Africa

Food & agriculture - Oct 5

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Eating local tests comfort zones
Why my (farmer) dad’s going green
Britain on a plate - class & diet
Could quotas keep fish on the menu?
Zimbabwe on the brink of new crisis as food runs out

archived October 5, 2008
	

Peak oil - Sept 18

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Heinberg: Don't panic; prepare!
John Michael Greer interview
CNBC documentary Sept 24 "The Hunt for Black Gold"
The next big disruption: peak oil (CRM)
Where are Libya's oil exports headed?
New documentary on PO and suburbia: "Sprawling From Grace"
Peak oil "wrong," says Schwartz

archived September 18, 2008
	

Geopolitics & the energy curse - Sept 13

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Kazakh oil: a war of nerves
Global warming threatens Asia-Pacific security, warns Australian PM
Fresh violence in Bolivia stokes civil war fears
Poison Fire interview (film about Nigerian oil)
Monbiot: protectionism makes you rich

archived September 13, 2008
	

Food & agriculture - Aug 11

Staff, Energy Bulletin

The limits of localism (vertical farms?)
The locavore’s dilemma: finding places to plant
Can cattle save us from global warming?
Nigeria: Farming - the neglected obligation
The food crisis and global institutions

archived August 11, 2008
	

Food & agriculture - July 25

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Americans must diet to save their economy
A locally grown diet with fuss but no muss
Slow Food savors its big moment
Back talk: Raj Patel
Food crisis looms in East Africa

archived July 25, 2008
	

Food crisis - July 13

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Hunger brings anguish for millions of Pakistanis
Catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe
Food shortages grow in rural Nepal

archived July 13, 2008
	

Africa - July 9

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Gambia: Biofuel - A ploy, says President Jammeh
Nigeria: Yar'Adua seeks concerted efforts against trade in stolen oil
Nigeria: Nationwide blackout: PHCN begins power rationing today

archived July 9, 2008
	

The link between oil and xenophobia

Simon Ratcliffe, The Cape Argus (Independent Newspaper Group) South Africa

As we get closer to the peak in global oil production, we are likely to see greater pressures particularly on poorer communities but constantly moving up the income scale. The intensifying pressures are likely to open new fault lines in our society

archived June 27, 2008
	

Peak Oil Notes- June 26

Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA

A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
- Prices and stockpiles
- Nigeria

archived June 26, 2008
	

Peak oil - June 26

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Calm before the storm (Heinberg interview)
Nigeria - significance of the attack on the Bonga offshore oil platform
'Profit From the Peak' Q and A
James Howard Kunstler: Penetration

archived June 26, 2008