Full Coverage: Energy

30.12.2006 from AutoblogGreen:
Monocultures aren't just damaging to biological systems, but to any system.

27.12.2006 from WorldChanging blog:
Last month's pre-Budget statement by the UK government was heralded as 'green' when in reality, most of its measures were pretty puny. A mere £5 extra tax on flights, anyone? But one measure that was mentioned did get radical.

26.12.2006 from Treehugger blog:
Plug-in hybrids, rather than being merely an extra burden to the grid, could become a much needed way to balance the amount of energy generated and consumed.

23.12.2006 from It's the Planet, Stupid! blog:
The idea is simply for anyone to find out just how dependent we all are on fossil fuels.

22.12.2006 Vajaa vuosi sitten viisi pääasiassa maya-intiaanien asuttamaa kylää sai aurinkosähkön Guatemalan itäosassa. Hanke on yksi Suomen ja Keski-Amerikan energia- ja ympäristökumppanuusohjelman kohteista. Kumppanuusohjelma käynnistyi vuonna 2002 YK:n kestävän kehityksen huippukokouksessa. Ohjelmassa ovat mukana seitsemän Keski-Amerikan maata ja Suomi.

22.12.2006 Maailman köyhien ruokaturva on heikkenemässä, koska viljasta on alettu tehdä polttoainetta autoihin. Jos energiantuotanto nousee politiikan johtotähdeksi, köyhien nälkä voi yltyä esimerkiksi Afrikassa. Miten lisääntyvä kiinnostus biopolttoaineiden tuotantoon vaikuttaa ruokaturvaan? Tarjolla on ainakin kaksi vaihtoehtoista väittämää.

22.12.2006 from marklynas.org blog:
'My Grand Total is about a sixth of the UK average of approximately 9400kg. But before I get too smug, there are a couple of major catches...'

21.12.2006 from Treehugger:
For generations, children have been threatened with coal in their stocking as punishment for being naughty—but giving kids, and all of us, coal fired power plants is a punishment that can last 40 years or more. The Union of Concerned Scientists is asking supporters for help.

19.12.2006 from grownupgreen:
A new government report addresses how the theory of carbon trading might work in practice.

17.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16 (OneWorld) - Your car's gas mileage is probably worse than you thought it was.

15.12.2006 from Science Blog:
A new generation of fast nuclear reactors could create energy, while producing virtually no long-lasting nuclear waste, according to new research.

14.12.2006 from ecotivity:
For an economical and practical solution to meeting at least some of your home’s energy needs, you should seriously consider wood-fuelled heating.

08.12.2006 Llaman a los pobladores de Managua y del pais a plantarse a las 9 de la mañana del proximo lunes 11 de diciembre frente al Instituto Nicaraguense de Energia (INE).

07.12.2006 The Indian government is disappointed with international response to technology transfers and foreign direct investments under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol as it restricts the country’s ability to fight climate change.

06.12.2006 from Grist:
Biofuels: a useful review of pros and cons.

06.12.2006 from What's Next In Science & Technology:
Scientists at the University of Bath have invented a material which stores and releases hydrogen at room temperature and promises to help make hydrogen power a viable clean technology for the future.

05.12.2006 The Zeleni-Neretva Association invites the public to come to the presentation Hydro-Electric Powerplants on Upper Neretva, to be held tomorrow (Wednesday), December 12, at 14:00 hours at Konjic’s “Gradska Kavana” (City Pub).

04.12.2006 Udruženje Zeleni – Neretva je, u saradnji sa ostalim partnerskim organizacijama, počelo sa organizovanim sakupljanjem potpisa građana protiv izgradnje novih brana na gornjem toku rijeke Neretve.