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Is Venezuela the Next Flashpoint for Oil?4 Oct, 2010 02:01 pm In a world desperate for new oil supplies, Venezuela beckons. But will its fumbling management of oil production lead to foreign intervention,...Do Texas and the North Sea Foretell the Future of Oil Production?25 Feb, 2010 12:22 pm Oil supply optimists claim that new technology combined with private development of the world's remaining oil resources--most of which are now under the...It's not just about Climate Change21 Dec, 2009 07:46 pm This past week delegates from 192 countries descended upon historic Copenhagen to tackle the one of the most divisive issue of our times: how to limit...COP15: The Time is Now9 Dec, 2009 02:08 pm In spite of the recent weeks of roller coaster-like expectations for a positive outcome from the COP15 climate conference that got underway Monday,...$10.5 Trillion by 2030: the Number that Should be at the Heart of Copenhagen Climate Talks9 Dec, 2009 02:08 pm Forget 80% by 2050 and 17% by 2020. Time to stop fixating on 450 ppm vs 350 ppm. As UN climate talks kick off today in Copenhagen, Denmark,...COP15 Primer : Developing Action to Reduce Global Warming Pollution7 Dec, 2009 03:30 pm I'll discuss the willingness of developing countries to undertake significant emissions reductions on their own that tangibly reduce the growth of their...Climate Conundrum Continues in Run-up to Copenhagen4 Dec, 2009 09:13 am The United States may be stuck in the middle of a climate conundrum. A proposal to establish border tariffs to account for the carbon associated with the...Low Cost Desalination - Saltworks Breakthrough6 Nov, 2009 01:43 pm Canadian firm, Saltworks Technologies, just came out of stealth in relation to their desalination technology, which they claim reduce the electrical energy...Resource Nationalism: The Last Stand for the Oil Optimists23 Oct, 2009 03:53 pm The price of oil has more than doubled from its nadir of $30 a barrel earlier this year. To explain the resilience of oil prices in the face of a severe...Look Under the Hood of the Climate Negotiations12 Oct, 2009 01:36 pm The two-week global warming negotiations in Bangkok, Thailand are just wrapping up. There are five key elements to the Copenhagen Agreement.Is the International Target of 2 Degrees Warming a "Pipe Dream?"12 Aug, 2009 08:59 pm The Sydney Morning Herald reported late last week that research by Australian National University scientist Andrew Macintosh indicates that,...Agroforestry & Sustainable Agriculture: Vast Potential to Lower Emissions, Store Carbon6 Aug, 2009 05:34 pm Researchers working on a joint World Agroforestry Centre-United Nations Environment Programme project suggest that integrating agroforestry in farming..."Two Degrees" of Separation: Obama Needs to Outline his Yardstick on Global Warming1 Jul, 2009 10:46 pm In the midst of the fight of our lives (the House floor debate on the American Clean Energy and Security Act), a coalition of major U.S...And now: the good news...4 Mar, 2009 10:02 am These days, media are flooded with news about falling national products. ?Strongest fall since the 1980s?, or ?since the 1930s?,...Biochar.... a Miracle to Save the Planet?14 Oct, 2008 10:55 am Biochar is a kind of charcoal, produced by the low temperature carbonization of biomass. During the pyrolysis process other materials are produced,...The costs of drilling18 Sep, 2008 06:45 pm Robert Hahn, Reg-Markets Center at the American Enterprise Institute, and Peter Passell, senior fellow at the Milken Institute,...Global Water Crisis19 May, 2008 11:31 am On Wednesday, May 14th, 2008, ecoSanity.org attended a talk by Council of Canadians National Chairperson, Maude Barlow at Monarch Park Collegiate in Toronto...Oil, Gas-- and Carrots9 May, 2008 11:58 am (May 8, 2008) While oil and natural gas prices are skyrocketing, the world's energy consumers are trying to find ways to reserve oil and gas for themselves...Where Ecological Footprints Fall: Poor Nations Fare Badly18 Feb, 2008 01:05 pm In the past 50 years, human society has rapidly transformed the environment at a dizzying pace, and poor nations have been made to bear a disproportionate...Bali Buzz: U.S. Finally Dragged Kicking and Screaming into UN Climate Deal17 Dec, 2007 11:06 am Apparently the United States delegation to the Bali International Climate Negotiations - well, the fake delegation, not the real delegation - has finally...2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Knockout Mice9 Oct, 2007 11:09 am The winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were announced this morning.Abrupt Environmental Change in Ward Hunt Lake, Canada's Northernmost Lake5 Oct, 2007 12:15 pm The northernmost lake in North America has not escaped the effects of recent global warming, according to a study recently completed by an international...Climate Change- Biggest Security Threat26 Sep, 2007 10:11 am News from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: the Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty says that climate change will make border security..."We Are Too Earth-Centric in Our Search for Alien Life"11 Jul, 2007 12:54 pm The American National Research Council published last week a report entitled ?The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems? suggesting that ?...[Video] IPCC Working Group II Report: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability16 May, 2007 03:41 pm The live report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II. 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