Well Intended, Poorly Executed

By Christoph Seidler

The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels. More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year.

* Mortality rates decline even in wartime, report says * 5.4 million Congo death rate figure "far too high" By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - Wars are less deadly than they once were and national mortality rates have continued to decline even during conflicts due to smaller scale fig

Stunning Examples of Data Visualization in Google Earth

The Google Earth blog recently

Susan Kraemer

Written by Susan Kraemer

The Renewable Energy Policy Network REN21 launched its Renewables Interactive Map  (beta-version) The Map contains a wealth of information on renewable energy, including support policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed capacity, current production,

New evidence has emerged that underscores the global climate threat and the need for an effective climate bill. These are just the 10 most startling global warming facts we learned in 2009... 

Excessive consumption has spread to developing countries and could wipe out efforts to slow climate change, Worldwatch Institute says.

Gary Schmitz, NREL

Having rapidly established itself as a "go to" site for transportation and other related energy information, the Virtual Information Bridge to Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (VIBE) is expanding its reach to attract new users across the widest range of energy issues.

Africa's rapidly growing population projected to see urbanisation, economic growth, health and climate problems