Biofuels – Feb 14

Ag economist: Ethanol’s growth and implications for grain producers

Brazil sees biofuel demand as unsustainable
Biofuels will make China, India more thirsty
RFA: Bush’s farm bill not adequate for cellulosic

Housing & urban design – Feb 14

American Dream, downsized
Wayne Co. foreclosure rate leads the nation (due to auto industry cuts)

Beyond Moscow, dachas make way for suburbia

Geopolitics – Feb 14

Al-Qaida urges strikes on U.S. oil sources
West adds to strains on Iran’s lifeline
Stan Goff: Persian peril redux
India on the front line in energy war

Food & agriculture – Feb 14

Agri-business exposed (Cargill)
Vandana Shiva’s address to UK Soil Association
Penn. group blasts corporate farming

Gas – Feb 14

Russia warns BP may lose Siberian gas licence

Evaluation of Russian natural gas resources

Activists shut down construction of LNG terminal

Environment – Feb 14

Mystery Ailment Strikes Honeybees

Dangerous fungus thrives on Canada’s West Coast

The Importance of Water

Deception on Plan Columbia spraying exposed

British Columbia goes green

Green changes sweeping British Columbia
Plan to make B.C. the continent’s greenest
Will be acid test for environmental concerns

New rules threaten proposed coal projects
Too timid a response (new)

Peak oil thoughts – Feb 14

Homer-Dixon interview: crash inevitable?
Chat with Dmitry Orlov
Post-petroleum stress disorder on the Archers
THE Progressive crises: global warming and PO

Hybrids, biofuels and other false idols

Citizenre: A House of Cards?

In its current incarnation, it is my opinion that Citizenre represents a significant threat to the solar industry. Exaggerated claims, inability to deliver product, sales to areas where they do not intend to install soon, these issues can taint the entire solar industry. Worse, misled customers will delay or not buy products from reputable dealers.

Peak Oil – Feb 13

The Giant Sucking Sound, Revisited

Let Us Be Human: Peak Oil

CERA Report outlines energy scenarios

Change required in Madison

Biofuels – Feb 13

NZ raises Biofuel targets

Life on the Ethanol-Guzzling Prairie

Ethanol may fuel inflation

Solutions & sustainability – Feb 12

David Suzuki interview

Transforming L.A. into a sustainable city

Green movement grows in Texas suburbs

Developing nations to test new $150 laptops

Uganda: Giving free bulbs