Problem slows Prudhoe Bay oil production

The 'Peak' Role of Biofuels

Even those in the biodiesel business don't believe biofuels can be a "silver bullet." “It may surprise some of you, but we here at EERC tend to agree with this study,” Groenewold said, “We think biomass … in the longer term, may provide perhaps 20 percent of the energy needs of this country.” Therefore, while many energy experts believe the United States and the world will, for a long time, remain dependent on a wide range of energy technologies, fossil fuels will continue to be our primary source of energy. A world in which biomass energy has a one-fifth market share, however, may be music to the ears of those with a stake in biodiesel.

Jeffrey Brown writes An Open Letter to my Friends in the Media

Podcast: Richard Heinberg interview.

Energy must not cost the earth

IT systems, in particular servers, are increasingly power hungry as technology capabilities increase, but this comes at a time when power supplies are more strained and less predictable.

‘We are talking about an increase of two to three times in energy costs over a three-year period,’ said Rakesh Kumar, vice president at Gartner. ‘That is a huge increase that an IT director will have to absorb and firms will get clobbered financially.’

Some data centres use as much energy as a small town, which is significant from both financial and environmental perspectives, says the Carbon Trust.

Tom Whipple on The Peak Oil Crisis: Conserving Light

Argentina to revive nuke program

Argentina's government launched on Wednesday a nuclear energy plan that includes the completion of a third plant and the enrichment of uranium after a nearly ten-year lull.

Ukraine Won’t Siphon Off Russian Gas This Winter

Canada's Black Gold: Debt Free Thanks to Oil Sands

American among hostages freed in Nigeria

Oil lures West to troubled Myanmar

Gas prices mean more students take the bus

IEA: Too late for European global warming target

Still mopping up in Gulf

BP's announcement this week that a damaged oil platform is leaking off Louisiana highlights what many have forgotten: the Gulf of Mexico's oil and gas industry is still cleaning up from last year's hurricane season.

In all, Hurricane Katrina destroyed 46 offshore platforms and Hurricane Rita destroyed 69, according to the Minerals Management Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior.