Biofuels – Sept 6
Orangutans squeezed by biofuel boom
Are switchgrass’ days numbered?
Inside scoop from a biodiesel pioneer
Ethanol from poplar trees – how much land would it take to fuel our cars?
Biodiesel demand grows across continents
Renewable Energy
Transport – Sept 5
Global warming might make rails sing again
EU climate flight plans ‘deluded’
Technical issues stall hydrogen vehicles
Get plug-in cars on the road
Climate science – Sept 5
Ice-free Arctic could be here in 23 years
New Times Atlas displays effects of climate change
Dams ‘contributing to global warming’
Pioneers – Sept 3
Angelo Pelligrini: A man of the earth reaps the good life (local food pioneer)
Dr. Paul MacCready, giant of efficient mobility technologies, passes (1925-2007)
Liberal Democrats aim for a carbon-neutral, non-nuclear Britain
Richard Hawkins on alternative energy technologies
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single e-bike
Electric bicycles also known as E-Bikes are becoming more and more common in Chinese cities; they represent wealth, a status symbol for the middle class.
Oil production – Sept 3
Iraq far from U.S. goals for energy
Deep sea drilling in the Gulf is chancy, but has big payoff
Denmark, Texas swap their wind and oil knowledge
Renewables – Sept 1
Beyond wind and solar, a new generation of clean energy
Forbes on solar: the sunshine economy
Transport – Aug 31
Greening air travel
Boeing looks at algae for jet fuel
Back to the future with new flying car
Stuck in guzzlers on road to nowhere (Australia view of U.S)
Food & agriculture – Aug 31
Milk is the new oil
Biofuels and small farmers
Food demand and climate straining soils
‘Get Local’ campaign aims at its neighbours
Australia:
Goodman warns of a rise in food prices
Biofuels – Aug 29
Kenya: Biofuels likely to boost energy but increase hunger
The looming food crisis
Nothing is simple, not even biofuels
Hydrogen – Aug 29
Engineers perfecting hydrogen-generating technology
The hydrogen myth
Food & agriculture – Aug 27
Mutiny shakes US food aid industry
To eat …. or to drive?
Goodbye beautiful Britain
The agonies of agflation
