Biofuels – July 11
Guardian ‘publishes the biofuels report they didn’t want you to read’
Donald Mitchell, World Bank
Bad juice II: biofuels maybe not quite so bad, World Bank says
Rising food prices: policy options and World Bank response
Biofuels
Europe – July 10
Has fossil fuel consumption within the EU peaked?
Why Europe backpedals on biofuel targets
Boris Johnson scraps congestion charge for 4×4 vehicles
Britain teeters on brink of recession as companies cut back
Africa – July 9
Gambia: Biofuel – A ploy, says President Jammeh
Nigeria: Yar’Adua seeks concerted efforts against trade in stolen oil
Nigeria: Nationwide blackout: PHCN begins power rationing today
Biofuels – July 9
Bad juice: World Bank blames biofuels for high food prices
Bad juice II: biofuels maybe not quite so bad, World Bank says
Rising food prices: policy options and World Bank response
Solutions & sustainability – July 8
Should you dress down to beat the heat?
Over 1,000 participants in Biofuel Cities European Partnership
Energy guru offers Exmouth self-sufficiency blueprint
Biofuels – July 7
Time to put the brakes on biofuels
Oxfam report: Biofuel policies deepening poverty and accelerating climate change
Secret report: Biofuels upped food price
Biofuels & renewables – July 2
Jatropha takes root in Santa Barbara
Weather risks cloud promise of biofuel
Financing energy independence
Path to Freedom – Living a simple, yet sustainable life
With headlines about rising food costs, soaring gas prices, and skyrocketing foreclosure rates that reach directly into everyone’s wallets, as well as sobering reports about the state of the earth’s environment, there is mounting pressure for some relief. The question arises: How can an individual or one family cope in such trying times?
Review: Crash Course: Preparing for Peak Oil by Zachary Nowak
We need to be prepared for the worst when it comes to peak oil, insists Zachary Nowak.
Food & agriculture – June 28
Scientists warn of lack of phosphorus as biofuels raise demand
Fertiliser shortage hits India’s farms
Food for thought
Energy farm experiment in Kentucky
Biofuels – June 18
Human cost of Brazil’s biofuels boom
Vinod Khosla: We can do biofuel well or poorly
The bad oil on ethanol
Farm-belt voters down on corn ethanol mandate
Pest threatens Brazil’s Sao Paulo cane fields
Brazil’s diverse energy resources
Biofuels – June 4
Biofuel bonanza not so sweet for Brazil’s sugar cane cutters (80% of jobs to go within 3 years)
US biofuel subsidies under attack at food summit
Petrol tax fuels ‘cooking oil wars’
