The world had long assumed that americans were just unrepentant energy pigs. If gas prices went up, well, we kept our Explorers aimed at the horizon, and little changed. We truthfully didn't have lots of options. Unlike Europeans, we didn't have jobs we could bike to or convenient public transit.... (read more)

2008 Peak Oil Conference Early Registration Savings End July 21st. For Conference Agenda and Registration, go to http://www.aspo-usa.com/aspousa4/ Don't miss the chance to join the world's peak oil experts in Sacramento in September and be a part of defining our energy future. Early Registration ends July 21st, Sunday sessions are likely to sell out... (read more)

You can’t go wrong blaming the oil companies for the current troubles with fuel. Apparently that’s what Congressman Peter DeFazio figures. He claims that the oil industry is hoarding untapped oil resources by not bringing millions of acres of federal oil and gas leases into production. To hammer home that point,... (read more)

Middle East US energy chief: Low oil production drives prices JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The U.S. energy secretary said Saturday that insufficient oil production, not financial speculation, was driving soaring crude prices. Secretary Samuel Bodman's comments on the eve of an energy summit in the Saudi port city of Jiddah set the stage for... (read more)

OPINION A bill introduced in Congress this week would "compel" oil and natural gas companies to produce from federal lands they are leasing. If only it were that easy to find and produce oil. Imagine, an act of Congress that could do what geology could not. These lawmakers ask why oil and... (read more)

Kingdom Lifts Output And Plans Major Rise In Production Ability JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia moved to calm deep anxieties in the oil market by promising the world a little more oil now and potentially a lot more later. But it is unclear whether the Saudi bid to reassert its oil... (read more)

Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism. Horatio Alger, twist in your grave. The can-do, bootstrap approach... (read more)

Critical electoral votes have made it a potent campaign issue, but it's still years away Get ready for the selling of "clean coal." A $40 million industry-sponsored marketing and lobbying campaign has launched, with one national television spot featuring a farmer, a teacher, and a woman in a white lab coat... (read more)

High energy prices are painful for consumers, but they're giving politicians plenty of rhetorical opportunities. On June 18, President George W. Bush kicked off a speech with an empathetic refrain heard often in Washington these days. "For many Americans, there is no more pressing concern than the price of gasoline,"... (read more)

For Further Information, Contact: Adam King, 615.383.6431 adam@tennesseepolicy.org Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice... (read more)

Sunday, June 22, the Oregonian printed a remarkable editorial on peak oil. Do read if you haven't already: Step Program for Gasoholics One year ago, the Peak Oil Task Force delivered a report to the City Council, but the whole region needs to mobilize Think of it as a commuter version... (read more)

The International Energy Agency used to have the role of being the energy optimists, reassuring Governments and markets that there would be sufficient supplies to keep the world sufficiently fueled for the foreseeable future. Indeed, it is still one of their wildly outdated and wildly optimistic forecasts that still underpins... (read more)

The local food movement typically has been about improving the health of the planet. Buying locally means less fuel burned to transport food, which means less pollution. But now researchers are trying to find out if eating locally farmed food is also better for your health. A team of researchers at the... (read more)

More families are looking right under their feet to ease the problem of high food prices. As consumers balk at the rising cost of groceries, homeowners increasingly are cutting out sections of lawn and retiring flower beds to grow their own food. They're building raised vegetable beds, turning their spare time... (read more)

PORTLAND, Ore. - Buying fresh and buying local used to mean heading for the farmer's market. Now there's a new way to get your home grown produce, and, thanks to rising food and gas prices, it's becoming a bargain to boot. It's called community supported agriculture, or CSA, and the small... (read more)

Plan to save whales strangling in red tape * Story Highlights * In 1935, the hunting of right whales was banned after species nearly wiped out * 73 years later, the population has not bounced back: only 300 alive ... (read more)

PARIS — As protests against the soaring cost of fuel threatened to widen in Europe, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain warned on Wednesday that the world confronted a global shock caused by skyrocketing oil prices. “The global economy is facing the third great oil shock of recent decades,” Mr. Brown... (read more)

The world’s top oil producers are proving unable to put more barrels on thirsty world markets despite sky-high prices, a shift that defies traditional market logic and looks set to continue. Fresh data from the U.S. Department of Energy show the amount of petroleum products shipped by the world’s top oil... (read more)

Oil prices have risen dramatically over the past year. When they passed $100 a barrel, they hit new heights, expressed in dollars adjusted for inflation. As they passed $120 a barrel, they clearly began to have global impact. Recently, we have seen startling rises in the price of food, particularly... (read more)

Here is the latest interview with T. Boone Pickens on the oil situation as he sees it. It contains a surprise regarding the future availability of natural gas to substitute for declining crude oil. He even names the companies that are going to find and produce increasing amounts of ... (read more)

DETROIT — The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. The commitment — expected to be announced Tuesday by Nissan’s chief executive, Carlos Ghosn — will be the first by... (read more)

Correction Appended NORTH BEND, Wash. — Senator John McCain intensified his criticism of President Bush and the administration’s environmental polices on Tuesday, taking a walk in the cold, rain-drenched foothills of the Cascade Mountains and asserting that in the effort to stem climate change, “America can lead and not obstruct.” At an... (read more)

By Frank Sesno CNN Special Investigations Unit In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. CNN's Frank Sesno explores America's addiction to oil in the CNN Special Investigations Unit "We Were Warned: Out of Gas," airing Saturday and Sunday,... (read more)

Area poll indicates a swift erosion of economic confidence Debbie Hauth and her husband have lived through recessions. They’ve lived with inflation. But these times — what we’re living through right now — are different, she says. “It seemed like we were standing on the edge for a long time,” says the school... (read more)

Markets - Farmers say weather-delayed plantings will mean gaps later in the season The buy-local crowd was out in force for the 20th annual opening of the Beaverton Farmers Market on Saturday. Shoppers could fill their recyclable grocery bags with an array of spring vegetables or tote away hanging baskets of summer... (read more)