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Article:	Commentary: The new US energy policy approach. What does this mean for the renewable energy sector?	View Article
Published:	7/17/2008 by Corporate Responsibility (By Quinn McKew)	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Geo Energy Network 81 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & People And Politics

Article Details: In the United States, “energy policy” essentially means one thing: oil policy. The New York Times reported today that the U.S. Congress is serious about producing a new energy policy after years of stalemates and inaction. But read carefully. All the talk about a new energy policy is driven by one thing: consumer anxiety about the high cost of gasoline (petrol). It is not unreasonable to assume that any energy policy will be a reactionary response to this concern versus a much-needed re-alignmen

Article:	World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front - Lester R. Brown (Earth Policy Institute)	View Article
Published:	4/16/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 169 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Food & People And Politics

Article Details: A fast-unfolding food shortage is engulfing the entire world, driving food prices to record highs. Population growth, increased affluence and demand for more grain-intensive livestock products, and the use of more grain to produce ethanol for cars have contributed to rising food prices, spreading of hunger, social unrest and political instability. If food security cannot be restored the number of failing states will likely increase dramatically, threatening the very stability of civilization it

Article:	McCain Under Fire Over Environment Record - Elana Schor (The Guardian)	View Article
Published:	3/27/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 168 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	People And Politics & Energy

Article Details: When the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released its annual environmental rankings last month, McCain - whose campaign website declares him “a leader on the issue of global warming” - earned a zero for missing all of the group’s votes on key green issues. He was one of nine Republicans scoring the lowest possible rating.

Article:	The Real Climate Debate: To Cap or to Tax? - Tom Redburn (New York Times)	View Article
Published:	11/2/2007	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 210 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	People And Politics & Fossil Fuels

Article Details: The political debate pits those who favor what is known as a “cap-and-trade” program against those who support a direct tax on the man-made production of carbon dioxide, which mostly comes from coal, oil and natural gas used to generate energy. Most economists support a carbon tax. Environmentalists favor cap-and-trade as the most environmentally sound approach.