July 23, 2009 Scientists Explain New Process for Producing Biodiesel from Feather Meal by The American Chemical Society Scientists in Nevada are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from “chicken feather meal,” made from the 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste that accumulate annually in the United Continue Reading →
Demographers at odds over population drivers By Bronwyn Herbert for PM Posted 2 hours 46 minutes ago Updated 2 hours 42 minutes ago Mark McCrindle says the statistics show a big boom in births. (AAP Image: Alan Porritt, file photo) Audio: Australia’s population to reach 22 million late 2009 (PM) Social demographer Mark McCrindle Continue Reading →
July 20, 2009 Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities by Marla Barnes, Chief Editor, Hydro Group Missouri, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] By 2020, a fifth of all energy consumption in European Union (EU) member countries must come from renewable sources – hydro, wave, solar, wind, and biomass. This mandate, which EU leaders signed in March Continue Reading →
Planning: Power struggles A quango that the Tories have pledged to scrap is set to fast-track controversial projects, from wind farms to runways, in the run-up to the election Peter Hetherington The Guardian, Wednesday 15 July 2009 Article history Applications for new wind farms will be overseen by the new planning commission. Photograph: Murdo Continue Reading →
This is the reason for the proposed “Sustainable Population Working Group”. These figures must be reduced, or there will be no sustainability, (NSW,GREENS.) Neville Gillmore. Record number of arrivals swells population July 19, 2009 Figures suggest we’re experiencing the biggest boom since the 1950s, writes Kelsey Munro. A COMBINATION of high immigration rates Continue Reading →
Global warming to open up north-east Arctic tanker route Melting ice in the Russian Arctic will create a safer, shorter route cut for tankers, but will have even bigger implications for the global energy market Lesley Riddoch guardian.co.uk, Friday 17 July 2009 11.17 BST Article history ‘Soon there will be no summer Arctic ice,’ Continue Reading →