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"Backed by the White House, corn-state governors and solid blocks on both sides of Congress’s partisan divide, the politics of biofuels could hardly look sunnier. The economics of the American drive to increase ethanol in the energy supply are more discour
Areas: Petroleum in the Environment, Alternative Fuels, Biodiversity Conservation, Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation, Energy Policy, Biotechnology, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Agricultural Policy ...
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Editorial
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Editorial
" Senators will try to cut the $5.2 billion in subsidies guaranteed annually to U.S. grain, cotton and soybean growers when they debate the new farm bill, Agriculture Committee chairman Tom Harkin said on Tuesday."
Areas: Petroleum in the Environment, Alternative Fuels, Biodiversity Conservation, Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation, Energy Policy, Biotechnology, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Agricultural Policy ...
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Charles Abbott
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Charles Abbott
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.
Areas: Petroleum in the Environment, Alternative Fuels, Biodiversity Conservation, Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation, Energy Policy, Biotechnology, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Agricultural Policy ...
Type: Multimedia (Podcast, Audio Stream, Video Etc.) - Author: Aaron Woolf
Type: Multimedia (Podcast, Audio Stream, Video Etc.) - Author: Aaron Woolf
... a launch pad for careers in carbon and climate change management by business,
Areas: Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation, Responsible Business Practices, Ecosystem Services, Climate Change, Agricultural Policy, Finance Policies and Institutions, Emissions Trading, Corporate Ethics, Renewable Energy ...
Type: Course or Professional Development Opportunity - Author: Dr Dave Reay
Type: Course or Professional Development Opportunity - Author: Dr Dave Reay
... fret over rising gas prices and global tension over oil, the world’s poor are ... step with local populations and rising global temperatures. Though the actions of ... nations are primarily responsible for global warming, its effects are being felt
Areas: Endemic Plant Species Protection, Indigenous Lands, Plant Ecology, Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle, Restoration Ecology, Riparian Ecology and Conservation, Precautionary Principle, Sustainable Living, Water Supply and Conservation ...
Type: Research Paper/Report or Journal Article
Type: Research Paper/Report or Journal Article
"...Cellulosic ethanol, in theory, is a much better bet. Most of the plant species suitable for producing this kind of ethanol — like switchgrass, a fast- growing plant found throughout the Great Plains, and farmed poplar trees — aren't food crops. And acc
Areas: Petroleum in the Environment, Alternative Fuels, Biodiversity Conservation, Fiscal Policies, Institutions and Taxation, Energy Policy, Biotechnology, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Agricultural Policy ...
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Evan Ratliff
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Evan Ratliff
... in Davos Published: January 25 2008 03:33 | Last updated: January 25 2008 03:33 Businesses are doing too little to ... in the bucket”. Water has displaced climate change as Davos delegates’ chief
Areas: Social Development, Water Supply and Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture, Ecosystem Services, Human Rights Education, Public Health, Climate Change, Distributive and Economic Justice, Agricultural Policy, Industrial Ecology ...
Type: Newspaper - Author: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
Type: Newspaper - Author: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
Updated: 7 months ago
... generations Contra Costa Times – 3/22/08 By Mike Taugher, staff writer A ... this week that the status quo must change, but he added that proposed changes
Country: United States
Areas: Endemic Plant Species Protection, Indigenous Lands, Plant Ecology, Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle, Restoration Ecology, Riparian Ecology and Conservation, Precautionary Principle, Sustainable Living, Toxic and Hazardous Substances ...Type: Newspaper - Author: Mike Taugher
... and admirals in the US, saying that climate change poses a serious threat to ... of an effort to restore the entire global ecosystem to health and stability. For ... co-ordinated effort to restore the climate’s regulatory services that only
Areas: Peace and Peace Building, Soil Ecology, Wildlife Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Conflict Resolution, Coastal Ecology, Fish, Military Disarmament, Coral Reef Conservation, Climate Change ...
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Andreas Kornevall - Director of Operations
Type: News or Magazine Article - Author: Andreas Kornevall - Director of Operations
River Network is a national nonprofit organization working for clean and healthy waters. While rivers are our focal point, we are interested in the quality of all fresh waters and the health of all people and ecosystems dependent upon them. We are unique a