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Tuesday 3 June 2008
 Telegraph.co.uk | Puffin numbers plummet on main breeding site Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Professor Mike Harris, Emeritus Research Fellow at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, who has studied puffins for 36 year, said: "Something worrying ... |
UN food summit Fuel for people first guardian.co.uk, UK - They should use this summit to press the case for stopping biofuel production where there is any evidence that it is interfering with food supplies. ... |
US attacked at food summit over biofuels guardian.co.uk, UK - The US came under intense criticism yesterday for its policy of promoting biofuels, which a senior UN official claimed was diverting food away from the ... |
 Times Online | Decline of puffin population is blamed on fish dearth in North Sea Times Online, UK - Mike Harris, of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), said that the most likely explanation for the drop was that the adult birds were starving to ... Fears over sharp decline in number of puffins |
 CNNMoney.com | Smith International to buy WH Energy MarketWatch - By Nathan Becker, MarketWatch.com SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of WH Energy Services Inc. soared 9% Tuesday as the company said it will be ... Smith Int'l to buy WH Energy Services for $3.2 bln Smith International to buy WH Energy in cash-and-stock deal valued ... Smith Int'l to buy WH Energy Services for $3.2 bln |
 Hartford Courant | Funding could slow Yucca licensing: NRC Reuters - By Chris Baltimore WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) lacks the funds needed to weigh a license request from the Energy ... Remarks as Prepared for Delivery for Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman Goverment Moves on Yucca Nuclear Waste Site Nevada nuclear dump application filed Tuesday |
Siemens Energy picks Boulder for wind R&D center Bizjournals.com, NC - Siemens Energy announced Tuesday at the American Wind Energy Association annual conference in Houston that it will establish its US wind research and ... Suzlon signs MoU with US Department of Energy Energy Dept creates wind-turbine research group US Energy Department to push wind power |
 TV3 News | Sue Kedgley criticises UN chief for blaming rising food prices on ... TV3 News, New Zealand - However she criticised the UN chief for singling out biofuel production as one of the reasons for rising food prices. The summit was hit some controversy ... NZ to attend global food crisis talks |
Biofuels make useful villain for food crisis Times Online, UK - When it comes to the food crisis, it is not difficult to cast biofuels as the villain of the piece: biofuels are new, the food crisis is new and the two ... |
Columbia River has returned to pre-spill lead levels Seattle Post Intelligencer - ... flow down the river into this country. The Washington Department of Ecology has been sampling the river on the US side, but doesn't have results back yet. Smelter Spills Lead and Acid Into River Teck Cominco talks continue past deadline Teck Cominco labor talks continue past deadline |
 MSN India | Food and fuel for thought Economic Times, India - Even in the European Union where a substantial demand for bioenergy was created with the Biofuel Directive requiring transportation fuel to contain a ... Leading article: The world ignores these farmers at its peril Gwynne Dyer: Food prices a long-term problem for world???s poor FACTBOX-FAO summit to seek answers to food price crisis |
Grocers, farmers take their ethanol fight to Capitol Hill Chicago Tribune, United States - LOUIS - The rhetoric is set to heat up this summer over the use of crop-based fuels like ethanol, as a number of activist groups will protest biofuels as a ... Ethanol not the reason for increase in food prices NCGA, Other Grower Groups Demand Food Companies ???Cease The Attacks ... |
 LIVENEWS.com.au | Oil futures close below $125 a barrel as dollar firms MarketWatch - But Neal Ryan, a manager at Ryan Oil & Gas Partners, said that "the dollar trade has a much greater impact on the metals sector than the energy pits. ... Crude Oil Falls to Two-Week Low on Bernanke Currency Comments Oil falls beneath $126/bbl on demand concerns, dollar rally Bernanke's comments put a dent in oil prices |
Montr??al and Laval Go Green - Sonic Now Offering Biofuel in Five ... Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - This is not the first time Sonic has introduced biofuel to the popularion. In fact, Sonic has been offering biofuel in the des Bois-Francs area, ... |
 MercoPress | 2nd-generation biofuel could solve food crisis The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - Fukuda stressed the need to promote second-generation biofuels made from timber taken from thinned forests and rice straw. He likely made this comment due ... Video: Global food prices affecting families in Malaysia - 3 Jun 08 Biofuel makers aim to deflect blame in food crisis Cut biofuel targets to feed the poor |
 Euronews.net | Biofuels get leaders fired up at Rome summit Euronews.net, France - Debate over biofuels and agricultural policies has dominated the opening of a UN summit in Rome on the global food crisis. The UN has appealed to the ... FAO: NAPOLITANO, MARKET NOT ENOUGH FOR DRAMATIC CRISIS Farmers bringing message to the Food Crisis Summit in Rome expelled Int'l food summit opens in Rome |
MercoPress | Food summit blames trade barriers, queries biofuel guardian.co.uk, UK - Rising fuel prices, as well as making agricultural supplies like seeds and fertilisers more costly, have raised interest in biofuels, blamed by many for ... Video: Global food prices affecting families in Malaysia - 3 Jun 08 Pact needed to save biofuels, expert says UN attacks biofuels subsidies that leaves millions hungry |
