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649 “Medvedev aims at Caspian gas lockup as Europe seeks supplies,” Lucian Kim, Bloomberg, 3 July 2008.

650 “Climate risk from flat-screen TVs,” Ian Sample, Guardian, 3 July 2008.

651 “Using energy more efficiently: an interview with Rocky Mountain Institute’s Amory Lovins,” The McKinsey Quarterly, 2 July 2008.

652 Call options: contracts that give holders the right to buy crude oil at a predetermined price and date.

653 Put options: contracts that give holders the right to sell crude oil at a predetermined price and date.

654 “Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis,” Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian (front page), 4 July 2008.

655 “Champions of Thunder Horse find little to cheer,” Sheila McNulty, Financial Times, 5 July 2008.

656 “Stores set to stockpile food,” Isabel Oakeshott, Sunday Times (front page), 6 July 2008.

657 “Patience is a virtue when Prius battery supply chains go flat,” Jonathan Soble and Bernard Simon, Financial Times, 7 July 2008.

658 “BP has been treating Russians as subjects,” Mikhail Fridman, Financial Times, 7 July 2008.

659 “Russians aim to wrest control of BP venture,” George Robertson, Financial Times, 8 July 2008.

660 “A G8 removed from the real world,” Larry Elliot, Guardian 7 July 2008.

661 “Decline and fall of the cult of equity,” Richard Wachman, Observer, 6 July 2008.

662 “Oil sands: the short view,” Oil and Gas Journal, 7 July 2008.

663 “Expansion of renewables under fire,” Fiona Harvey, Financial Times, 7 July 2008.

664 “Portugal to unveil details of zero-emission car network,” Peter Wise, Financial Times 9 July 2008.

665 “Oil giants plan to go nuclear in Middle East,” Carola Hoyos, Financial Times, 9 July 2008.

666 “price acts as catalyst for shift,” Carola Hoyos. Financial Times, 9 July 2008.

667 “China and India reject CO2 target,” David Pilling, Krishna Guha, and George Parker, Financial Times, 10 July 2008.

668 “MPs fear taxpayer could end up paying nuclear clean-up bill,” Terry Macalister, Guardian, 10 July 2008.

669 “River use banned after French uranium leak,” Angelique Chrisafis, Guardian, 10 July 2008. “’It feels like a sci-fi film’ – accidents tarnish nuclear dream,” Angelique Chrisafis, Guardian, 26 July 2008.

670 “Opec sees future fall in demand for its oil,” Carola Hoyos, Financial Times, 11 July 2007.

671 “Iran vows to presson after Total pull-out,” Carola Hoyos and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Financial Times, 11 July 2008.

672 “Canadians ponder cost of rush for dirty oil,” John Vidal, Guardian, 12 July 2008.

673 “On its last legs,” Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 12 July 2008.

674 “Face value: the only way is down,” Economist, 12 July 2008.

675 “Former Saudi oil minister says world reaching third oil crisis,” Eric Watkins, Oil and Gas Journal, 14 July 2008.

676 “Call for eco focus on old buildings,” Jim Pickard, Financial Times, 14 July 2008.

677 “A generational challenge to repower America,” speech by Al Gore, http://www.wecansolveit.org.

678 “China faces coal crunch as price moves lag world markets,” World Gas Intelligence, 16 July 2008.

679 “Oil price plunge could provide breathing space on inflation,” Javier Blas, Michael Mackenzie and Krishna Guha, Financial Times, 18 July 2008.

680 “Gas bills forecast to rise 65% if the oil price stays up,” Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 18 July 2008.

681 “Bill for Britain’s nuclear clean-up increases by another £10bn,” Terry Macalister, Guardian, 18 July 2008.

682 “Paris acts to allay fears of radiation,” Peggy Hollinger, Financial Times, 18 July 2008. “’It feels like a sci-fi film’ – accidents tarnish nuclear dream,” Angelique Chrisafis, Guardian, 26 July 2008.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/25/nuclear.industry.france

683 “Tidal turbine begins feeding power to grid,” Alok Jha, Guardian, 18 July 2008.

684 “How much demand destruction?” Credit Suisse Fixed Income Research, 17 July 2008.

685 “Golf carts switch course from green to road,” Guardian 19 July 2008.

686 “Municipal waste to produce ethanol by 2011,” Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 21 July 2008.

687 “Watchdog’s verdict on Channel 4 climate film angers scientists,” Owen Gibson and David Adam, Guardian, 22 July 2008.

688 “Land grab,” Todd Woody, Fortune, 21 July 2008.

689 “Mexico crude oil production falls,” Ronald Buchanan, Financial Times, 22 July 2008.

