Energy sources – Jan 9
Q & A with CEO of AES – clean coal?
The greening of the oil sands
Interview with Paul Gipe, wind pioneer
Renewable Energy
China – Jan 9
China pushes ‘Green GDP’ – officials unsure
Confusion over energy (biofuels)
China’s coal future (part 2)
Biofuels – Jan 8
Minnesota poised to go green
NYT: Rise in ethanol raises concerns about corn as a food
Soybeans may grow scarce
2006 top green tech ideas
In 2005, Americans woke up to the reality of peak oil. In 2006, we started seeing more attention to the two paths that can lead us forward:
energy efficiency and renewable energy. A number of good ideas have surfaced.
U.S. energy policy – Jan 5
Democrats want to shift oil tax, give to green energy
Oil group blasts Democrats’ tax agenda
Interview: California environmental adviser Tamminen
Alternative-energy spending fizzles out
Looking forward, looking backward
What are you optimistic about in 2007 ?
Most widely read articles at PO.com
Top 10 bizarro environmental moments
Top stories about renewables
Kunstler’s forecast for the year ahead
Biofuels and agriculture – Jan 3
Biofuels 2006: How is the value chain shaping up?
Animal fat as biofuel?
Corn faces ethanol challenge (switchgrass)
Iowa faces fuel vs. food dilemma
Soybeans may grow scarce
Poor harvests to push bread prices up
Energy sources – Dec 31
Wind: It’s free, plentiful and fickle
Australian PM puts faith in nuclear power
Biofuels may cut into Carolina cotton acreage
Meet my solar dryer
The rewards of a well-used solar dryer are by no means limited to the energy and dollar savings reported on the monthly utility bill. The best part of the package is the time spent outside.
Ethics of Biofuels
My goal in this paper is to survey the issues and offer up for discussion some potential ethical guidelines for biofuel production, with the long term goal of helping our nation deal with the moral questions of our need for energy, and worldwide hunger.
Coal, nuclear, renewables – Dec 27
Coal fueling energy debate
Coal in your stocking
Nukes in Amarillo
Is thorium the answer to our energy crisis?
So Cal Ed signs biggest U.S. wind contract
Offshore wind farms get go-ahead in UK – largest in world
UK energy policy – Dec 24
Army saves by topping up tanks with chip oil
UK govt report: “The Energy Challenge”
Carbon ‘credit card’ considered
