News Reports

Today BBC Radio 4 talked to oil geologist and local energy farms advisor Jeremy Leggett about OPEC and $100 oil prices - Leggett says "we haven't seen anything yet." Later in the broadcast, Radio 4 covered the newly released IPCC 4th Assessment on climate change, which notes that climate change is "severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action" can head it off.

The question "Is organic worth the price" was placed before a panel at the 2007 Growing Up Organic conference in Toronto, Canada. On the panel was a spokesperson for the pesticide and biotechnology industry.

Between October 7-11, 2006, participants from across North America gathered together in Vancouver for the Bridging Borders Toward Food Security Conference. Hosted by the Vancouver Food Policy Council, the conference was organized by the California-based Community Food Security Coalition and Food Secure Canada, a new Canadian organization.

CBC Radio in Canada covers Chinese central banker Wu Xiaoling's fears about depreciation of the U.S. dollar.

CBC Radio in Canada covers the European import of genetically modified crops and carbon credits for no-till farming.

A round up of recent relevant stories collected from CBC Radio in Canada.

Participants at the Third U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions learned how they must use less energy, save and share resources and grow food in their communities.

Grassroots effort yields comprehensive look at oil crisis. The threat of a peak in global oil supplies has received official attention from the City of Portland.

Julian Darley of Post Carbon Institute and Michael Lynch of the Strategic Energy & Economic Research, debate on the topic of: Has Global Oil Production Reached Maximum Capacity?

An increasing number of more mainstream news media have begun to acknowledge or allude to Peak Oil, as an issue needing further discussion and debate.