Biofuels emit 400 percent more CO2 than regular fuels
Ethan A. Huff Natural News A recent report issued by the European Union has revealed that biofuels, or fuel made from living, renewable sources, is…
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Matt Simmons apparently drowned at his house Sunday night
NBC – Bangor,ME NORTH HAVEN, Maine – The Knox County Sheriff’s Department says Matthew Simmons, the founder of the Ocean Energy Institute, drowned at his…
Commodity prices soar as spectre of food inflation is back
Speculation and rumour could be the driving force behind sudden market rise in food prices Philip Inman and Simon Bowers The Guardian The spectre of…
The CLEAR ACT: They are stealing it all: Land, water, minerals and the air we breathe
Marti Oakley Farm Wars Another assault on the American public is under way; this one will enlarge and increase the power of the Department of…
Are signs of 2012 galactic alignment evident now?
10-ft tall Tablet of Mayan Calendar Michael Eure Activist Post As the media focuses on the failing economy, there isn’t much mainstream discussion about the…
Senate Democrats abandon comprehensive climate bill
Perry Bacon, Jr. The Washington Post Conceding they can’t find enough votes for the measure, Senate Democrats on Thursday abandoned efforts to put together a…
China Passes U.S. as World’s Biggest Energy Consumer
Spencer Swartz Wall Street Journal China is now the world’s biggest energy consumer, knocking the U.S. off a perch it held for more than a…
Unusual Number of Put Options For Energy Companies
Editor’s Note: The massive volume of put options placed on Airline stocks shortly before 9/11 is one of the smoking guns for prior knowledge of…
Retrospective: Rockefellers Seek Change at Exxon
Clifford Kraus The New York Times HOUSTON — The Rockefeller family built one of the great American fortunes by supplying the nation with oil. Now…
Rothschild Seeking to Scoop up Mining Companies and Bulk Commodities
Rothschild’s Vallar Seeks Iron Ore, Coal Acquisitions Jesse Riseborough and Simon Casey Bloomberg Vallar Plc, which raised 707.2 million pounds ($1.07 billion) in a London…
An Energy Bill Wrapped in an Enigma
Kate Sheppard Mother Jones The new package is supposed to be finalized next week. So why doesn’t anyone know anything about it? Senate Democrats plan…
Gulf Oil Full of Methane, Adding New Concerns
By MATTHEW BROWN and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI AP – NEW ORLEANS — It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well…