Dutch agriculture minister Gerda Verburg announced a groundbreaking development for the field as she unveiled the world’s largest biomass power plant to run exclusively on … Power from chicken manure in the NetherlandsRead more
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Posted inDeforestation
Deforestation Escalates in Brazilian Amazon
Satellite imagery released earlier this week provided further evidence that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon region accelerated dramatically this year. Between August 2007 and July 2008, … Deforestation Escalates in Brazilian AmazonRead more
Posted inBiofuel
Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversity
Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation … Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversityRead more
Posted inAfrica / Biofuel / Politics
Biofuel and White man’s burden
Western companies are pushing to acquire vast stretches of African land to meet the world’s biofuel needs. Local farmers and governments are being showered with … Biofuel and White man’s burdenRead more
Posted inPolitics
Manufactured Famine
In his book Late Victorian Holocausts, Mike Davis tells the story of the famines that sucked the guts out of India in the 1870s. The … Manufactured FamineRead more
Posted inArctic / Pollution
Arctic Pollution Record for Birds
Eggs of the ivory gull, which has a population of about 14,000 from Siberia to Canada, were found to have the highest known concentrations of … Arctic Pollution Record for BirdsRead more
Posted inArctic / Global Warming
Major ice-shelf loss for Canada
The ice shelves in Canada’s High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report. The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, … Major ice-shelf loss for CanadaRead more
Posted inHydroelectric
Piezoelectric Hydropower
For centuries humans have dammed rivers and streams to grind grain and later, generate electricity. Now a new, more subtle form of freshwater power is … Piezoelectric HydropowerRead more
Posted inEnergy / Lighting
Operation Light Bulb
Panama plans to hand out 6 million energy-saving light bulbs, nearly two per citizen, to ease soaring demand for electricity and prevent future blackouts, President … Operation Light BulbRead more
Posted inBiofuel
India’s first sugar cane biorefinery
The biorefinery will be equipped to produce ethanol from bagasse, the fibre left over after the juice has been squeezed out of sugar cane, though … India’s first sugar cane biorefineryRead more