690 “Coal price surge coincides with hedge funds’ growing interest,” Chris Flood, Financial Times, 22 July 2008.

691 “Skills shortage threatens Britain’s nuclear drive,” Robin Pagnamenta, Times, 22 July 2008.

692 “Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe’s electricity, says EU,” Alok Jha, Guardian, 23 July 2008.

693 “Arctic holds 90bn barrels of oil and gas equal to Russia’s reserves,” Carola Hoyos and Sheila McNulty, Financial Times (front page, 24 July 2008.

694 John V Mitchell and Professor Paul Stevens, “Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States,” Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Chatham House.

695 “Britain tries to block green energy laws,” David Adam, Guardian (front page), 24 July 2008.

696 “Radioactive particles contaminate 100 workers,” Associated Press, Guardian, 24 July 2008.

697 “’It feels like a sci-fi film’ – accidents tarnish nuclear dream,” Angelique Chrisafis, Guardian, 26 July 2008.

698 “Nuclear clean-up industry in chaos,” Terry Macalister, Guardian, 24 April 2008.

699 “ ‘They call it the Three Gorges in the sky. The dam there taps water, we tap wind’,” Jonathan Watts, Guardian, 25 July.

700 Moscow snubs UK ambassador,” Reuters, Financial Times 26 July 2008.

701 “UK scientists hit out at new coal station plans,” Tim Webb, Observer, 27 July 2008.

702 “EDF bid for British Energy is ringing alarm bells,” Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 28 July 2008.

703 “The street in Leeds that leads the way to greener living,” Martin Wainwright, 29 July 2008.

704 “Ukrainian political battle could hit European gas prices,” Alex Dryden, The Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2008.

705 “Time to go cold turkey,” Matthew Simmons, New Scientist, 28 June 2008.

706 “Unconventional oil: Scraping the bottom of the barrel,” The Co-operative and Worldwide Fund for Nature, 28 July 2008.

707 “Centrica profits prompt consumer anger,” Rebecca Bream, Financial Times, 1 August 2008.

708 “Russia takes control of Turkmen (world?) gas,” M. K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, 30 July 2008 .

709 “What is going to power our cars?” Danny Bradbury, Guardian, 31 July 2008.

710 “Coal rush questioned as bridge for energy gap,” Fiona Harvey and Jean Eaglesham, Financial Times, 1 August 2008.

711 “Positive outlook,” Godfrey Boyle, Energy Engineering, August 2008.

712 “Green crude: the pond life that may power cars and planes in the future,” Alok Jha, Guardian, 1 August 2008.

713 £45bn = £7,500 x 6 m households. This is approx a saving of 93,900 GWh/yr,  5.4 mtC/yr, 19.8 mt CO2/yr (personal communication).

714 “Energy giants forced to act on fuel poverty,” Tim Webb, Observer, 3 August 2008.

715 “New technologies spur rush for gas,” Sheila McNulty, Financial Times, 5 August 2008.

716 “Plans for Kingsnorth press ahead despite ‘clean coal’ talks,” Terry Macalister and Alexandra Topping, Guardian, 6 August 2008.

717 “Drax profits halve as UK’s largest source of CO2 pays price for soaring costs of carbon credits,” Terry Macalister, Guardian, 6 August 2008.

718 “Kurds lay claim to pipeline blast,” Alex Barker, Financial Times, 8 August 2008.

719 “Prepare for global temperature rise of 4C, warns top scientist,” Guardian, 7 August 2008.

720 “BG makes ‘material’ discovery off brazil,” Rebecca Bream, Financial Times, 9 August 2008.

721 “Minister: we must build Kingsnorth to get clean coal,” Patrick Wintour, Guardian, 9 August 2008.

722 “Wildfires in the rise in tinder-dry Britain,” Jamie Doward, Observer, 10 August 2008.

723 “Fifty arrested as green activists clash with police over proposed coal plant,” John Vidal and Tim Webb, Observer, 10 August 2008.

724 “Fifty arrested as green activists clash with police over proposed coal plant,” John Vidal and Tim Webb, Observer, 10 August 2008; “Kingsnorth protest ‘will continue’,” John Vidal, Guardian, 11 August 2008.

725 “Blow dealt to prospect of oil pipeline security,” Isabel Gorst, Financial Times, 11 August 2008.

726 “Opec income at record as oil prices soar,” Javier Blas, Krishna Guha, and Andrew England, Financial Times, 11 August 2008.

727 “Two challenges highlight the scale of the bonanza,” Krishna Guha, Financial Times, 11 August 2008.

728 “On a planet 4C hotter, all we could prepare for is extinction,” Oliver Tickell, Guardian, 11 August 2008.

