Peak oil notes - Jan 21
A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-China clamps down
Globalisation, Transport and the Environment (2010)
This new publication looks in detail at how globalisation affects activity levels in maritime shipping, aviation, and road and rail freight; assesses the impact that changes in activity levels have on the environment; and discusses policy instruments that can be used to address negative environmental impacts.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Islands Await Haitian-Type Disaster
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (IPS) - The devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti
last week has brought into sharp focus the threat of another
natural disaster waiting to happen: a sea-level rise that could
obliterate the world’s small island states, triggering fears
of mass migration.
UK gets serious about food! - Jan 20
-UK Cross-Government Food Research and Innovation Strategy
-Return to slop bucket as homes face ban on sending food waste to landfill
-It’s time to get back to the land
CANADA: Hunt for Oil Patch Bomber Takes New Twist
VANCOUVER, Jan 18 (IPS) - Looking increasingly desperate after a
15-month-long hunt for a saboteur who has blown up six natural
gas installations in northern Canada, police arrested an
outspoken oil industry critic and then set him free a day later
without pressing charges.
Copenhagen & Economic Growth - You Can’t Have Both
Before and during Copenhagen (and after, too, we can be sure), politicians and central bankers across the globe have worked tirelessly to return the global economy to a path of growth.
EUROPE: Shadow Falls Over New Leaders
Allegations of racism and financial impropriety have spiced up an otherwise
lacklustre two-week ritual in which nominees to the European Union’s executive
arm are quizzed by the EU’s only directly elected institution.
A Freddy and Fredericka Future
In one of my favorite non-science fiction novels, “Freddy and Fredericka“, the future King and Queen of England are dropped naked from an airplane into America as sort of a rite of passage. Though heir to the throne and infinitely wealthy back home, Freddy must use only his wits, skills of persuasion and physical abilities to somehow rise to the unlikely position of the leader of the USA - if he manages this, basically from scratch, he will then have earned the throne of England not only due to hereditary decree but via his own merits.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Wanted - Methane-Free Livestock
BERLIN, Jan 17 (TierramГ©rica) - At first glance, the Riswick farm is just another
modern agricultural facility: in the middle of broad cultivated
fields stand recently built barns, similar to so many other farms
across Europe.
RIGHTS: U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 (IPS) - Millions of people around the world who belong to
indigenous communities continue to face discrimination and abuse
at the hands of authorities and private business concerns, says a
new U.N. report released here Thursday.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Gasoline Prices Revisited
It has been 18 months since we all worried very much about high oil prices. Starting in July 2008 gasoline prices took an historic plunge dropping from a U.S. average high of $4.11 a gallon all the way down to $1.70 in January 2009.
RIGHTS: U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 (IPS) - Millions of people around the world who belong to
indigenous communities continue to face discrimination and abuse
at the hands of authorities and private business concerns, says a
new U.N. report released here Thursday.
ODAC Newsletter - Jan 15
Oil prices began the year with a rally, reaching nearly $84 a barrel as temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere required the heating to be turned up a notch.
INDIA: Protests Overshadow Communist State’s Chemical Hub Plans
KOLKATA, India, Jan 14 (IPS) - An ambitious plan to establish a chemical industry
complex in an ecologically fragile coastal zone of India’s
eastern state, West Bengal, has snowballed into a debate, with
the ruling communists facing resistance from environmental groups
and political rivals over the project.
Peak oil notes - Jan 14
A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-China’s Economy