Spain makes solar panels mandatory in new buildings
SPAIN wants to take advantage of its sunshine by making solar panels compulsory in new and renovated buildings — to save fuel costs and to improve the environment.
Peak Oil: A Reality Check
Long-time GNN contributor Adam Porter is the oil and economics correspondent for Al Jazeera’s English language web site. Recently, he talked with GNN editor Anthony Lappé about the phenomenon known as “peak oil”
Wind power not all pleasant breezes
A group of Canadian and U.S. scientists reported Tuesday that computer simulations show that a large-scale use of wind farms to generate electrical power could create a significant temperature change over Earth’s land masses.
US: Surging Imports of Food Threaten Wider Trade Gap
America’s appetite for imported food is creating problems for the
U.S. economy. Agriculture, one of the few big sectors of the economy that could be
counted on to produce trade surpluses, has recently generated
monthly deficits — a development that could worsen the nation’s
already significant trade imbalance.
EU confident over fusion project
Europe could be about to win the race to host Iter, the world’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor.
We Had To Destroy Fallujah in Order to Save It
The similarities between the Vietnam and Iraq wars become more marked
with each passing week. We are now told that the U.S. forces have
surrounded Fallujah and are about to unleash a full-scale attack to
recover it from the insurgents.
Researchers: Sprawl Related to Health Woes
North Carolina researchers are heading a national study to find the best ways to redesign communities so that Americans get out of their cars and travel by foot or bicycle.
Bush advisor claims climate change conspiracy
An advisor to President George W Bush has reportedly claimed that global warming is a fallacy created to disrupt the American economy, in an interview on Radio 4. Myron Ebell, from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), claimed that the notion of climate change through man-made emissions was “ridiculous and unrealistic”.
Dollar expected to fall amid China’s rumoured selling
The dollar could slide still further, in spite of hitting an all-time low against the euro last week in the wake of George W. Bush’s re-election, currency traders have said.
Iran News Briefs
Some selected recent stories relating to Iran.
Oil supply to peak sooner than we think, says BP scientist
WORLD oil production is likely to peak in the next decade, much earlier than many international forecasts, a senior BP executive has told The Business.
Asia’s Great Oil Hunt
As China’s economy expands, so does its thirst for oil, gas, coal, and electricity. Today, China accounts for 12.1% of the world’s energy consumption.
