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Saturday 8 March 2008
2008: The Year Of Global Food Crisis Sunday Herald, UK - Biofuels, enthusiastically backed by the US, UK and other European governments, have been sold as the solution to global warming. Making fuels from growing ... Boom or bust - where now for cereal and oilseeds prices? Biofuels, food prices and malnutrition |
WHY ARE WE GROWING FOOD TO FEED CARS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE? Sunday Herald, UK - Biofuels, enthusiastically backed by the US, UK and other European governments, have been sold as the solution to global warming. Making fuels from growing ... Chief scientist slams biofuels Stop the bandwagon now |
Excellence awards for energy firms Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - DUBAI: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Dolphin Energy and Saudi Aramco were honoured for business excellence at a prestigious awards ceremony. ... |
 Boston Globe | Volunteers Help Warm New England Homes The Associated Press - While many get help from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, the average LIHEAP benefit of $750 isn't enough to fill the standard oil ... A Hartford woman tells US Senators about her high energy bills Aid can't keep pace with high oil prices |
Energy bills rise 50% for low use Times Online, UK - ENERGY companies have increased the bills of low power users, including second home owners and young professionals, by more than 50%, three times their ... |
 ClimateChangeCorp.com | Biofuels: Fields of dreams Times Online, UK - But are biofuels the answer to exhausted oil wells or just another nightmare scenario? John Anderson is motoring with chip fat. Sir Rob Margetts swears by ... Biofuels: How business can make smart choices |
'Biofuel blends not eco-friendly' Times of India, India - Despite their green intentions, buyers of blended biofuel may not be getting quite what they are paying for. Chris Reddy, an environmental chemist at the ... |
 Indian Express | ENERGY UNPLUGGED Indian Express, India - One surprise might be how much energy some devices use even when idle or turned off. Consumer electronics suck as much as 25 percent of their power when not ... |
 ABC News | Crandall Canyon: Justice Department criminal probe warranted Salt Lake Tribune, United States - A congressional committee took mine owner Murray Energy and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration to the woodshed this week, laying blame for ... Mine report points finger at Murray Energy Congressional report blames Murray Energy, MSHA for mine disaster ... Senator Calls for Criminal Investigation Into Dangerous Mine |
Hefty Ecology fines hit gravel company Whidbey News Times, WA - By Jessie Stensland The state Department of Ecology fined three Whidbey Island sand and gravel facilities associated with Krieg Construction a total of ... |
 Newsweek | Energy Goes Up In Smoke Newsweek - But my home is decidedly not energy-efficient. My husband and I rent two floors of a town house in New Jersey. It is stunning, with high ceilings, ... |
 KY3 | Does daylight time save or use more energy? CTV.ca, Canada - A new study discounts conventional wisdom that daylight time, which begins at 2 am local time on Sunday, saves energy. Instead, setting the clock forward ... Time change saves daylight, not energy Daylight saving time uses more energy, not less  Comment by Scott Thomsen Strategic Advisor, Seattle City Light |
Firms face big challenges to meet biofuels mandate DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Projects like these are considered critical to meeting the new biofuels mandate included in the energy bill that Congress enacted in December. ... |
Top ecology groups issue joint blueprint Globe and Mail, Canada - Canada's 11 largest environmental groups have jointly issued a blueprint to solve the country's environmental woes, calling for high carbon taxes and at ... |
Vindu's View: Algae startups chase green slime dreams San Jose Mercury News, USA - By Vindu Goel At Solazyme, a company based in South San Franciso, various forms of Algae are grown to be used to make biofuels and other part products. ... Startups pursue the ultimate ???green??? fuel: oil from algae |
Biofuel blends not as green as they seem New Scientist (subscription), UK - Despite their green intentions, buyers of blended biofuel may not be getting quite what they are paying for. Chris Reddy, an environmental chemist at the ... |
Are these big energy bets paying off? Globe and Mail, Canada - The S&P/TSX index reached a noteworthy point in its evolution late last month as energy stocks took over from financials as the largest sector. ... |
Augsburg boasts biofuel 'miracle' Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - The small liberal arts college says it has discovered a cleaner and cheaper method of making biodiesel. By THOMAS LEE, Star Tribune The setting was modest ... |
US dumping of biofuels will ruin us, says UK firm Guardian, UK - The US is flooding Europe with subsidised biofuels that threaten to destroy Europe's domestic refining market, the head of the biofuel company D1 Oils ... D1 biofuels jobs to go in face of US subsidies UPDATE 1-INTERVIEW-UK biofuel firm says US imports endanger jobs Jobs at risk as D1 Oils reviews its operations |