Peak oil educator to visit New Zealand (Scoop.co.nz: Thu, 04 Oct) Richard Heinberg, one of the world's foremost Peak Oil educators and Research Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, is coming to New Zealand in October hosted by the Green Party and the Eco Show to give talks in Auckland, Wellington and Taupo.
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Lexcore Services Wins 25-Well Drilling Contract (Rigzone: Wed, 03 Oct) Lexcore Services, a subsidiary of Lexington Energy Services, has signed a shallow gas drilling contract with Neo Exploration. Lexcore's rigs are scheduled to begin drilling this week on a minimum of 25 wells.
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First CORE director stepping down (Aspen Daily News: Wed, 03 Oct) After 13 years of dedicated service as the director of the Community Office of Resource Efficiency, energy expert Randy Udall is stepping down to pursue his own projects.
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Online-only Letters (Seattle Times: Mon, 01 Oct) The road to uncertain future Editor, The Times: My jaw dropped when I read Ron Sims argue that it will take too long to build light rail...
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Life at Findhorn (The New Statesman: Fri, 28 Sep) One of the ports of call during the last two weeks that I have been away was the 6th international conference of ASPO (the Association for the Study of Peak Oil) in Cork. This is the body, founded by former oil geologist Dr Colin Campbell, which more than any other has brought to public consciousness the imminent peaking in the availability of cheap fossil fuels.
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