Food & agriculture – Oct 30
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
Renewable Energy
Renewables – Oct 30
Devotee of solar energy gets a shot at respect
WSJ rates the players in the environmental gold rush
Energy industries – Oct 30
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
Mideast views – Oct 28
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
United Kingdom – Oct 24
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
Green tech – Oct 23
What will turn the tide towards sustainability?
Labor of Lovins
Morgan Stanley sees $1 trillion green mkt by 2030
Food & agriculture – Oct 22
Legal troubles mount as local producers buck food safety rules
World Bank report puts agriculture at core of antipoverty effort
The eat local challenge
How green is my garden? (biofuels at home)
Tanzania squeezed for fertilizers- increased demand from rich countries
Biofuels – Oct 22
Does canola biodiesel help or hurt climate?
Victims of the ethanol rush: Loss of the native prairie
Biofuels – great green hope or swindle?
Simmons on biofuels: Can we end our addiction to oil?
Biofuels – Oct 18
Sugar producers want ethanol deal
Biofuels bring hope, but problems follow
IMF concerned by impact of biofuels on food prices
Farming faces phosphate shortfall
Global reserves of phosphorous, essential for agriculture, could run out in 60 to 100 years, warn experts. [According to a related paper, phosphorous has already passed its peak of production.]
Renewables – Oct 17
Prospects for organic solar cells damaged By questionable reports
Human waste can help save planet: Indian expert
California fuels expert Alex Farrell makes case for low carbon fuel standard
Renewables – Oct 16
A carbon-negative fuel (gasification and terra preta)
High hopes for renewable power from Earth’s depths
Lovins: Global warming and peak oil are irrelevant (efficiency)
