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Synergising environment with development

05/15/2008 IISD�s latest commentary Is Green Great?: Balancing the Demands of Environmental Protection and Human Needs, is the adaptation of Oli Brown's views made at a symposium, held in Portland, Oregon. The author feels that environmentalism is fundamentally about improving living conditions and a more efficient utilisation of resources.

Image: Is Green Great?

Strange Bedfellows Unite to Pressure Oil Giants

05/15/2008 WASHINGTON, May 14 (OneWorld) - Americans -- from nonprofit groups to the Rockefeller family -- are starting to fight back against the petroleum industry, which is earning record profits as consumers face spiraling gas prices.

Image: Climate change rally, London, November 2006

Solar Power Brighter than Ever

05/14/2008 Global production of photovoltaic or solar cells -- which convert the sun's light directly to electricity -- increased 51 percent in 2007, reports an environmental research institute.

Image: Solar panels. © Co-op America

Solar Power Sizzles

05/09/2008 Global production of solar photovoltaic cells increased 51 percent in 2007, to 3,733 megawatts.

Image: Solar panels at a women's health centre in Camden, London. Jun-02 © Peter Armstrong

False Hopes: Carbon Capture 'A Scam'

05/06/2008 Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.

Image: Coal-fired power stations are the largest single source of CO2 emissions

Together, We Can Destroy The Future

05/05/2008 The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
From: Gristmill

Image: Sunset industry? Not according to the API © Friends of the Earth International

Dawn Of An Energy Famine

05/04/2008 Just as the need for renewables becomes critical, the oil giants signal an alarming retreat, writes Jeremy Leggett.
From: The Guardian

Image: ExxonMobil: 'pouring scorn on renewables investment'. Credit: MontroseDP

Boosting Green Energy In Britain

05/02/2008 The Energy Bill being debated by parliament needs to be amended to guarantee a premium payment - known as 'feed-in tariffs' - for all the green energy generated by householders, businesses and local communities, says Friends of the Earth.

Image: This German home has it all: solar panels for hot water and heating, photovoltaic and 3 windmills Credit: rangorang

Biofuel Threat To 60 Million Tribal People

05/02/2008 Demand for biofuels is destroying tribal peoples� land and lives, according to a new report. Palm oil is one of the most destructive crops followed by sugar cane, soy, corn, manioc and jatropha.
From: Survival

Image: The Guarani in Brazil have lost their land to sugar cane �Jo�o Ripper/Survival

America's Big Footprints

05/01/2008 In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
From: Science Daily