New West: The U.S. Department of Energy will fund a 10-year, $38 million project to…
Month: January 2008
The politics of coal
LA Times: Washington politics has played a key role in both the nation’s rush toward…
The global grain bubble
Christian Science Monitor: Record prices for grain from corn to rice have ignited food riots…
Texas is world’s seventh biggest polluter
Telegraph: A love affair with vast, gas-guzzling 4×4 vehicles and contempt for environmental activism has…
Targets no panacea for climate change: Japan advisor
Reuters: Setting targets for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions is not the only solution to…
Global carbon trade rose 80 percent last year: group
Reuters: Trade in the world greenhouse gas emissions market rose 80 percent last year as…
EU pollution plan threatens million jobs
Agence France-Presse: German industrialists estimate that one million jobs are threatened in Germany by European…
Brazil: Destruction of rainforest accelerates despite outcry
Independent: The destruction of the Amazon rainforest has surged in the past four months, raising…
United States: Decide on polar bears first, then oil: lawmaker
Reuters: The U.S. government must decide first if polar bears are threatened by climate change…
MTV says “Rock Band” game sells 2.5 million songs (Reuters)
Reuters – It looks like MTV’s “Rock Band” video game is the new jukebox hero.