 WBT | Iran, China to boost energy ties Mathaba.Net, UK - Iran and China are to boost ties in the field of energy, Iranian Ambassador to China Javad Mansouri said. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in ... Assad wants nuclear energy under Arab umbrella Nuclear team to visit site of Israeli bombing Diplomats: 3 suspect Syrian nuke sites off limits |
University Signs Agreement to Develop Second Generation Biofuel ... Allmediascotland, UK - Principal & Vice Chancellor, Professor Joan Stringer and Dr Martin Tangney, Director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Napier University have been involved ... |
 Turkish Press | The View From Brazil: Biofuels Are Not a Problem U.S. News & World Report, DC - By Thomas Omestad BRASILIA, BRAZIL???Biofuels are taking a beating in world opinion, as rising food commodity prices are being blamed, in part, ... FACTBOX: World biofuels production and its impact Brazilian president defends biofuels at UN food summit Brazilian Ethanol Doesn't Hurt Food Output, Lula Says (Update1) |
University of Minnesota dedicates new ecology research facility at ... UMN News, MN - His revolutionary insights shifted the focus of ecology from individual species to the relationship between organisms and their environment. ... |
Good Time to Tax Energy National Review Online, NY - One feels that a near-recession is the perfect time to enact legislation that will drastically raise energy prices; the other sees the bill as a regressive ... Climate Bill's Dress Rehearsal Energy Wedgists versus Technology Breakthroughists  Comment by Dr. Frank Ackerman, Economist Tufts University & Stockholm Environment Institute |
 Peninsula On-line | Pact needed to save biofuels, expert says Reuters - By Robin Pomeroy ROME, June 3 (Reuters) - World leaders must agree on ways to make biofuels socially and environmentally acceptable before public opinion ... Video: UN: Combat Hunger, More Food Production EU deal on biofuels remains distant Fernandez says Dominican Republic will forge ahead with biofuels |
FACTBOX: Biofuels, cases for the defense and prosecution Reuters - (Reuters) - Biofuels are under fire. Critics say they contribute to soaring food prices and damage the environment. Defenders say biofuels are an important ... |
 Calgary Herald | Toronto stocks slip on weak energy prices Reuters - TORONTO, June 3 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market index opened lower on Tuesday, weighed by weak energy prices and General Motors (GM. ... UPDATE 4-Toronto stocks sideswiped by falling commodities UPDATE 2-Toronto stocks skid as resources retreat Toronto stocks slip early but bounce back |
 ABS CBN News | PREVIEW-EU still split on biofuels, decision seen delayed Reuters UK, UK - By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - European Union states are so divided on the conditions for producing biofuels made from crops that they are ... Biofuels: What do the experts think? Biofuels a risk, but not all bad: UN report Report: Boom in biofuels can be boon or bane |
40 hectares of land transferred to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board Hindu, India - The PDP also claimed that use of forest land to create lavatories and bathrooms would harm the fragile ecology of the areas close to the cave shrine. ... SINHA HAS THE LAST LAUGH |
NACEL Energy Achieves Objectives With 640 MW Wind Power in ... CNNMoney.com - With 640 MW of generating capacity now in the development phase, NACEL Energy is currently working to accomplish two new objectives: 1000 MW of new wind ... Alliant Energy: Vestas-American to supply 303 wind turbines in ... Vestas, Alliant Energy enter $817 million wind deal Alliant Energy Signs Master Supply Agreement for Wind Turbines ... |
China needs new policies to kickstart biofuel sector - expert Forbes, NY - BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - The Chinese government needs to draw up new policies to ensure that its biofuel targets can be achieved efficiently and economically, ... |
 Vancouver Sun | Sharp rise in energy stocks powers TSX to 99-point advance Toronto Star, Canada - The positive showing followed a flat week on the TSX as commodity stocks, particularly energy issues, lost more ground. There are worries that soaring ... At noon: Energy rebounds Market Minute TSX lower as oil, energy stocks retreat;NY tumbles on rate ... |
 Fresh News | Readers' Comments Games 'use more energy than a fridge' Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - GAMES consoles such as the X-Box can burn up to five times more energy than a medium-sized refrigerator, a Choice study has found. ... Playstation 3 ???uses five times more energy than a fridge??? PS3 A Juice Gobbler Energy Label Called For Power-hungry gadgets add hundreds to electricity bills |
Brockton High ecology teacher honored Wicked Local Brockton, MA - The teacher of the ecology class for juniors and seniors was given the honor at a State House ceremony recently by Energy and Environmental Affairs ... |
Pollution outflows to Sound routinely allowed Seattle Post Intelligencer - Some of the results are based on a little guesswork, but officials at the state Ecology Department and at the US Environmental Protection Agency did not ... Study: Clean Water Act loophole lets pollutants into Puget Sound Lewis waste water released in Puget Sound Glitch releases up to 180000 gallons of partially-treated water ... |
Peninsula On-line | Biofuel makers aim to deflect blame in food crisis Reuters UK, UK - By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - As world leaders search for solutions to the deepening global food crisis, biofuel producers sought to deflect ... Video: UN: Combat Hunger, More Food Production Trade tops UN food price talks China: Blame game pointless in world food crisis |