Funny Farms

…Ironically, the family farm may become of vital importance just as it sings its swan song. In 1956, geologist M. King Hubbert correctly anticipated that US oil production would peak in the early 1970s. In his recent book, Hubbert This will mean not only a major shift in resources, but a shift in the way […]

Sustainable Living Book Helps Families Save Energy, Save Money

Los Angeles, CA (FV Newswire) – Sustainable Living: For Home, Neighborhood and Community is about using less energy, spending less money, and enjoying it more. It’s about how neighbors can benefit from working and sharing together. And it’s about how all of a community’s neighborhoods and residents can benefit from cooperative effort. Sustainable Living is […]

The Airing of ”The Green”

Robert Redford chats about the new green programming on the Sundance Channel With his legendary Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford brought sex appeal to the business of independent filmmaking. Now, with his Sundance cable channel, he’s aiming to do the same thing for another underappreciated art form — eco-themed television programming. Tonight, the channel launches […]

Fueling our Future Energy Needs

By 2030, the world will still be grasping for fossil fuels to meet its power demands. And despite the recent clamor for the development of renewable resources, the three major fossil fuels–oil, coal and gas–will be vital to the world’s future energy needs. Look to the future.…The Energy Information Agency (EIA) recently released its Annual […]

Chavez Says He Won’t Kick Out U.S. Oil Companies

President Hugo Chavez on Monday denied that his leftist government plans to expel U.S. oil companies from Venezuela, althought he added that “there won’t be another drop of oil” from his country for the United States should Washington launch a “new aggression” against Caracas. “We haven’t kicked out (the U.S. oil companies), nor do we […]

Outlook for hybrid sales iffy, polls show

Incentives boost sales of Prius, but performance questions persist …As the Prius incentive program is pared back, sales may falter. A poll done by CarGurus.com, an automotive community site, found that a majority of the more than 500 respondents, or 80 percent, have no plans to buy a hybrid vehicle as their next car despite […]

Behind high gas prices: The refinery crunch

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — It’s the same story every year. Each spring, just before the summer driving season, gasoline prices skyrocket. And every year, these four words appear in news reports nationwide as a big reason for the runup: “lack of refining capacity.” Then experts call for more refineries, politicians pledge to make the dirty […]

Fossil Fuel Watch – Humbugs Along the Potomac

In its latest staged display of bureaucratic omniscience, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said last week that retail gasoline prices across the nation, which have jumped 25% since January, will peak at $2.87 a gallon next month and then recede before the vacation driving season begins in June. The average price motorists will see this […]

Bill McKibben: Green Activists Stepped It Up

I have a new hobby: scrolling through the action reports that groups around the country submitted after Step It Up Saturday. From Juneau, Alaska (a rally near the retreating Mendenhall Glacier) to Key West, Fla. (scuba divers holding underwater banners in front of a coral reef), from a contra dance in Belfast, Maine, to an […]

Energy balance study reveals cassava is a highly efficient biofuel feedstock

While most of the world is scrambling after corn and sugar for answers to its renewable energy needs, many developing countries are focusing on a lesser known plant Biopact

Where next for crude oil and oil stocks?

The trebling of oil prices in recent years has left both investors and the broader public with the conviction that the world is facing an inevitable energy crisis. Demand for oil is believed to be rising relentlessly, largely due to rapidly-rising Asian demand, supply growth is limited by diminishing reserves and the result is a […]

Armenia, Iran, Russia to open talks on oil refinery

Government officials from Armenia, Iran and Russia will meet soon to discuss an ambitious idea to build a big oil refinery on the Armenian-Iranian border that would cater for the Iranian market. President Robert Kocharian reportedly discussed the multimillion-dollar project with senior Russian officials during a visit to Moscow in January. A subsidiary of RussiaTrendaz

Record profits from oil may soon ooze away

The doubling of oil prices over the past few years has produced enormous windfalls for oil companies. But those record profits are likely to recede in the years ahead – even if oil prices don’t – as oil-producing nations increasingly demand a bigger share of the wealth. Last year, the five largest U.S. and Western […]

Brazil Seeks Cut in U.S. Ethanol Import Duties

The United States may ease ethanol import duties by the end of next year, helping Brazilian producers gain access to markets in the world’s largest consumer of the fuel, Brazil’s top ethanol official said Monday. According to Bloomberg News, Brazil’s government, state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA and private ethanol producers are lobbying the U.S. […]

