to the Intermunicipal Energy Association for El Salvador were not immediately available but shipments were to begin “as soon as possible,” […]

Pentagon battles high fuel costs

Gas-guzzling vehicles, hulking aircraft challenge military ingenuity NEW YORK (Reuters) — Tens of thousands of U.S. military vehicles, ships and aircraft are guzzling fuel every day around the world and with the bill rising the Pentagon is trying harder to conserve. The U.S. military consumed 144.8 million barrels of fuel in 2004, spending $6.7 billion, […]

Biogas Mini-Boom in Sweden

A Swedish environmental engineering company said Monday it has received a 30 million kronor (euro3.2 million; US$3.9 million) order to build the world’s largest biogas plant. The plant to be built in the city of Goteborg will have a capacity of producing 1,600 cubic meters (56,000 cubic feet) of biogas per hour, said Hans Malm, […]

Large amounts of oil, gas discovered in Northern Russia

Large amounts of oil and natural gas have been discovered in the Yamal-Nenets region North Russia but experts have not yet been able to estimate the total amount of reserves in the area. ..Despite its harsh weather, where the temperature drops to 50 degrees below zero celsius, oil companies fiercely compete as the region promises […]

Energy: a burning issue for foreign policy

UK Ambassador to the United States Sir David Manning addresses the 2006 Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecture The scarcity of energy supplies and the energy imbalance between nations is a threat to our prosperity and national security. As resources contract, oil-hungry economies will compete for dwindling supplies of hydrocarbons. Competition for fossil […]

Almost half of capital’s businesses support higher aviation taxes

Environmental concerns about air travel are changing attitudes in the boardroom, with almost half of businesses in the capital declaring themselves in favour of higher taxes on the cost of flights. The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday revealed that 44% of its members believed higher taxes should be levied on aviation fuel and […]

Alternative energy inspires new power generation

Research by the Energy Savings Trust suggests that home generation of power is developing so fast that it could potentially provide 30%-40% of the UK’s total electricity needs by 2050. “Generating your own power makes economic and environmental sense. I think people are becoming scared about becoming too reliant on the system that we have,” […]

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