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Thursday 8 November 2007
UN 'Right to Food' Rapporteur Urges 5 Year Moratorium on Biofuels UN Observer - He said using land for biofuels would result in ???massacres???, predicting a reduction in the amount of food aid sent to developing countries by richer ones. ... |
Senate farm bill puts $2.3 bln in biofuels Reuters - By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some $2.3 billion in federal support would flow to biofuels under the Senate farm bill, half of it to develop ... Farm Bill Makes It to Full Senate |
Why Poor Kids May Make Sicker Adults Science Daily (press release) - ... Vincent Professor of Human Ecology and professor of human development and of design and environmental analysis in Cornell's College of Human Ecology. ... |
Solar and biofuel deals lead the day Cleantech, CA - By David Ehrlich, cleantech.com Cash continues to flow into solar power and biofuel, as we round up the 10 deals we spotted over the past week. ... |
Biofuel Cities European Partnership officially launched Grainnet, IL - The issue of biofuels for transport has become increasingly prevalent in the media and on political agendas, a fact reflected by the recent European ... |
Energy Secretary Stands by Oil Diversion The Associated Press - FEND OFF: Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on Thursday defended plans to divert oil into the federal emergency reserve. INCREASES: But he acknowledged tight ... Bodman says government won't tap oil reserve Energy Secretary "hopeful" OPEC will raise output |
Spectra Energy Group Vice President Bill Yardley to Speak at 2007 ... CNNMoney.com - 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spectra Energy Group Vice President Bill Yardley will participate in a panel discussion focused on "Moving the Gas to Market" at ... Energy Sector Growth Opportunities for MDU Resources UPDATE: Spectra Energy Profit Falls; Revenue Rises 10% |
New biofuel crops pose risks to farms, ecosystems Reuters - By Timothy Gardner NEW YORK (Reuters) - New plants the biofuels industry has touted as potential sources of green domestic fuels pose risks as aggressive ... Inconvenient Truths about Biofuels and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation |
Gregoire orders faster cleanup at Vancouver site The Columbian, WA - The state Department of Ecology has been aware of the pollution since 1997, but has spent a decade wrangling with the polluter over the appropriate cleanup ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Highest-energy Cosmic Rays Linked With Violent Black Holes Science Daily (press release) - They have long been considered sites where high-energy particle production might take place. They swallow gas, dust and other matter from their host ... Monster black holes power highest-energy cosmic rays Black Holes Belch Universe's Most Energetic Particles Cosmic rays believed to start in black holes |
 Enterprise IT Planet | IBM applies autonomic computing to energy management ZDNet - This week IBM introduced a new version of its Systems Director Active Energy Manager (AME), energy management software that tracks power consumption in data ... CIOs offered control of energy consumption IBM Gives Autonomic Computing a Brain IBM aims at trimming electric bills with Active Energy Manager |
Clean technology Business Standard, India - Already, food prices are soaring and food security is threatened the world over due to diversion of corn, sorghum and oilseeds for biofuel production. ... |
Biofuels Are No Cure for Climate Change In These Times, IL - By Megan Tady The bee in my bonnet this time is biofuels. They???re nothing new, but governments and corporations are pushing biofuels with a renewed ferocity ... |
Enbridge Energy Partners to Present At RBC Capital Markets 2007 ... CNNMoney.com - Enbridge Energy Partners, LP owns the US portion of the world's longest liquid petroleum pipeline and is active in natural gas gathering, treating, ... Copano Energy to Present at the RBC Capital Markets MLP Conference |
 Mongabay.com | Kan., Minn. to Save Computer Energy Houston Chronicle, United States - The governors of Kansas and Minnesota have committed to making government computer systems more energy efficient, making their states the first to join an ... Google, Intel Join With Governors On Energy Efficiency Project US governors team with Google energy savings initiative Sebelius Commits to More Energy-Efficient Computers |
Biofuels, organic food proposed as environmental goods eGov monitor, UK - Brazil said that the group has to start looking at environmental products where developing countries could be competitive, such as biofuels. ... BRAZIL PERU DISCUSS NEW IDEAS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS LIBERALISATION |
 AFP | Vice Premier: China needs to double ecology protection efforts in ... Xinhua, China - During his visit to Wushan County of Chongqing, Zeng inspected local ecology protection, geological disaster treatment and vocational training services and ... Chinese man sues govt over death of plants at Three Gorges dam |
 Energy Digital | UPDATE 2-Rio Tinto mulls sale of Energy America unit Reuters.uk, UK - AX: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it was considering selling its Energy America unit, the second-largest US coal producer by tonnage. ... Rio Tinto exploring options to sell Tio Tinto Energy America Teck Cominco seen as suitor for Rio Tinto US coal mines Rio Tinto says it'll explore the sale of its US coal unit |
Biofuels Push Third World to Brink of Starvation Peri??dico 26, Cuba - According to the London-based The Guardian, biofuels are pushing the Third World to the brink of starvation. The British publication said that the situation ... |
 Down to Earth (subscription) | Rise in biofuel demand could trigger food, water crisis Down to Earth (subscription), India - the growing demand for biofuels could lead to a shortage of food. Studies show biofuel plantations will eat up cropland, and trigger food and water crisis ... |
 Nature.com (subscription) | Antioxidants can change fish behaviour Nature.com (subscription), UK - They report in Behavioural Ecology 1 that sticklebacks on high-antioxidant diets increased their fanning from 49% of the time to 82% of the time, ... |
Fujitsu Siemens Computers European IT Forum demonstrates perfect ... ITWeb, South Africa - Augsburg, 8 November 2007 ] - Fujitsu Siemens Computers is seizing the initiative and focusing on the balance between economics and ecology at its European ... |
 Alalam News Network | World Energy Outlook Sounds The Alarm Forbes, NY - The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2007 paints an alarming picture of the future of global warming and energy security, reporting that ... This doorstopper opens our eyes to the energy crisis Curbs needed to avoid energy crunch China, India will cripple world energy supply: IEA |
BULGARIA TO RECEIVE 1.8 BILLION EURO FOR ECOLOGY PURPOSES Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - The EU would grant 1.8 billion euro to Bulgaria in line with the operational programme Environment 2007-2013, a Environment and Water Affairs Ministry media ... |
Teaming up to tackle the future of green design Oregon Daily Emerald, OR - Architecture assistant professor Brook Muller, who helped organize the competition for Portland Metro, said blending ecology and development is the future ... |
MoD's Baron techwealth quits for Le Mans biofuel bid Register, UK - ... by this author The UK's tech-millionaire aristocrat defence procurement minister has quit, saying that he wants to spend more time racing biofuel cars. ... |