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National
and International News
British
Government Faces Up To Peak Oil (By
Chris Rhodes, Forbes - Energy Source Blog, 5/23/11)
Controversy
Over Scholastic Sponsorships Goes Beyond Coal (By Gabrielle Canon, The
Huffington Post - Education Blog, 5/22/11)
Pumped
Up: Are Americans Addicted To Oil? (Reported by Linton Weeks, NPR - WYPR,
5/20/11)
US
military goes to war with climate sceptics: Political action on climate change may be
mired in Congress, but one arm of government at least is acting: the Pentagon (By Jules Boykoff, The [UK] Guardian, 5/20/11)
Not
a Good Week for Big Oil (By Carl Pope, The Huffington Post, 5/20/11)
Billionaire
Pickens says Obama lacks energy plan (By Josh Lederman, The Associated
Press as reported by Yahoo News, 5/20/11)
D.C.
Bike To Work Day Surpasses 10,000 Rider Goal (The Associated Press as
reported by CBS Baltimore, 5/20/11)
Shell
eyes up deep-sea resources with world's first floating natural gas rig:
Gas
giant eschews Arctic oil rush to moor 500-metre, 600,000-tonne construction off
Australian coast (By Fiona Harvey, The [UK] Guardian, 5/20/11)
Exclusive:
Government to develop Oil Shock Response Plan: Chris Huhne agrees to work with UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and
Energy Security to assess risk of soaring oil prices (By James Murray, BusinessGreen.com, 5/20/11)
Fighting
Climate Change Through Innovative Initiatives (By Joanna Zelman, The
Huffington Post - Education Blog, 5/19/11)
China
Admits Problems With Three Gorges Dam (By Michael Wines, The New York Times
- Asia Pacific, 5/19/11)
West's
oil agency urges OPEC: pump more, or else (By Muriel Boselli, Reuters, 5/19/11)
Floods,
Droughts Are 'New Normal' Of Extreme U.S. Weather Fueled By Climate Change,
Scientists Say (By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters as
reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/19/11)
Report
faults Massey Energy for West Virginia mine explosion (By Kimberly Kindy,
The Washington Post - National, 5/19/11)
Oil
Lobby
Contributions To House Members Yield Results (By Sam Stein, The Huffington Post - Politics
Blog, 5/19/11)
The
Peak Oil Crisis: The Summer Ahead (By Tom Whipple, The Falls Church
News-Press, 5/18/11)
Massachusetts
is Winding the Future (Submitted by G. Simmons, Energy.gov Blog, U.S.
Department of Energy, 5/18/11)
Warming
may spark killer heat waves (Posted by Johns Hopkins University on
Futurity.org - Earth and Environment, 5/18/11)
Senate
Refuses to End Tax Breaks for Big Oil (By Carl Hulse, The New York Times -
Politics, 5/17/11)
Iran's
President Ahmadinejad to Run Oil Ministry After Minister Dismissed (By Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg News, 5/16/11)
Seaports
unprepared for climate change (Posted by Stanford University on Futurity.org
- Earth and Environment, 5/16/11)
Wikileaks
cables show that it was all about the oil (By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy
Newspapers, 5/16/11)
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