Russia & Central Asia
Living Hero interview with Vandana Shiva
Living Hero, podbean.com
Around the world civilian rights to food and water are being eroded by the patenting of life forms and by privatization of water systems. Some farmers have been hit with law suits for patent infringement, while they were planting heritage seeds. The outspoken, multi-talented Vandana Shiva, joins us to talk about these and other issues of capitalist globalization. She is a celebrated ecofeminist, grassroots activist, research physicist, author, and international advocate for alternatives to global corporate hegemony.
archived March 10, 2010
Peak oil, gas, prices, and supplies - Mar 2
Staff, Energy Bulletin
-What the Olympics Can Teach Us About the Price of Gas
-Pickens expects approval of key natural gas plan
-Asia buys record volume of W.African oil in Q1
-Russia February Output Nears Post-Soviet Record on TNK-BP
-RBS accused over funding for tar sands 'blood oil'
archived March 2, 2010
An uneven collapse (Hint: It's already happening)
Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
The collapse of the globalized society we now inhabit will be exceedingly uneven geographically and one that is spread over many years. And, I believe that that collapse has already started to appear.
archived February 28, 2010
Peak oil notes - Feb 25
Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Venezuela
archived February 25, 2010
Peak oil notes - Feb 11
Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-The Iranian situation
-Asia still growing
-UK Industry Task Force on Peak Oil and Energy Security: 2010 Update
archived February 11, 2010
The Wisdom of the Uncivilized Crowds
Suraj Kumar, The Oil Drum
Picture this: A remote Indian village in the Ganges delta a few hundred years ago. The farmer starts his day by letting his flock of ducks into his irrigated fields. The water from the river brings with it, besides nutrients and alluvium, some unwanted (for the crops) pests too. But that is not a problem--the ducks will keep the pests in control. Not only that, they will turn those pests into manure and drop it right inside the pool of collected water to be anaerobically decomposed under the water.
archived February 2, 2010
Peak oil review - Feb 1
Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and Production
-Is the US Economy Recovering?
-Venezuela’s Auction
-Quote of the Week
-Briefs
archived February 1, 2010
Glaciergate, EPA regs showdown, and it just goes on - Jan 21
Staff, Energy Bulletin
-UN climate chief admits mistake on Himalayan glaciers warning
-The New Storm Brewing On the Climate Front
-U.N. Panel’s Glacier Warning Is Criticized as Exaggerated
-"Glacier gate" - how the Murdoch press have got it wrong on the Himalayan big melt
-Hanging EPA regulations around Democrats’ necks
-Murkowski to call on Congress to block federal greenhouse gas regulation
-Emissions targets set for delay
-UN drops deadline for countries to state climate change targets
archived January 21, 2010
India/Pakistan: Fog gets in your eyes - Jan 20
Staff, Energy Bulletin
-Dense fog in Delhi brings travel chaos
-Blame air pollution for Capital's blanket of fog
-Airport fog on track
-Fog in Lahore — causes and impact
archived January 20, 2010
Peak oil notes - Dec 31
Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A mid-week roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Iran
-China
archived December 31, 2009
Of Coal Stoves and Goat Herders: Getting Out of the Vicious Circle
Sharon Astyk, Casaubon's Book
Energy Bulletin ran this excellent piece from the New York Times on a crisis facing Mongolian Goat Herders who are attempting to deal with unstable world markets, climate change and overgrazing. I was fascinated by the clear way that the author of the piece lays out the vicious circle that they've entered into, and I was struck by how useful an example it is of the kind of ecological vicious circle that we face all the time...
archived December 31, 2009
Peak oil notes - Dec 3
Tom Whipple and Steve Andrews, ASPO-USA
A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Iran
archived December 3, 2009
Peak Oil: The Eventual End of the Oil Age
Jonah Ralston, Washington University in St. Louis
We cannot be lulled into a false sense of security: though oil prices have declined from their historic highs, there is little doubt that peak oil is real. A 2008 research project completed at Washington University in St. Louis found strong evidence in support of the theory. Please feel free to circulate this academic document as a primer on peak oil.
archived November 30, 2009
Gas debate heats up - Nov 18
Staff, Energy Bulletin
-Gazprom defends rigid contract terms with Europe
-Gazprom dismisses warnings of lengthy gas glut
-EU seeks Russian energy boost
archived November 18, 2009
Some predictions on the forthcoming Russian-Ukrainian gas 'crisis'
Jerome a Paris, The Oil Drum: Europe
We've recently heard more veiled threats from Putin about Ukraine being unable to pay for gas (thus presumably leading to new attempts at cutting them off), which suggests that Russia is getting itself ready to start a new crisis.
archived November 18, 2009