Biofuels – July 10
Fuel rules soak soap makers
Could jatropha be a biofuel panacea?
Brazilian ethanol ‘slaves’ freed in raid on plantation
The case for turning crops into fuel
Biofuels
Biofuels – July 6
UN: Biofuel demand to push up food prices
Lula:
Biofuels could reduce poverty gap
Inflation fears smother China’s ethanol drive
Biofuels – July 4
Prospects for a biofuels industry in Australia
Humans use or abuse quarter of all energy from plants
Fuelling a carbon crisis
Crisis, what energy crisis?
Over 50 links to Oil Drum articles from the past year are provided which combined provide a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding peak oil and energy decline. (Great resource.)
Our place on Earth – July 3
How many people have ever lived on Earth?
Human greed takes lion’s share of solar energy
Empty plates tomorrow
Food & agriculture – July 1
Toward a garden truce in New York City
UK organic food under threat- too much demand
Conservative Hanson: Fuel and food create spiral of rising prices
Call for a moratorium on EU agrofuel incentives
Biofuels – June 29
BBC: Charity attacks rush for biofuels
Groups unite to halt EU biofuels rush
Audio discussion on BBC
Energy Secretary Bodman announces three new labs, federal funding for biofuels
Biofuels – June 26
Slate: The great corn con: the Senate’s preposterous new ethanol bill
Tapping green alternatives in Oman
Beware the spectre in the fireplace
Ethanolics Anonymous
Biofuels – June 23
Local biofuels Production
Business-oriented sustainability site
Next generation biofuels to turn human waste into diesel
The fight for the world's food
Population is growing. Supply is falling. Prices are rising. What will be the cost to the planet’s poorest?
Biofuels – June 13
GAO report: DOE lacks a strategic approach to biofuels
Biofuel puts developing countries’ water at risk
FAO: Biofuel is gold rush of the 21st century
China: Food price rises force a cut in biofuels
Corn Growers attribute high food prices to increasing gas costs
Biofuels – June 11
Top UK scientist says biofuels are scam
The great biofuel hoax
Malaysia defends palm oil production
All aboard Branson’s bio train
US subsidy aids European drivers