Energy Files
2006

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• Biofuels: Biodevastation, Hunger & False Carbon Credits - ISIS 11dec2006
• Biofuel Skeptic Extraordinaire: An interview with David Pimentel -  Grist 8dec2006
• Does the Peak Oil "Myth" Just Fall Down?   Response to CERA -  The Oil Drum 17nov2006
• Corn Is Booming as Ethanol Heats Up: Crops Fetch New Highs, Ranchers, Food Makers Fret - Wall Street Journal 4nov2006
• Green Plants, Fossil Fuels, and Now Biofuels - David Pimentel & Tad Patzek / Bioscience 1nov2006
• National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency: Report of an Independent Task Force: Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations: Report No. 58, Oct 2006
• Why We Need Electric Cars - Mother Earth News 1oct2006
• President Bush on Energy  - Interview by Wall Street Journal 29sep2006
• Venezuela's Chavez More than Doubles Heating Oil Program for U.S. Poor - AP 21sep2006
• FBI Raids Alaska State Offices In Probe of Oil-Field Firm VECO - Wall Street Journal 2sep2006
• Biofuels: The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Increased Grain Ethanol Production in the U.S. - WRI Policy Note 1sep2006
• Chinese Energy Deals Inked with Venezuela -  China Daily 25aug2006
• China Signs Major Oil Pact with Venezuela - Xinhua/Shanghai Daily (China) 25aug2006
• Hosed Again: More Than Coincidence to BP’s Alaska Closure? -  Missoula Independent 10aug2006
• Alaska Governor Freezes Hiring Because of Prudhoe Bay Shutdown -  AP 9aug2006
• Oil: Mideast at a Crossroads - Richard Heinberg / Life After the Oil Crash 8aug2006
• BP Forced to Shut Biggest US Oilfield Prudhoe Bay in Alaska: 8% of US Crude - The Times (UK) 7aug2006
• Mexico's Energy Problems Hurt U.S. - The Desert Sun 6aug2006
• Eastern United States Swelters Through Heat Wave - Reuters 1aug2006
• Ethanol is fine — if it competes in the market with other fuels  - Editorial / Wall Street Journal 17jun2006
• Bush Energy Plan Whacks Conservation: Efficiency efforts are set for trims or elimination - Christian Science Monitor 31may2006
• Andy Green made world’s most fuel efficient car: 8,000 miles (12,875 km) to the gallon (4.5 litres) - Agence France-Presse 13may2006
• People Pawning Possessions to Pay for Petroleum - KBTV (Beaumont, TX) 25apr2006
• One Billion Cars: It won't be long before the world hits that number - Wall Street Journal 17apr2006
• Iraq: U.S. Casualties Total 2,361 With at Least 33 in April: Rumsfeld Defends Iraq War: Generals Demand Resignation - AP 12apr2006
• Venezuela: U.S. Energy Dept. Concludes Venezuela Could Have Biggest Oil Reserves in OPEC: Greg Palast - Democracy Now! 12apr2006
• Biodiesel For The Revolution: I Don't Think So - Slingshot 6apr2006
• As Utilities Seek More Coal, Railroads Struggle to Deliver - Wall Street Journal 15mar2006
• Launch of Iranian Oil Trading Hits Wall: Oil exchange unlikely to begin till at least midyear - Globe and Mail (Toronto) 14mar2006
• Death Rules Niger Delta in Battle to Control Oil - Ken Wiwa / The Observer (UK) 5mar2006
• Bush Budget has Energy Gaps: Plan would cut funding aimed at conservation - Boston Globe 8feb2006
• Ethanol: Alternative Fuel is Attracting Venture Capital - Wall Street Journal 2feb2006
• $10.71 Billion Profit: Exxon Profit Keeps Wall St Afloat With Record Profit -  Financial Times (UK) (plus others) 30jan2006
  • Record Profits Spark New Backlash Against Big Oil - Reuters 30jan2006

• How the US Fell Out of Love With Its Cars -  The Observer (UK) 29jan2006

• SUVs: Children No Safer in SUVs Than in Passenger Cars -  AP 3jan2006

• Blood Flows With Oil in Poor Nigerian Villages -  New York Times 1jan2006