Climate policy – Dec 21
Planting trees is far from pointless
India Says its GHGs not harming world
Climate change clash in Africa
No dramatic U-turn seen on U.S. climate policy
Climate policy could hinder renewables
Renewable Energy
Biofuels – Dec 19
Grist: What we’ve learned from the biofuels series
Growing corn for ethanol has limits
China to limit use of grains for biofuels
Mergers create biofuel majors
Auto & air – Dec 15
Enough electric capacity for plug-in vehicles
Why we drive
The pernicious price of petroleum
Distance-based auto insurance
Ethical travel – Monbiot interview
Richard Branson: Embracing ethanol and slashing airplane emissions
Renewables – Dec 15
80 Congress members pen letter to Bush for renewables
Germany sees potential in biomass
Renewable energy can’t save consumer society
UK: Wind farms ‘are failing to generate the predicted amount of electricity’
Geothermal: Man-made tremor shakes Basel
(One part of) A unified climate/energy agenda
How can green groups unify their message on climate/energy? What kind of agenda could they all get behind?
Exxon’s energy outlook – Dec 13
“By 2030, energy demand will increase by about 60% compared to 2000. …The global energy mix will look very similar 25 years from now. Oil, gas and coal will be predominant. Resources are adequate to support global demand growth.”
Biofuels – Dec 13
Biodevastation, hunger & false carbon credits
Biofuels seen as a luxury China cannot afford
Sun worship – advantages of biomass
South Africa: Biofuels ‘could drive up staple food price’
Biofuels – Dec 11
Liposuctioned fat could be bio-diesel fuel
Can biodiesel compete on price?
Grist biofuels series shifts into future tense
As alternative energy heats up, environmental concerns grow
Renewables – Dec 10
Democrats may give alt energy a new push
Discover: Living the good life without oil
Yergin: A great bubbling
Biofuels – Dec 9
Mixed prairie grasses – best source of biofuel
Biofuel skeptic extraordinaire: David Pimentel
Alternative-energy boom roils Asian environments
Solar & renewables – Dec 9
Emerging energy technologies summit in Santa Barbara (Feb)
China’s Sunshine Boys
New world record in solar technology
Fuels for the transition – Dec 9
Study: oil transition carries environmental risks
Risks of the oil transition
Nature Magazine special: Energy for a cool planet
