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Peak Oil And The Vision In The Mirror

If you don't know what peak oil is, then, first of all, you are not alone. Most people don't seem to have a clue about it. And, even some that do, don't seem to get the full implications. Let me lay it out for you as succinctly as I can...

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Audio: Peak Oil & Climate Change - Twin Crises?

The relationship between Peak Oil and Climate Change was discussed, during a joint meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Peak Oil and on Climate Change, in the Grand Committee Room in Parliament on 5th December 2007.

Speakers:

Jeremy Leggett, author of `Half Gone' and CEO of Solar Century.

Martyn Williams, Parliamentary Campaigner, Friends of the Earth.

Chris Vernon, the Oil Drum, Europe.

mp3 file (100mb) of the meeting:

http://www.appgopo.org.uk/events/02_051207/APPGOPO2_PO_CC.mp3

http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18

Peakfood in the Yorkshire Post

Peak Food | 05-12-2007 22:26 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Yesterday

http://www.Peakfood.co.uk/ had an article published on pages 10 and 11 of The Yorkshire Post’s Country Week (thanks to Michael Hickling!) It mainly discussed price increases and the threats to future food production.

What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out?

Our global food system faces a crisis of unprecedented scope. This crisis, which threatens to imperil the lives of hundreds of millions and possibly billions of human beings, consists of four simultaneously colliding dilemmas, all arising from our relatively recent pattern of dependence on depleting fossil fuels.

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Oil Production Peaked in 2006

A report from the Energy Watch Group,

http://www.energywatchgroup.org/Erdoel-Report.32+M5d637b1e38d.0.html was reported in The Guardian today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,2196435,00.html it's conclusion follows. Of course long before the MSM started to pick up on the key issue of Peak Oil it was reported here:

http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=%22peak+oil%22+site%3Aindymedia.org.uk

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A612 Bus Plug Road Kill Two Squirrels dead

Paula Sharratt | 13-10-2007 12:19 | Ecology | Health | Sheffield

If a couple of squirrels get squashed who cares... but what if it's your child, granny or partner that walks out onto the Burton Road Bus Plug, thinking they have right of way...

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Why I Love the Burton Road Bus Plug

Paula Sharratt | 05-10-2007 11:04 | Ecology | Health | Sheffield

How the bus plug along Burton Road is changing my life for the better

Castleford Tigers Support Circus Mondeo Animal Abuse

MC something, to da DJ! | 05-10-2007 00:41 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Sheffield

CIRCUS MONDEO ARE DUE TO PITCH UP THEIR ANIMAL CIRCUS ON LAND BELONGING TO CASTLEFORD TIGERS RFLG FROM SUNDAY FOR A WEEK.

sharrow chapel saved

angus hunter | 21-09-2007 16:07 | Ecology | Social Struggles | Sheffield

we won and lost all in a short space of time

Biofuels talk and protest planning on 26th Sept 8pm @ Sumac

In advance of a protest at a corporate biofuels conference in Newark on 17/18 October, there will be a presentation by Biofuelwatch on the pros and cons of biofuels, followed by a discussion of campaigning possibilities.

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Leeds Animal Day extravaganza!

An event celebrating animals!

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Brecon pipeline sabotaged

Brecon becons Gas pipeline attacked

A612 Burton Joyce Motorists protest Burton Road Bus Plug

Paula Sharratt | 18-07-2007 07:00 | Ecology | Health | Sheffield

On 17th July at 6.30pm, 150 motorists gathered on the A612 to protest that the building of the new A612 bypass had taken away their short cut creating a bus plug along Burton Road near Carlton Le Willows School. This article argues the bus plug provides a vital green lung with other benefits

Summer of Dissent in Iceland

In Iceland a summer of dissent against heavy industry and large dams has begun. In a much disputed master-plan, all the glacial rivers and geothermal potential of the largest wilderness of Europe would be harnessed for aluminium production. Activists from around the world have gathered to protect Europe's largest remaining wilderness and oppose Rio Tinto/ALCAN, ALCOA, Century/RUSAL and other transnational companies.

live earth day concerts july 7th 2007....the Hypocrisy

now we are preached at by smug secure rocks stars as if politicans are not bad enough.

new mori opinion poll on climate change published today

new poll suggests public not convinced

manchester bike stuff this weekend

We cycle round the city to celebrate the bicycle:

It's for anyone that rides a bike;
Its a celebration of getting round the city without polluting it;
Its about every journey being an adventure instead of just sitting on a boring bus or in a stressful car;
Its about cyclists riding together to demand more respect from other road users;
Its a way to meet other cyclistas;

Activists target M1 - Press Release

Here is a copy of a press release sent widely to the mainstream media - for info and interest.

Sheffield Ecology Newswire Archive

Peak Oil And The Vision In The Mirror

UK Emission-free transport cooperative needs your support

Audio: Peak Oil & Climate Change - Twin Crises?

Peakfood in the Yorkshire Post

What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out?

The Fargate Speaker- Autumn Edition online

Oil Production Peaked in 2006

A612 Bus Plug Road Kill Two Squirrels dead

Why I Love the Burton Road Bus Plug

Castleford Tigers Support Circus Mondeo Animal Abuse

sharrow chapel saved

Biofuels talk and protest planning on 26th Sept 8pm @ Sumac

Leeds Animal Day extravaganza!

Brecon pipeline sabotaged

A612 Burton Joyce Motorists protest Burton Road Bus Plug

Summer of Dissent in Iceland

live earth day concerts july 7th 2007....the Hypocrisy

new mori opinion poll on climate change published today

manchester bike stuff this weekend

Activists target M1 - Press Release

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