Hey, global warming skeptics, take your heads out of the sand

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has seen the meltdown of the Arctic for himself. Alarmed at the changes, he warned that “our foot is stuck on the [climate change] accelerator and we are heading towards an abyss.” It might be easy to dismiss this as more alarmist hype except for the coincidental publication of a […]

Q&A: Environmentalists at odds over solar plan

As two noted environmental activists and Sierra Club members, Pat Veesart and Carl Zichella agree on most things. But there’s one thing they don’t see eye to eye on — the three commercial solar power plants proposed in the eastern part of San Luis Obispo County. Zichella is the Sierra Club’s renewable energy program director […]

China Urged to Subsidize 'New Energy' Vehicles

The head of BYD Co., one of China’s leading makers of electric vehicles, urged the Chinese government to subsidize private purchases of all-electric battery cars and other “new energy” vehicles, saying their widespread adoption in China depends on it. Speaking at an industry conference Sunday, BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu said a lack of consumer incentives […]

Sudan oil revenue 'discrepancy'

Revenue from Sudan’s oil may be being unfairly shared out threatening a north-south peace deal, a report by campaign group Global Witness says. It says discrepancies in figures given by the north and those of the Chinese firm operating the oilfields may mean the south is being seriously underpaid.Following the 2005 agreement to end 22 […]

Peak oil or is it that oil has peaked

Peak oil or is it that oil has peaked. What a week in energy as history was made in more ways than one. Oh sure, you can focus on prices and economic fears in a week where risk aversion became the flavor of the day, yet if you do that, you might miss some of […]

…The central premise of the book is that triple digit oil prices will reverse globalization and bring about the reemergence of local economies. When suddenly distance costs money, it will no longer make any economic sense to produce something in one end of the world and sell it at the other end. Whether you are […]

Worst climate change offenders to escape effects, report claims

Countries which are contributing most to climate change, including Britain, will be shielded from its worst effects, according to a study which ranks nations according to their vulnerability to global warming. The poorest countries, including most of Africa and much of south Asia, face Countries with the highest emissions are the least vulnerable, largely because […]

My Introduction to

September 17th sees the release of the first in a series of …The steady and relentless erosion of the idea that food is something that grows near where you live, by someone you have some kind of a relationship with, and that you actually cook yourself, began after the Second World War and accelerated during […]

Visions of an Energy-Starved World

CHRISTOPHER STEINER was once the happy driver of a sport utility vehicle. Mr. Steiner, the author of No, says Mr. Steiner, a staff writer at Forbes and a civil engineer. We could all end up forsaking our fossil-fuel vehicles in the near future, he says, because of what he calls the dwindling supply and burgeoning […]

Want a Better Way to Power Your Car? It's a Breeze

Why not use the wind-generated electricity to power cars directly? While many residents in some places take a NIMBY view of wind farms, the opposite is true, it’s a PIMBY (Put It in My Backyard) issue. Legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is half right. We do need to harness this country’s wind resources for […]

Simply put, every drop of water counts

Halt global warming? It’s simple, one expert says: to save energy, save water. More than 1,000 climate experts from around the world gathered last month in Stockholm for World Water Week. If you didn’t read about it or hear about it on TV, it’s not necessarily because of the crisis besetting modern journalism. It could […]

Saudi provides realistic outlook on energy future

Peak oil predictions The debate on output highlights the Saudi government

Oil Sands: Destroyer or Savior?

NEW YORK Accomplishing that, however, is a profoundly expensive, dirty and energy-intensive affair. Huge inputs of natural gas, for example, are needed to separate and process the bitumen, and according to one study by RAND, production from oil sands generates perhaps 30 percent more greenhouse gases than conventional oil extraction. The question in the United […]

Global warming and Australia

From desert-fringe villages and drowning atolls, global warming is predicted to set climate refugees on the move. But arguably, the first climate refugees to reach Australia When barely a trickle is coming down the rivers, farmers are concluding it

Midlands still running on Gulf gas

In the heart of hurricane season, region remains vulnerable to potential shortages A year ago this week, panicked Midlands drivers lined up at gas stations, sometimes 40 deep, for fill-ups costing $4 a gallon or more. Word spread on Sept. 11 that the refineries along the Gulf coast that supply much of the state What […]

