Geopolitical – Mar 23
China, not Tibet, comes first for Asian states
China unveils renewable energy development plan
Water will be source of war unless world acts now, warns UK minister
Electricity
Renewables – Mar 20
They paved paradise and put up … a power source
Banana methane powered cars, pig poo power
Salt could shake up world energy supply
Oil producers – Mar 17
Gulf currencies may drop dollar peg
UAE: Gas shortage to double cost of electricity
Venezuela wants euros for some fuel exports
Mexico leftist seizes oil reform to drive comeback
Stalking the Arctic
Renewables – Mar 12
Solar power station lift-off in Adelaide
Pollution called a byproduct of a ‘clean’ fuel
Corn-based ethanol could worsen “dead zone”
From fossil fuels to renewables
Bartlett’s 39th address to Congress on peak oil. Video available.
Renewables and nuclear – Mar 8
CERA’s Yergin says renewables get competitive
Turning glare into watts (solar thermal)
Australia: Coalition goes cool on nuclear
Wind is not the enemy of nuclear
Wave-power proposals alarm locals
From geeks to greens
Coal – Mar 5
Lump sums (peak coal)
Downward spiral (UK coal)
U.S. coal power boom suddenly wanes
High-powered P.R. firm goes to work polishing the image of coal
Beyond Bali (Canada and carbon sequestration)
Food & agriculture – Mar 4
Agriculture’s new ‘golden age’
King of soya: environmental vandal or saviour of the world’s poor?
My forbidden fruits (and vegetables)
South Africa electricity crisis – and farmers
Okla. fight over poultry waste escalates
NYT on food: Priced out of the market
In hungry Zimbabwe, pet food as a priority
Water – Mar 4
Shallow water ahead for Panama Canal
Booming growth raises idea of dams
Water to be the next commoditised resource
Yemen sleepwalks into water nightmare
Renewables – Mar 1
Kurt Cobb: How many windmills does it take to power the world?
Today’s solar cells give more than they take
Solar without the panels
Everybody’s jumping on the solar bandwagon
Solar energy growth fantasies that allow us to power our plug-ins and keep the lights on without disruption are not helpful in making the stepwise changes we will need to get us to 2050 all in one piece.
Transport – Feb 26
Greenpeace takes Heathrow (airport protest)
Climate critics rattle Virgin Atlantic CEO
Explosion of hybrid & electric cars coming in 2010-2012 (Felix Kramer)
Plug-in cars could increase air pollution
