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Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
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When an avalanche cut off a power transmission line and electric rates increased 400%, Juneau cut it’s electricity usage by nearly half in three weeks. Wow.
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The Los Alamos proposal does not violate any laws of physics, and other scientists have independently suggested similar ideas.
There is, however, a major caveat that explains why no one has built a carbon-dioxide-to-gasoline factory…
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Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax.
The carbon tax will apply to virtually all fossil fuels, including gasoline, diesel, natural gas, coal, propane, and home heating fuel. B.C.’s carbon tax, the provincial government claims, will […]

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Energy Secretary Samuel P. Bodman told lawmakers yesterday that the Bush administration might drop its support for a $1.5 billion coal-fired power plant designed to store greenhouse gases underground, citing mounting cost estimates and other possible technologies.
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This is a big deal.
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Pretty impressive, but only a start.
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In-depth story about global warming, decreasing snowpack, and the threat to US cities.
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“Aviation is a luxury we can live without,” said a protester named Merrick. Booming air travel, he said, is multiplying greenhouse gases just as the climate-change imperative starts to bite. “It has to be scaled right back,” he said.
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Food miles can be misleading… better to do real life cycle cost analysis, the results can suprise.
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