Coal

2009: Predictions for Australia
Are we approaching peak coal?
ASPO's Aleklett: The year that passed and the year ahead

Sharon Astyk: The pleasures of the obsolete
The ugly truth behind the markets: Not even the experts have a clue (Homer-Dixon)
Worldwatch: 'On the verge of an energy revolution'
A road to revolution? (Greek demonstrations)

Groups soliciting funds to buy BLM leases (student disrupts auction)
Coal front group sets up dirty ‘blogger brigade’
Korea oil bunker

Coal poses climate catastrophe as "peak oil" approaches
Coal reserve estimates way too high, says expert
E.P.A. ruling could speed up approval of coal plants
Will 'peak oil' spur expanded coal use? And what does it mean for climate?

World Coal Reserves Could Be a Fraction of Previous Estimates
Oil prices ready to recover after $100 fall
Nigeria: Country to Supply 25 Percent of U.S. Oil By 2015
Opec agrees deep cut in oil production

Brazil: Petrobras euphoria fades with oil price
Greenwashing a tar sands sacrifice zone
UK faces energy blackouts without investment in nuclear and clean coal

Washington DC coal protest planned in March
Rachel Maddow takes on 'clean coal' and its carolers
Coal saga burns into 2009
League of Conservation Voters' Karpinski says 'clean coal' claims by industry untrue
Michigan must pull the plug on coal

A weekly round-up from a UK perspective

Chris Nelder talks peak oil at the UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Dept.
End of oil could worsen warming, study finds
Oil and OPEC: Can the Cartel Possibly Cut Production Enough?

IEA WEO 2008 - Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) to the rescue?
IEA WEO 2008: Long term prospects for coal production
Interview of Richard Heinberg by Dr. Helen Caldicott
Aleklett on Mercedes – Chrysler and peak oil
Peak oil still relevant? More than ever.

The War on Carbon Heats Up Globally, but Strategies for Change Remain Local
James L. Jones' energy views worry some environmentalists
Youth Embarrassed By U.S. Delegation at Climate Conference

A weekly digest from a UK perspective.

CBC finds secret advice to politicians: oilsands emissions hard to scrub
Global oil price collapse
World on cusp of clean tech revolution: Merrill Lynch
Financial crisis? That's nothing
The IEA WEO 2008: Will coal usage be phased out?
Calls to pump up China's oil stockpile

Alaska’s Key to Oil Production - It’s a Gas…
UK: Coal's return raises pollution threat
Oil giants talk tax to kill environment

Green-basher Boris relaunches himself as an eco-warrior
King coal wins battle of Smalley
Power in the desert: solar towers will harness sunshine of southern Spain