China dysfunction – May 22
Birth control measures prompt riots in China
Beijing blames pollutants for rise in killer cancers
Three Gorges Dam is hurting river, study finds
Renewable Energy
Renewables & hydrogen – May 22
Energy from hot rocks- the hurdles for innovators
A who’s who of Indonesian biofuel
Biomass fuels are just one step
New process uses aluminum alloy to generate hydrogen
Drought puts pressure on electricity
The water shortage across eastern Australia is now so acute it has begun to affect power supplies, and the country is at risk of electricity shortages next year.
“I think we are in denial, and are going to have brownouts in NSW if we don’t get snow this winter,” a source within the electricity market said.
UK energy policy – May 21
Renewable energy: The tide turns
Spend, spend, spend is costing the Earth
Grant cuts anger renewable energy industry
Biofuels – May 19
Rise of biofuel crops threatens native tribes
Forestry leaders debate biomass potential
Labor conference on global warming fails to address energy
The labor movement has not yet grasped the relationship between climate change and fossil fuels. At a recent conference, union representatives began to grapple with the topic, but there are still differences between the U.S. and international efforts.
Biofuels – May 15
Tough bacteria may hold promise for biofuel
Algal biodiesel: fact or fiction?
Chomsky on ethanol
Renewables – May 14
Amish in Ohio embracing solar power
Wind farms’ deadly reputation hard to shift
Has the algae cavalry arrived?
Food & agriculture – May 14
Terra Preta in Nature: A handful of carbon
New York barges into sustainable urban farming
Milk production peaking
Corn ethanol – May 13
Hershey mired in chocolate mess (corn prices)
Ethanol seen chomping into corn crops
USDA economist projects 58% growth in ethanol
Energy policy – May 10
World Bank: A world of difference in energy access
IEA:
Outlining the options for our energy future
Castro on energy and biofuels
Biofuels – May 9
Former weed may fill world’s fuel tanks (jatropha)
Rising fears of an ethanol bust
Global rush to energy crops threatens to bring food shortages and increase poverty, says UN
Ethanol has a smoggy side
Energy Charter Secretariat report on biofuels
…and he built a carbon house
