 Library to screen, discuss Cuba movie
(The Iowa City Press-Citizen: Fri, 01 Feb) A screening and discussion of "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Iowa City Public Library, room A.
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 New tests could further undermine 'fossil fuels'
(WorldNet Daily: Mon, 04 Feb) Scientists who have confirmed that abiotic hydrocarbons are being released from the Lost City hydrothermal field in the Mid-Atlantic range at the bottom of the ocean say they are returning to that location this summer to try to confirm the presence of more complex hydrocarbon chains, a result that would further undermine the assumption that oils are the result of decomposed and compressed ...
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 Green issues on agenda at Spokes event
(Edinburgh Evening News: Fri, 01 Feb) THE issues of climate change, peak oil and the Government's cycling policy will be discussed at a the Spring meeting of cycling lobby group Spokes.
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 Eco-Heat in Vermont Schools
(WCAX-TV Vermont: Sun, 03 Feb) More than 30 Vermont schools are using wood chips from the forest to keep students in the classroom warm.
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 Links
(EUActiv: Fri, 01 Feb) For many oil companies, buying oil on increasingly volatile and expensive global crude markets is less risky than investing in new extraction facilities, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) William Ramsay said on 31 January in Brussels.
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 Peak oil to arrive sooner than expected
(AME Info: Wed, 23 Jan) Peak oil, the point in time at which the maximum global petroleum production rate is reached, will arrive sooner than most observers expect and bring about an economic crisis that will be much greater than the one that is currently taking place in the world markets, according to author David Strahan.
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County panel pushes solar energy
Maritimes particularly vulnerable if global oil supply was cut off
