Climate Policy (2) – Mar 12

The New Scientist

Will Climate Change Destroy the Atmosphere?

To the end of the earth

Evangelical Body Stays Course on Warming

Emissions panel funds fossil fuels over renewables

Coal – Mar 11

China building huge coal-to-liquids plant at Ningxia

TXU plans 2 ‘clean coal’ power plants

Japan OKs record coal price

Howard gifts $100mil for ‘clean coal’

U.S. Opposes Canadian Coal Mine

Oil producers – March 10

Output falling in Mexico, NYT blames politics
Iranians lose access to unlimited cheap fuel
Iran parliament agrees on fuel rations

Cambodia welcomes its oil wealth, but will it do more harm than good?
Forget Russia, Jim Rogers advises

North America – March 10

California: the energy miser?
Canada to be top oil supplier to US for 20 yrs
Green guru from California helped sway Campbell in B.C.
Nader elected

Population – March 10

Fact or fiction?: living people outnumber the dead

The motherhood experiment

Medical, social problems cause of high death rate in Russia – Putin

Food and agriculture – Mar 10

Challenges, threats and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, Part II

Food sector vulnerable to emergencies, says study

The Man Who Farms Water

And on This Farm She Found a Future

Environment – Mar 10

Madison Declaration on Mercury Pollution

Professor fights against plastic

Devastated system dying of thirst

The Bio-DaVersity code

Biofuels – Mar 10

Gore Urged to Put Brake on Biofuel Production

Demand for corn driving up meat prices

Livestock Industry Testifies Before Congress In Food Vs. Fuel Debate

Success derails biofuels bandwagon

Europe – March 9

EU agrees to reduce carbon emissions by 20%

Split on nuclear power threatens climate agreement

Europe takes lead in fighting climate change
German cars need to go green
UK’s Milibrand on energy security and climate change

Far-right BNP: Going “Green” – thinking beyond Peak Oil!

Ghawar Is Dead!

Perhaps we should be mourning after the world’s largest oilfield, rather than dead celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, for Peak Oil means the death of the American dream, not just one queen of kitsch.

Biofuels & Latin America – Mar 9

Bush hails biofuels pact in Brazil

Brazil’s ethanol slaves

US looks to Brazil to fuel energy revolution
Cuba-Venezuela: Making biofuels without wasting food
Tortillas spark inflation, drive down Mexico’s peso