Government opens up petroleum acreages AAPUpdated May 14, 2012, 5:20 pm tweet0 Email Print The federal government has opened up 27 new offshore petroleum acreages across nine basins in Commonwealth waters off five states. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said the 2012 acreage release included large frontier basins suited to exploration programs with numerous targets, along Continue Reading →
The missing forecast: rising population growth May 14, 2012 – 11:59AM Read later Comments 59 Population growth is on the rise again. Photo: Jessica Shapiro The federal budget papers are missing an important figure: population growth is on the rise again with a 30 per cent surge in net overseas migration over the seven months Continue Reading →
The difficult future facing black goldswissinfo.chHistorian Daniele Ganser is head of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research (SIPER) in Basel and chairman of the Swiss section of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO). Lawyer Niklaus Boss is managing director of the Swiss …See all stories on this topic Continue Reading →
News 2 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS Will it give us energy or bring death?TehelkaMANY COUNTRIES are rethinking their nuclear plans post-Fukushima. Some are proceeding to draw down their nuclear power operations. Germany took a firm stand against nuclear power after the Fukushima crisis, shutting down eight reactors and planning to …See Continue Reading →
Gill Tract Farm Essential for Post-Peak Oil Food SecurityFog City JournalBy Luke Thomas Without food, we cannot survive and without local farms to grow and supply food in a post-peak oil world, the costs associated with traditional long-distance, oil-reliant food production will continue to soar and become unsustainable.See all stories on this topic ยป
ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News Population pressure impacts world wetlands Posted: 11 May 2012 09:21 AM PDT The area of the globe covered by wetlands (swamps, marshes, lakes, etc.) has dropped by 6% in fifteen years. This decline is particularly severe in tropical and subtropical regions, and in areas that have experienced the largest increases in Continue Reading →