Councils and hyperlocal ‘bloggers’: It’s the council system which needs changing, not how people are allowed to cover them, David Higgerson, February 23 topic File:Single malt - half-full.jpg Community Led Planning and the Localism Bill – how full is the glass? Empowerment Works, 19 February topic File:GlobalPeakOilForecast.jpg Peak oil: We are asleep at the wheel, Revelations that the Saudis have overstated their oil reserves are a timely reminder of the huge threat to the global economy, WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices, Jeremy Leggett, 10 February File:TrafalgarSquareEvening1.jpg Outsourced emissions are a growing problem that the government is failing to acknowledge, Guy Shrubsole and Alex Randall, 8 February topic, topic File:Thame