Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
2005 was a great year for wind power worldwide /
Biomass could satisfy half of Washington’s energy needs /
Oregon engineer’s biodiesel fuel maker /
There’s a light at the end of the energy pipelines /
Oils, fats output won’t keep up with demand /
Ponying up for alternative-fuel research
Japan utilities eye summer oil as LNG hits records /
World has bigger oil worries than size of reserves /
Microorganisms key to ethanol production /
HighCountry special issue on energy /
Bush admits to ‘mixed signals’ on renewable energy lab /
Alaska, energy firms agree on pipeline /
UK: We’re in for nasty weather – and no gas
Record year for wind energy /
Bush: U.S. on verge of energy breakthrough /
Interview: Chevron invests in new energy sources, fears rising oil prices /
And we thought Colorado had natural gas problems
Schlesinger on energy /
Petroecuador halts oil exports after pipeline shut / Norway firm plans world’s biggest wind park / Gusher of interest in grads who know oil /
Despite controversy, ethanol is in high demand, lifting farm fortunes
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
Xerox PARC takes on clean, green technology /
Frillmann of Green Guerillas, community-garden guru /
SF group “Compact” vows not to buy anything new in 2006 /
Termites may be allies in energy crisis /
UK baby shortage
Syria switches to euro amid confrontation with US /
IEA calls for more investment in renewable energy /
U.S. concludes ‘Cyber Storm’ mock attacks /
A way to cut fuel consumption that everyone likes, except the politicians /
Ford Europe exec: climate change requires radical change of mindset
Kicking Our Fossil Fuel Addiction: one man’s efforts to live sustainably / Kinsale Action Plan – sending up shoots around the world… / Peak Oil Denial Comes in Many Forms… / Rain gardens ‘cut city pollution’ / Standby electronic chargers gobble power – some in industry seek to delay reform / Japanese Putting All Their Energy Into Saving Fuel
Edison, BP plan $1 billion California hydrogen power plant /
China’s fast breeders /
Journalists: How energy-positive is ethanol, really? /
Zubrin: An energy revolution (alcohol) /
Hybrid perks may become problems /
Senators oppose Bush cuts to coal R&D /
Viridian linkfest
Unfortunately for the authors of “Potential Environmental Impact of a Hydrogen Economy on the Stratosphere,” their research, while bold and innovative, didn’t exactly mesh with the hype about hydrogen. [The resulting government action] left some scientists feeling that they’d better stay away from “political” subjects if they want government grants.
31 workers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory were dismissed seven days after President Bush read the words “addicted to oil” off the teleprompter and announced yet another “Advanced Energy Initiative.”
The corporate plunder of Iraq /
G-8 ministers warn of wider risks from tight oil supply /
Ethanol’s a big scam, and Bush has fallen for it /
U.S. royalty plan to give windfall to oil companies /
UAE keen to buy more natural gas from Qatar /
Threat of scarcity draws oil companies to Cuba
