 Peak Oil Passnotes: CERA's Silly Season
(Resource Investor: Fri, 18 Jan) The famous cheerleaders for the oil industry have come out with their latest pronouncement on why peak oil is rubbish. It makes very interesting reading, if you are a fan of comedy.
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 Vermont Students Lead National "Teach-in" On Climate Change
(Newswise: Tue, 22 Jan) Focus the Nation, January 31, 2008, promises to be the largest "teach-in" in US history. So far, it has mobilized students at 1400 colleges to plan classes on global warming. Students at the University of Vermont have developed one of the country's most ambitious agendas for the event, expanding beyond the one-day national teach-in to include dozens of events over six days.
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 Radar looks at end-of-the-world scenarios
(Addict 3D: Wed, 16 Jan) Radar Online has a rundown end of the world scenarios, including peak oil, bee colony collapse, supervolcanoes, genetic engineering disasters, bird flu, drought, telomere erosion, and Earth wobble.
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 Report disputes gloomy outlook for oil supply
(Houston Chronicle: Fri, 18 Jan) A leading oil industry consulting firm is challenging theories that the world is running out of oil, arguing the production decline rate of the world's oil fields is far lower than commonly believed.
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 Peak Oil response - Britain full speed ahead on nuclear plant
(North Denver News: Sat, 12 Jan) Peak Oil notes: Declining North Sea oil has encouraged Britain to dramatically reverse course on pursuing new nuclear power. According to Reuters: Britain gave the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations on Thursday, setting no limits on nuclear expansion and adding momentum to atomic energy's worldwide renaissance. The government argues that Britain must build nuclear plants to ...
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 Oil in plentiful supply
(The Australian: Thu, 17 Jan) The rate of decline on all reserves is half what it was believed to be.
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