Our place on Earth – July 3
How many people have ever lived on Earth?
Human greed takes lion’s share of solar energy
Empty plates tomorrow
Renewable Energy
European climate policy – July 3
UK public ‘still sceptical on climate change’
Why hot air could be big business
HSBC and The Independent
EU warn: Adapt to climate change now
Monbiot: IPCC too optimistic on climate, UK response stymied by business interests
New prime minister steps up to the plate
Food & agriculture – July 1
Toward a garden truce in New York City
UK organic food under threat- too much demand
Conservative Hanson: Fuel and food create spiral of rising prices
Call for a moratorium on EU agrofuel incentives
Thoughts from this year’s Renewable Energy Fair
Reducing one’s energy overhead costs relatively little and produces a revenue stream that appreciates over time. Replacing one’s energy infrastructure with on-site renewable systems, in contrast, will require a sizable up-front financial commitment relative to what it will produce over time.
Biofuels – June 29
BBC: Charity attacks rush for biofuels
Groups unite to halt EU biofuels rush
Audio discussion on BBC
Energy Secretary Bodman announces three new labs, federal funding for biofuels
Going green is patriotic and profitable
America is missing what could be the biggest opportunity of the 21st century in terms of financial reward, innovation and leadership.
United States – June 28
Friedman on energy bill: This baby is just plain ugly, folks
How to ease New England’s energy crisis
Power line aimed At Maryland – nation’s biggest
Biofuels – June 26
Slate: The great corn con: the Senate’s preposterous new ethanol bill
Tapping green alternatives in Oman
Beware the spectre in the fireplace
Ethanolics Anonymous
Biofuels – June 23
Local biofuels Production
Business-oriented sustainability site
Next generation biofuels to turn human waste into diesel
Renewables – June 23
Thursday afternoon at Clean Tech 2007
Sustainable energy convention in Abu Dhabi
Investors Pour Unprecedented billions Into renewable energy
The fight for the world's food
Population is growing. Supply is falling. Prices are rising. What will be the cost to the planet’s poorest?
Solutions & sustainability – June 20
New age town in U.S. embraces dollar alternative
Notes on the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair
Alex Steffen: Limits and brilliance
