Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Last Thursday, Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid said that they would jettison the renewable energy provisions in both the House and Senate versions of the 2007 energy bill in the interest of passing a bill before the Thanksgiving recess begins on November 17.
The economic consequences of Mr. Bush
In the bond market, a bleak prognosis for Iraq
A sick graph: energy research expenditure vs cost of the Iraq war.
Rush to palm oil and biofuels in Indonesia threatens climate
Climate change a public health issue
CO2 for cooling not so bad
Focus on James Hansen (bio and ideas)
Online James Lovelock talk
King Corn – ‘delightful documentary’
Monbiot: Western appetite for biofuels is causing starvation
Biofuel boom: greenwashing and crimes against humanity
“Scrubbing bubbles” made by bacteria may solve energy crisis
Power from the final frontier
The greening of Google
California to rule on fate of EVs
Bill McKibben: What rhymes with waste-heat recovery?
Kenyan slum saves trees, cleans streets with big trash oven
How to build a local energy economy
Mammoth wind farm slated for S. Dakota
Viability of Antarctic windfarm
‘Wall of money’ set to flow into Asian renewable energy
Official UK study: organic really is better
Poor outlook for grain stokes fight over biofuels
Uganda ‘averts tragedy’ with reversal of decision to clear virgin forest for biofuel
Devotee of solar energy gets a shot at respect
WSJ rates the players in the environmental gold rush
Dark side of a boom town (Alberta tar sands)
The iconic and ironic rural electric co-op
Opposition takes on coal plants
Rise in heavy oil refining could boost demand for hydrogen
Opec to study basket of currencies for oil pricing
Why Kuwait wants to shift to heavy oil
Gulf countries eye alternative energy
China’s role in the oil price rise
While Germany races to deliver renewable energy, Britain stumbles
Energy: the fundamental unseriousness of Gordon Brown
Labour’s plan to abandon renewable energy targets
It’s rip-off Britain, even when it comes to climate change
What will turn the tide towards sustainability?
Labor of Lovins
Morgan Stanley sees $1 trillion green mkt by 2030