729 “Giant retailers look to sun for energy savings,” Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 10 August 2008.

730 “Power to the people,” Sarah Boseley, Guardian, 11 August 2008.

731 “Solar utility: electricity from sunshine on a massive scale in California,” David Biello, Scientific American, 15 August 2008.

732 “Flying high,” Garret Hering, Photon magazine, September 2008.

733 “A tank of the green stuff,” David Strachan, New Scientist, 16 August 2008.

734 “A scripted war,” Economist, 16 August 2008.

735 “The dangers of the safe zone,” Economist, 16 August 2008.

736 “Europe’s energy source lies in the shadow of Russia’s anger,” Alex Brett, Observer, 17 August 2008.

737 “The decade after tomorrow,” Fred Pearce and Michael LePage, New Scientist, 16 August 2008.

738 “Could it be lights out for the Gulf,” Andrew White, arabianbusiness.com, 17 August 2008.

739 Wave power at sea until the tide turns,” Richard Wilson, Sunday Times, 17 August 2008.

740 “LNG project delays may cut 100 million tons of supply,” Dinaker Sethuranem and Catherine Yang, Bloomberg, 20 August 2008.

741 “Revealed: the massive scale of UK’s water consumption,” Felicity Lawrence, Guardian, 20 August 2008.

742 Water, water, everywhere,” Jonathan Chenoweth, New Scientist, 23 August 2008.

743 “Political rifts slow recovery of Iraqi oil,” Carola Hoyos, Roula Khalaf and Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 21 August 2008.

744 “Kazakhstan consider to divert oil export route from BTC to Russia,” HotNewsTurkey.com, 21 August 2008.

745 “The falling oil price is simply the lull before the storm,” Nick Butler, Financial Times, 21 August 2008.

746 “Venture capitalists boost smart power grid move,” Kevin Allison, Financial Times, 21 August 2008.

747 “All clear over safety doubts at Areva’s troublesome reactor, Peggy Hollinger and Robert Anderson, Financial Times, 21 August 2008.

748 “Running out of road,” Bernard Simon and John Reed,” Financial Times, 21 August 2008.

749 “A US drilling boom revives hope for natural gas,” Clifford Kraus, International Herald Tribune, 25 August 2008.

750 “Altogether now, we can fight climate change,” New Scientist, 23 August 2008.

751 “Electric cars power ahead in Japan,” Jonathan Soble, Financial Times, 26 August 2008.

752 “Atomic overtures,” Bertrand Benoit, Financial Times, 26 September 2008.

753 “China halts coal-to-fuel projects to conserve coal supplies,” Winnie Zhu, Bloomberg, 29 August 2008.

754 “UK Coal raises output to capitalise on higher prices,” Mark Milner, Guardian, 29 August 2008.

755 “Generators accused of putting profit before safety,” Graham Keeley, Guardian, 29 August 2008.

756 “China’s lead in race for new nuclear plants could create UK skills famine,” Mark Milner, Guardian, 29 August 2008.

757 Letter to customers from Good Energy CEO Juliet Davenport, 21.8.08.

758 “Geopolitics saps influence of oil giants,” Jad Mouawad, New York Times, 31 August 2008.

759 “This is how we will stand up to Russia’s naked aggression,” Gordon Brown, Observer, 31 August 2008.

760 “Windfall tax being blown off course,” Tim Webb, Observer, 31 August 2008.

761 “Domestic demand offers growth hopes,” Rebecca Bream, Financial Times, 1 September 2008.

762 “Solar Generation V – 2008: Solar electricity for over one billion people and two million jobs by 2020,” EPIA and Greenpeace, 1 September 2008.

763 “New era for sustainable investing,” Sophia Grene, Financial Times, 1 September 2008.

764 “Climate changing in favour of SRI,” Owen Walker, Financial Times, 1 September 2008.

765 “Green jobs: towards decent work in a sustainable low carbon world,” United Nations Environmental programme, September 2008.

766 “Green jobs: towards decent work in a sustainable low carbon world,” United Nations Environmental programme, September 2008.

767 “North Sea operators hard at work,” Chris Skrebowski, Petroleum Review, September 2008.

768 “The rise and fall of Jimmy Cayne,” William D. Cohan, Fortune, 1 September 2008.

769 “Rising costs erode oil industry profits,” Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 3 September 2008.

770 “Another wild summer for oil hits big fund,” Reuters, 3 September 2008

771 “Coal plans go up in smoke,” Juliette Jowit, Guardian, 3 September 2008.

772 “Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert,” Alok Jha, Guardian, 3 September 2008.

