China Watch, Food, Renewable Energy, News, Natural Disasters & Peacemaking, e2 - Eye on Earth
by Ben Block on March 6, 2008 On Tuesday, the European Union formalized
its pledge to participate in the Methane
to Markets Partnership, the world’s largest exchange of methane-based
energy resources.
by Christopher Flavin on March 5, 2008 It finally happened this week. The price of oil passed the all-time
inflation-adjusted peak of $103.76 that was set in April 1980. What’s going on?
by Robert Engelman on March 3, 2008 Will China experience a massive baby boom once the reproductive
shackles come off?
The renewable energy
industry is stepping up its rise into the mainstream of the energy
sector, according to the REN21 Renewables 2007
Global Status Report.
by Ben Block on February 22, 2008 The International Whaling Commission’s 78 members are
meeting in London next month in an effort to reach agreement on whale conservation rules. Meanwhile, global whale hunting continues to increase.
Washington,
D.C.—Yet another
renewable energy technology—concentrating solar power (CSP)—may be ready for
by Michael Renner on February 20, 2008 The United Nations
keeps taking on new and increasingly complex peacekeeping challenges, but
U.N. missions today don’t just involve monitoring of
ceasefire lines. And peacekeeping suffers from major problems, starting with
money.
by Thomas Prugh on February 15, 2008 Ideas about how the
world works that don’t accord with reality can be unhelpful. That’s especially
true about mainstream economics.
But in recent
decades, economics theoreticians and researchers have suggested a variety of
reforms that would make economics truer, greener, and more sustainable.
Washington, D.C.—The world spent 228 times as much on its militaries
Washington, D.C.—Growing interest among national and regional
governments in curbing carbon emissions has led to rapid expansion of the
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