Rich countries face $100bn annual climate change aid bill

Rich countries must get ready to provide some $100bn a year by 2030 to help developing nations tackle climate change, G20 finance ministers meeting in London are to be told. An international market in carbon will also be essential to ensuring that the necessary hundreds of billions of dollars can be provided by both the […]

China Oil Deal Is New Source of Strife Among Iraqis

When China’s biggest oil company signed the first post-invasion oil field development contract in Iraq last year, the deal was seen as a test of Iraq’s willingness to open an industry that had previously prohibited foreign investment. One year later, the China National Petroleum Corporation has struck oil at the Ahdab field in Wasit Province, […]

Wind power: Obama's promises just hot air so far

President Barack Obama is still at least a year away from seeing wind turbines take root anywhere off the U.S. coast, even though his administration has promised to make offshore wind a priority, and even though developers are lining up to string wind farms up and down the Atlantic seaboard. The administration, delayed by controversy […]

Climate change: melting ice will trigger wave of natural disasters

Scientists are to outline dramatic evidence that global warming threatens the planet in a new and unexpected way Melting glaciers will set off avalanches, floods and mud flows in the Alps and other mountain ranges; torrential rainfall in the UK is likely to cause widespread erosion; while disappearing Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets threaten to […]

After 'Peak Oil,' will natural gas fill energy needs?

For several centuries now, civilization has benefited from a very special gift that is about to end: virtually free energy in virtually unlimited quantities. The most precious of these energies is oil, which has been the driving force of civilization. Because oil has been available in ever-increasing quantities and at very affordable prices, we have […]

Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project

A $17 million energy project in California that was supposed to demonstrate the feasibility of extracting vast amounts of heat from the earth Last month, federal scientists said that the company had fallen far behind schedule because a huge rig hired to drill down about 12,000 feet, or more than two miles, on federal land […]

Coastal home owners face huge losses from rising sea

Sea levels are widely expected to rise about one meter (3.3 feet) this century due to climate change, faster than the 18-59 cms (7-23 inches) outlined in a United Nations Climate Panel report in 2007. And coastal communities around the world are already feeling the destructive effects of more frequent and violent ocean storms — […]

Next bonanza eludes copper miners and strains supply

Reuters reported that while China’s appetite for copper has enthralled the market in recent years some bulls said that there’s a supply side story that’s just as compelling the dearth of big new discoveries and dropping ore reserves at old mines. According to research by the International Copper Study Group, Brook Hunt and Citi, painting […]

Not so sunny: trade war looms in solar space

HONG KONG/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Fair competition or Save the Planet? That could ultimately be at play as China and the West, long at odds over trade in steel, textiles and auto parts, risk being sucked into a row over protectionism in renewable energy equipment such as solar panels. Reuters

MI Study: 537 Square Miles Of Great Lakes Suitable For Wind Turbines

ANN ARBOR, MI (Michigan Radio) – Michigan has at least 537 square miles of Great Lakes that are suitable for wind turbines. The Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council says another seven thousand square miles might be available once the technology advances. Michigan Radio

Tiber Discovery Will Not Impact Global Supply & Demand for Oil

The ‘Tiber’ discovery by BP in the Gulf of Mexico will not have any impact on the global supply and demand for crude oil all by itself. By the time it comes on-stream in the later part of the next decade numerous other oil fields would have been depleted and it will only help in […]

Drought Puts Focus on a Side of India Left Out of Progress

PIPRI VILLAGE, India

The Second Wave

Fast-growing emerging markets are making energy efficiency a high priority. Leading the way: China. After years as energy-efficiency laggards, China and a number of other fast-growing emerging markets are putting a high priority on restraining oil demand. Stung by high energy costs prior to the world recession, these countries are implementing a host of measures […]

Gabon oil firm moves staff amid riots

French oil group Total has moved expatriate staff and their families from Gabon’s industry hub Port Gentil to the capital Libreville because of post-election violence. Port Gentil has been hit by riots, looting and attacks on Total facilities and the French consulate since Ali Ben Bongo was declared the winner on Thursday (local time) of […]

Climate change funds: the next mega-trend?

It is being dubbed the next “mega-trend” for the stockmarket. Companies that focus on alternative energy and combating climate change will offer outstanding growth for investors, while the environmental laggards will face increasing pollution taxes and penalties. Surely this is a one-way bet for investors with both profits and principles in mind? Already British investors, […]

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