Renewable Energy

Biofuels – July 5

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The biofuel illusion / Big Oil’s big profits, and the big lies they’re telling to maintain them / Vietnam to squeeze biofuel from catfish to run engines / Where biodiesel is a rising star (Texas) / Indonesia turns to biodiesel / Vancouver Sun:
Ethanol misses mark as silver bullet / Washington Post: the false hope of biofuels / Malaysia suspends biodiesel effort

Other energy – June 30

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Sierra Club sues Pentagon over wind-farm delays / CERA: another decade of rising upstream costs? /
Saudis not cutting oil output further – ambassador / Republican politician: A 100-mpg car? Let’s start the race / Conference on ocean energy in Bremerhaven, Oct. 23-24 / World could face choice between food and fuel / Mexico’s oil bonanza starts to dry up

Feds deflate Midwestern wind farms

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The federal government has stopped work on more than a dozen wind farms planned across the Midwest, saying research is needed on whether the giant turbines could interfere with military radar. But backers of wind power say the action has little to do with national security. The real issue, they say, is a group of wealthy vacationers who think a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod would spoil the view at their summer homes. (Several articles)

Solutions & sustainability – June 25

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Neighbourhood green spaces turned into affordable ‘edible’ landscapes / Greenpeace launch new film on decentralised energy / Bryant Terry, food-justice activist, answers readers’ questions /
“EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature” – new edition / “Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times” – new book