March 2006

Monthly Archive

Fri 31 Mar 2006

Gazprom threaten Belarus with crippling price rise

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Energy , Carbon , Geopolitics , Economics , China , Russia , Gazprom , Gas
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The Russian state-owned Gazprom is the largest company and
the biggest natural gas extractor in the world.  It supplies
almost all the gas needs of Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.

Apart from its gas reserves and the world’s longest pipeline network with 150,000km, it also controls assets in banking, insurance, media, construction and agriculture.  Its also had its hand on the tab of the majority of natural gas coming into Europe.

Last year, the dispute between Russian state-owned gas supplier Gazprom and Ukraine over natural gas prices started in March of 2005 (over the price of natural gas and prices for the transition of Gazprom’s gas to Europe). The two parties were unable to reach an agreement to resolve the dispute, and in the depths of an extremely bitter winter, Russia cut gas exports to Ukraine on 1 January 2006 at 10:00 MSK. The supply was restored on January 4, when a preliminary agreement between two gas companies was settled.

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Thu 30 Mar 2006

Green Opposition to Nuclear Energy was a Historical Mistake

Posted by diderot under Global Warming , Environment , Nuclear
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Wed 29 Mar 2006

Is Washington preparing for a strike on Iran?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iran
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Wed 29 Mar 2006

Wind Energy Industry response to Climate Change Review

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Energy , Renewability , Carbon , Wind Power , Global Warming , Environment , Resource
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Sun 26 Mar 2006

UN accused of ignoring 500,000 Chernobyl deaths

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Energy , Geopolitics , Economics , Global Warming , Nuclear
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Fri 24 Mar 2006

‘Glacial Earthquakes’ Warn Of Global Warming

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Global Warming , Environment
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Thu 23 Mar 2006

The Depletion Protocol Project: A Plan for Global Powerdown

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Energy , Carbon , Geopolitics , Post peak , Environment
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Thu 23 Mar 2006

Al-Qaida warning after attack on world’s most important oil facility

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist
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Thu 23 Mar 2006

Ex Head of CIA Bin Laden Unit Blames ‘War on Terror’ on Oil Dependency

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics
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Tue 21 Mar 2006

Pentagon Announce Plan to Secure Fuel for US War Machine

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Energy , Carbon
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Tue 21 Mar 2006

Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.)

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Energy , Geopolitics , Economics , Iran , Iraq , Russia
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Tue 21 Mar 2006

The sides line up… China, Russia ink major gas deal

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Energy , Carbon , Geopolitics , Economics , China , India , Russia
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Wed 15 Mar 2006

Mexico discovers ‘huge’ oil field

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Economics , Resource , New Oil
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Mon 13 Mar 2006

Three Years on from “Operation Iraqi Freedom” - A Stable Gulf?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iraq
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Thu 9 Mar 2006

Indo-US Nuclear Deal - Some Unexplored Angles

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Energy , Geopolitics , India
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