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Obama to increase fuel economy standard to 35 mpg by 2016

Mongabay.com 18 May 2009

Bioelectricity bests ethanol on two fronts: land use and global warming

Jeremy Hance 7 May 2009

Canada and Britain abandon conventional coal

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2009

Twenty years on, some birds still haven’t recovered from Exxon Valdez oil spill

Jeremy Hance 24 Mar 2009

Largest US protest on climate change today

Jeremy Hance 2 Mar 2009

14,000-barrel oil spill in the Ecuadorean Amazon

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2009

Obama blocks offshore oil drilling for now

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2009

Cellulosic ethanol healthier, better for the environment, than corn ethanol

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

Wind energy jobs now exceed coal mining jobs

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2009

Camera trap photos reveal bushmeat hunting threat to jaguars in Ecuador

Julie Larsen Maher 27 Jan 2009

Obama pushes for better mileage standards

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

Will ‘peak oil’ spur expanded coal use? And what does it mean for climate?

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2008

Peak coal to follow peak oil?

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2008

Tool helps overcome miles-per-gallon illusion

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Dec 2008

Bank of America will no longer finance mountaintop removal coal mining

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2008

HSBC to cut lending to questionable oil palm and logging companies

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Limiting global warming to 2-degree rise will require $180/t carbon price says energy think tank

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2008

First RSPO-certified (“eco-friendly”) palm oil shipment to arrive in Europe

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2008

In final weeks, President Bush aims to extend his environmental legacy

Jeremy Hance 9 Nov 2008

EU’s sustainable biofuels push angers Malaysia, Brazil

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2008

Air travel may be powered by biofuels in 3-5 years

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2008

Peru’s uncontacted Amazon tribes under attack

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Ecuador’s plan to protect rainforest from oil drilling looks doomed

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2008

Chevron loses attempt to reduce payment in suit by Amazon rainforest natives

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

US government: $28 carbon price would raise gas prices by 25 cents

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

Al Gore calls for “civil disobedience” against new coal plants

Jeremy Hance 28 Sep 2008

CO2 emissions accelerate 400% as world turns to dirtier fuels

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2008

Europe cuts biofuel targets to 4% in 2015, 6% in 2020

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2008

Falling palm oil price makes palm biodiesel viable, may offer target for NGOs

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2008

Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more

Jeremy Hance 5 Sep 2008

Republicans backtrack, call for end to ethanol requirements in gas

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2008

Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2008

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