Wind energy may do more than improve farm income. When sited in agricultural fields, turbines may help crops to grow, new research indicates.
Tar Sands Pipeline Gets Green Light in Environmental Review
Elsewhere, big disagreements on estimates for shale gas, and progress on burying the problem of carbon emissions
The Climate Post: Obama’s new budget would make Big Oil pay for clean energy
In this week’s roundup of climate and energy news: budget battles, foodpocalypse, PetroLeaks, and more
“Mining” Groundwater in India Reaches New Lows
Small-scale rainwater harvesting and new crops could fill the gap
Plane exhaust kills more people than plane crashes
Toxic pollutants from flights kill at least ten thousand annually, study says.
Read: “Beyond the Limits to Growth”
a chapter by Richard Heinberg from “The Post Carbon Reader”
Read: “Is the global economy a Ponzi scheme?”
We’re using up the planet, “we’re targeting our own children and grandchildren.” Yep—it’s a Ponzi scheme
Hard-won battles against illegal logging are paying off
Action inside forested countries and on the international market has slowed illegal logging
Too green to fail?
When it comes to protected areas, less really can mean more
“Civilization is precarious: as we climbed the ladder of progress, we kicked out the rungs below. There is no going back without catastrophe.”
from Ronald Wright’s “A Short History of Progress”
