Energy & Environment
Fast Food Chains Enter Fight Against Ethanol
Rise in corn prices of course contributes to rise in food prices
Fiancial Clashes Impact UN Climate Change Talks
Poor countries want cash infusion from rich countries
US Doesn't Want to Go into Detail About Climate Change Spending
The West has pledged $100 billion in aid by 2020
Climate Change Activists: UK Funding to Africa Going to Corporations, Not People
Anti-corporate bias showing
Calif. Oyster Farm Sues US to Stay in Business
Interior Department ended 40-year lease on public land
Strange Bedfellows Coalition Blasts "Green" Subsidies for Utilities
Green is the favorite color of corporate welfare
Wind Industry Hoping Tax Breaks Extension
Without favorable government treatment, industry will collapse
NASA's Newest Mission: Floods in Kenya
Climate change on the agenda for the space agency
DOE Launches "Manhattan Project" for Battery Innovation
Hopefully they will not be dropped on Japan
Officials Mull Partial Restart of SoCal Nuclear Plant
Plant has been shut down for most of year due to safety problems
Research Teams Have a Definitive Calculation of the Rise in Sea Level
Over the last two decades the sea level has risen 11mm
Don't Go to LA's National Forest to Find Christmas Trees
Though other national parks allow it, trees planted in LA area are there to prevent erosion
Panama Canal Expansion Fueling Port Upgrades; Some U.S. Ports Burdened by Security, Environmental Regulations
Panama Canal set to double capacity by 2015
UN Figures Still Show Global Warming Stalled Since 1998
Headed for ice age doom again?
Senate Strikes Effort to Restrict Military Biofuel Spending
Just shovel the money directly into the tank
At Secret Government Lab, Highly Paid Staff Plan America's Energy (Maybe) Future
We may pay no attention to them, but we do pay them
The Five-Step Regulatory Guide to Converting a World-Class Beach Town into a Pile of Shit
Step 1: Be a lovely California seaside town with gorgeous bluffs and rocks that everybody (this author included) loves walking and sitting on.
Repairing Air-Conditioners Bypasses Envronmental Rules
And keeps your house comfortable, further infuriating the hair-shirt brigade
Blue Science and Red Science
Examining the Democratic and Republican platforms on stem cells, space, and more
Louisiana Coal Plant to Pay $14 Million in Pollution Suit
Largest Clean Air Act settlement in state's history
California Raises $233 Million to Not Cut Pollution
Cap and trade auction serves goal of giving state more money, not any environmental purpose
Supreme Court to Take Up Raisin Market Regulations
At issue is how farmers may launch challenge
CA Carbon Permits Raise Less Cash Than Expected
The market-set price per permit came in lower than forecast
Thanksgiving Goodies Heavily Subsidized by Taxpayers
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is as American as lousy pumpkin pie
Calif. Egg Farmers Sue over Enclosure Regs
Proposition requires hens to be able to move around, but fails to provide guidelines for compliance
Group Says The Hobbit Crew Responsible for Animal Deaths
Claims 27 animals died at facilities where they were being kept