China’s largest oilfield maintains steady crude oil output in Q1

China’s largest oilfield, the Daqing oilfield in Heilongjiang Province, northeast China, has maintained a steady level of crude oil output in the first quarter of this year despite a decrease in its natural reserves, a senior company official has said. “The oilfield pumped out more than 10.6 million tons of crude oil and 670 million […]

Algeria’s sonatrach reports new oil, gas discoveries

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Betting on falling oil prices? Bet long

‘How about a friendly wager?” a reader suggested. “If the price of West Texas Intermediate — currently $62 (U.S.) a barrel — hits $42, I pay you. If the price hits $82, you pay me. You decide the amount of the bet — $50? $100? $1,000? More? Much more?” It would be an entertaining wager, […]

Imperial Sunset?

For the first time since its rise as a superpower the United States is facing a serious threat to its hegemony across the globe. MRZine

The Never-Ending Oil ”Conspiracy”

The evil oil companies are at it again. The price of a gallon of gas has jumped by more than 30 cents in the past month. The gasoline gougers are busy reaping windfall profits. It’s time for a congressional investigation! New legislation must be introduced! The administration must confront corporate thieves! No, wait. That all […]

Global energy axis shifts, Turkey

International consulting company Deloitte has claimed that the worldTodaysZaman

Energy diplomacy with attitude

The United States doesn’t have an energy policy, and it never will. Neither does China, despite decades of a planned economy. China didn’t even have an energy minister to serve as a counterpart for Energy Secretary Sam Bodman when he and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson led a US delegation to Beijing last year to inaugurate […]

World now faces competition between food and fuel, expert warns

Global grain yields must rise sharply over the next 50 years to avoid food shortages as an increasingly rich population competes with biofuels for scarce resources, the head of the Scottish Agricultural College has said. Despite growth in organic farming in some parts of Europe, Professor Bill McKelvey said that while such niche output had […]

Melting Himalayan Glaciers Pose Security Risk – UNEP

Global warming will cause the Himalayan glaciers to melt, leading to mass migration and possibly conflicts over valuable resources such as agricultural land and fresh water, the UN Environment Programme chief said. Achim Steiner, speaking ahead of the UN Security Council’s first-ever debate on climate change, said that global warming should be considered a security […]

Byron King: OIL BOOMS AND BUSTS

Over the past 25 years, the “growth” in oil reserves estimated to be in existing oil fields has actually exceeded the additions to reserves from new discoveries. The implication is that the existing oil fields of the world are as important, and maybe even more important, than the prospective new discoveries out in wildcat country.Byron […]

Mexico energy minister says no oil privatization

Mexican Energy Minister Georgina Kessel said on Tuesday the country would not privatize its energy sector companies but urged lawmakers from all parties to start a new debate on how to shore-up declining oil output. In her first presentation to the lower house of Congress Energy Commission since taking the job in December, Kessel said […]

‘India’s energy use, growth de-linked’

Detailing the steps taken by India towards sustainable development, its United Nations Ambassador Nirupam Sen told the Security Council that it has delivered a GDP growth of 8 per cent with only 3.7 per cent growth in its total primary energy consumption. There has been effective de-linking of energy sector growth from economic growth, he […]

Russia: Biofuel Bill to Go to Duma

The Federation Council, with the support of the Agriculture Ministry, has prepared a bill for introduction into the State Duma to lower the excise tax on bioethanol fuel to encourage the development of bioenergy in Russia. Tax breaks are being proposed for oil refineries that add alcohol to their fuel. This was announced by Deputy […]

Africa: Next US Oil War Venue

The Pentagon does not admit that a ring of permanent US military bases is operating or under construction throughout Africa. But nobody doubts the American military buildup on the African continent is well underway. From oil rich northern Angola up to Nigeria, from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco and Algeria, from the Horn of […]

EU should not discard military to secure oil, expert says

Simon Henderson, director at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said that Europe should assess all options, including military, when looking at its oil-supply security in the 21st century. Speaking at a lunch debate organised by the Transatlantic Institute on 17 April in Brussels, Henderson said that the EU and the US needed to […]

Rebel leader warns foreign firms of exploiting Darfur oil

A Darfur rebel group has warned today foreign oil firms against exploring oil and Mineral in the western Sudan province, saying they would not allow it. “The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) wishes to make clear to foreign investors and the Sudanese government that so long as the people of Darfur are denied their basic rights, […]

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