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Obama to increase fuel economy standard to 35 mpg by 2016

Mongabay.com 18 May 2009

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

Jeremy Hance 24 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

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

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

CO2 emissions accelerate 400% as world turns to dirtier fuels

Mongabay.com 26 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

Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2008

Clean energy gold rush in 2007

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2008

Energy firm to mine oil sands in the Republic of Congo

Mongabay.com 21 May 2008

U.S. carbon dioxide emissions reach record high in 2007

Mongabay.com 21 May 2008

American demand for gas, big cars begins to wane

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2008

35-mpg mileage target will save consumers $22 billion a year in gas costs

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2007

Carbon dioxide can be safely stored in porous sandstone of former oil fields

University Of Leeds 28 Nov 2007

Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2007

Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

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