Monthly Archives: July 2007
Exposed: The Truth Behind Popular Carbon Offsetting Schemes
Independent (UK): A television documentary has uncovered flaws in a series of carbon offsetting schemes intended to make good the global warming gases emitted by flights and other polluting activities. An episode of the British show Dispatches aired "The Great Green Smoke Screen," which revealed how academics and environmentalists are questioning the ethics and [...]
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Thailand: Govt move to cut paddy field gas emissions ‘misguided’
Bangkok Post: The government’s move to combat global warming by cutting methane emissions from paddy fields is misguided because agriculture releases only small amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, a leading environmentalist says. Methane from paddy fields accounts for only 10% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, said Sirinthornthep Taoprayoon, chairperson of [...]
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Australia Pushes Clean Coal
Wall Street Journal: Australia’s efforts to protect one of its most vital industries in an age when "coal" is a dirty word place the country at the forefront of global efforts to burn the fuel more cleanly. Australia is the world’s biggest coal exporter, and coal is the country’s No. 1 export, generating more [...]
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Brazil, Alarmed, Reconsiders Policy on Climate Change
New York Times: Alarmed at recent indications of climate change here in the Amazon and in other regions of Brazil, the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has begun showing signs of new flexibility in the tangled, politically volatile international negotiations to limit human-caused global warming. The factors behind the re-evaluation range [...]
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Indonesia Sees Slower Palm Oil Expansion from 2010
Reuters: Indonesia expects palm oil output to grow sharply in the next two years but stricter forest protection may then slow expansion, a senior industry official said on Monday. Indonesia is set to take over from Malaysia as the world’s top palm oil producer this year because of rapid expansion in the last [...]
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Biofuels to Keep Global Grain Prices High – Toepfer
Reuters: Rising biofuels production will keep grain and oilseed prices high in the coming year, German grain trading house Toepfer International, a unit of US agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co., said on Monday. "As simultaneously demand for food and animal feed continues to rise, above all in rapidly developing countries including China and [...]
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As icecaps melt, Russia races for Arctic’s resources
Christian Science Monitor: Call it the global warming sweepstakes. As milder temperatures make exploration of the Arctic sea floor possible for the first time, Russia’s biggest-ever research expedition to the region is steaming toward the immense scientific prestige of being the first to explore the seabed of the world’s crown. In the [...]
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United Kingdom: Reap what we sow
Guardian: At a farm near my home in Oxfordshire, 50 sheep died in last week’s floods. Another farm, where the locals buy pick-your-own strawberries, asparagus and broad beans, has almost certainly lost its entire crop. I haven’t the heart to ask what it’s like in Gloucestershire. Of course, sheep and strawberries aren’t the crops that [...]
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Pelosi quiets rebellious Democrats with changes in House energy bill
Associated Press: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi solidified Democratic support behind her energy initiatives and quieted rebellious party members who feared U.S. energy production would be hurt. Democratic leaders reached agreement on legislation that would impose nearly $16 billion (€11.71 billion) in additional taxes on oil companies over 10 years and use the money to [...]
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Planners move to close the window on American mansions
Guardian: For many they are a blight on the American landscape. For others, they are an expression of freedom and success. Now legislators in cities across the US, alarmed at the spread of "McMansions", are trying to contain the size of American homes. Inspired by concerns that communities are disappearing and alarmed by the [...]
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Into the Limelight, and the Politics of Global Warming
New York Times: In June 2002, Heidi Cullen, a researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., received a telephone call from an executive at the Weather Channel. Would she audition for a program on climate and global warming that producers at the Atlanta-based cable television network were contemplating? Dr. [...]
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Germany: Greens vandalise fuel-greedy 4×4 cars
Telegraph (UK): Greens employing guerrilla tactics have begun targeting the prized assets of car-loving Germans. The tyres of dozens of 4×4 vehicles were slashed last week in Berlin, with each attack accompanied by a note detailing the dangers of carbon emissions tucked under the windscreen wiper. The campaign has highlighted Germany’s internal conflict [...]
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Rolling Stone Article
A few months back, Jeff Goodell, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, contacted me with some questions about ethanol. Jeff’s name may be familiar to those in the energy business, as he is the…
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Blanket of haze puts Olympic clean air target in doubt