Resource Insights

Independent Commentary on Environmental and Natural Resource News
By Kurt Cobb

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Turnabout: OPEC shows U.S. oil producers who's boss

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To paraphrase Mark Twain: Rumors of OPEC's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Breathless coverage of the rise in U.S. oil productio...
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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nuclear war: A forgotten threat to human sustainability

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The possibility of a new Cold War between Russia and the United States and its NATO allies brings with it the spectre of nuclear war, an al...
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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Did Russia and China just sign a death warrant for U.S. LNG exports?

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Russia and China have signed two large natural gas deals in the last six months as Russia turns its attention eastward in reaction to sanct...
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Sunday, November 09, 2014

Why GMO labeling in the U.S. needs to win only once

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There were no doubt celebrations last week in the boardrooms of corporations that own patents to the world's genetically engineered crop...
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Sunday, November 02, 2014

Is there really an oil glut?

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Back in March 1999 "The Economist" magazine carried a cover photo of two men drenched in oil as they attempted to close a faulty ...
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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Taking a short break--no post this week (and why)

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I'm taking a short break. I expect to post again on Sunday, November 2. Update Oct. 27, 2014: Here's why I missed posting this w...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Oil decline: Price makes the story

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So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not o...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

World War III: It's here and energy is largely behind it

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I've been advancing a thesis for several months with friends that World War III is now underway. It's just that it's not the war...
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Sunday, October 05, 2014

Irony alert: Yergin gets award named after peak oil realist Schlesinger

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Where is George Orwell when you need him? It is a supreme irony that cornucopian oil industry mouthpiece and consultant Daniel Yergin shoul...
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Taking a short break--No post this week or next

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I'm taking a short break this week and next and expect to post again on Sunday, October 5.
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