773 “We must go green,” Sir Terry Leahy, Guardian, 3 September 2008, edited extracts of a speech given to the Coca-Cola Retail Research Global Forum, Beijing, 22 August.

774 “Change of strategy,” Photon Magazine, October 2008.

775 “Nabucco backers remain composed,” Haig Simonian, Financial Times, 5 September 2007.

776 “Revealed: Brown’s £1bn power windfall,” Julitte Jowit, Guardian, 6 September 2008.

777 “US takes control of Fannie and Freddie,” Krishna Guha, Chris Giles and Saskia Scholtes, Financial Times, 8 September 2008.

778 “Government lies and squishy ethics,” Rob Arnott, Financial Times, 8 September 2008.

779 “US move triggers CDS default,” Aline van Duyn, Financial Times, 9 September 2008.

780 “Shell agrees landmark Iraqi gas deal worth up to $4bn,” Ed Crooks and Roula Khalaf, Financial Times, 9 September 2008.

781 “Saving Fannie and Freddie was nationalisation pure and simple,” Larry Elliot, Guardian, 9 September 2008.

782 “Nationalisation may shore up US housing market,” Ashley Seager, Guardian, 9 September 2008.

783 “Britain lags behind in gas storage boom,” Toby Shelley, Financial Times, 10 September 2008.

784 “Sex and drugs for US oil firm regulators,” Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, 11 September 2008.

785 “Oil price fall puts projects at risk,” Carola Hoyos, Financial Times, 12 November 2008.

786 “Producers may pass on cost of energy package to consumers,” Patrick Wintour, Guardian, 12 September 2008.

787 “Lula’s new lucre,” Jonathan Wheatley and Carola Hoyos, Financial Times, 11 September 2008.

788 “Polluters stand to make hundreds of millions from European carbon permit scheme,” David Adam, Guardian, 13 September 2008.

789 “Where your money goes: the definitive atlas of UK government spending,” Guardian, 13 September 2008.

790 “Global E&P investments for 2007 remain flat, study finds,” Paul Dittrick, Oil and Gas Journal, 15 September 2008.

791 “Investors warned of risk to oil sands plans,” Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 16 September 2008.

792 “Investors press for discolosure of tar sands risk” Terry Macalister, Guardian, 15 September 2008.

793 “The growth potential for onsite renewable electricity generation in the non domestic sector in England, Scotland and Wales,” Element Energy report published by the Depertment of Business and Regulatory Reformas part of the RES consultation, 15 September 2008.

794 Compiled from many articles in the Financial Times and the Guardian.

795 “Brussel takes on Gazprom in Nigeria,” Matthew green, Financial Times, 17 September 2008.

796 “Eon cuts 400 jobs to trim costs,” PA, Financial Times, 17 September 2008.

797 “New group would have links to 40% of homes,” Jane Croft, Financial Times, 18 September 2008.

798 “Oil price fall and global crisis force suspension of Russian stockmarkets,” Luke Harding, Guardian, 18 September 2008.

799 “The end of lightly regulated finance has come far closer,” Martin Wolf, Financial Times, 17 September 2008.

800 “Ambition cannot dismiss huge risks,” Krishna Guha, Financial Times, 21 September 2008.

801 “RTC repeat may not end the drama,” Gillian Tett, Financial Times, 21 September 2008.

802 “Escape of the bankrupt,” Nick Leeson, Guardian, 19 September 2008.

803 “There is no money at Lehman, please gather your things and leave,” First Person (anonymous), Guardian, 20 September 2008.

804 “Confessions of a sub-prime mortgage baron,” Andrew Clark, 19 September 2008.

805 “The US took action in the face of crisis. We must do the same,” Will Hutton, Observer, 21.9.08.

806 “Shell makes move into Iraq,” Ed Crooks, Financial Times, 23 September 2008.

807 “Senate approves bill with energy trade-offs,” David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, 23 September 2008.

808 “Azerbaijan oil export moves likely to cause worry to west,” Isabel Gorst, Financial Times, 25 September 2008.

809 “Al Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants,” Michelle Nichol;s, Reuters, 24 September 2008.

810 “The methane time bomb,” Independent, 23 September 2003.

811 “Mortgage collapse inquiry widened,” Joanna Chung, Financial Times 25 September 2008.

812 “Making waves: UK firm harnesses power of the sea ….in Portugal,” Alok Jha, Guardian, 25 September 2008.

813 “Fears focus on the price of political bargain,” Krishna Guha, Financial Times, 29 September 2008.

814 “Backlash grows over bonuses for culprits of disaster,” Simon Bowers, Guardian, 26 September 2008.