-Why America should thank BP
-Nigeria's agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it
-BP oil spill: Shares fall further
-BP's OTHER Spill this Week
-The real cost of cheap oil
-What Will it Take to End Our Oil Addiction?

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The British government is making a review of current, ongoing global shortages of vital raw materials.

The desperate ongoing operation to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster is not deterring the Canadian government from “soliciting bids” for offshore drilling, according to press reports.

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A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Deepwater Horizon

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-Deepwater horizon
-Repercussions
-Sanctions on Iran
-Quote of the Week
-Briefs

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Yes, the oil spewing up from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico in staggering quantities could prove one of the great ecological disasters of human history.  Think of it, though, as just the prelude to the Age of Tough Oil, a time of ever i

This article concisely summarizes most of what has been discussed in Energy Bulletin over the past few months regarding Peak Oil.

The unraveling of industrial society, like the declines and falls of other civilizations in the past, involves sweeping changes to the most basic assumptions of economics, and these have practical implications here and now. One of these unfolds from the role of money in contemporary economies -- a role that will face dramatic changes in the years ahead of us.

South Asians are seeing more work on the ground and hearing more policy announcements about urban development than ever before.

Peak oil theorists predict an impending terminal decline of world oil production, with no adequate alternate resource and technology available to replace oil as the backbone resource of industrial society. Instead of endlessly debating whether peak oil theorists are right or wrong, let us simply ask what would happen if they were right.

Everyone should listen to this BBC report on the "price of biofuels." It digs into a key question: what does Europe's appetite for biodiesel mean for people and ecosystems in the c

By now, most of you have probably heard about Arizona's Senate Bill 1070, just signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer this past Friday.

There is at least one important class of threats where we might expect modern civilization to be much more resilient than past civilizations. Specifically, modern civilization operates at far higher levels of economic surplus than past civilizations, and this means that it is in a position to devote far higher levels of economic resources on solving certain kinds of problems.

- China offered oil for sanctions deal over Iran
- Why the US fears a nuclear armed Iran
- Want peace? Solve the energy crisis!
- US Navy to launch Great Green Fleet
- U.S. military shrinking its carbon ‘boot print

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Welcome to the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth—a massive meeting organized by the Bolivian government in response to the resounding failure of the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen last year.
- Live video feed
- From Buenos Aires to Cochabamba (Guardian)
- Changing the Climate for Justice (ColorLines)