by Katie AllenCharity predicts more food shortages in Africa because of EU target to produce 10% of all transport fuels from biofuels by 2020Cane cutter wields machete. Friends of the Earth says that biofuel crops, including sugar cane, 'are competin... [more]

A new report from Friends of Earth is taking aim at several companies including Canada's Kimminic Corp. of Mississauga for buying up land in Africa and clearing it so biofuel crops can be grown. The group claims that Kimminic has purchased 13... [more]

Kristina Hill, PhD, Affiliate ASLA, is Chair of the Landscape Architecture department at the University of Virginia. Recently, the American Society of Landscape Architects interviewed her about how best to manage the effects of climate change, especi... [more]

France wants to avoid being Spain.The Ministry of Sustainable Development is expected to cut the country's generous feed-in tariffs by 12 percent beginning September 1 in an effort to rein in demand and curb spending, according to analysts and news r... [more]

In recent years, the electronics industry has gained notoriety for creating an endless stream of disposable products that make their way at life's end to developing countries, where poor people without safety gear cut and burn out valuable materials,... [more]

Back from vacation I saw a couple of announcements recently showing that attempts to capture the energy in river flow are alive and well, though I still have doubts about the overall contribution such technologies can make to the clean energy space... [more]

As the Beijing-based Asia Environment Correspondent for The Guardian, Jonathan Watts has reported on environmental issues in China for several years. His new book, When a Billion Chinese Jump, is a travelogue that tells the story of China's breakne... [more]

Canada is testing the water for modular river turbines. The project, led by Renewable Energy Research, received $5.5 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the government of Quebec. RER will install two turbines in the ... [more]

I recently posted a query on Twitter and Facebook asking a simple but vexing question: Someone committed to the environment is called an environmentalist. What do you call someone committed to sustainability? The answers I got were largely snarky, s... [more]

There is spin-doctoring an issue and then there is just tearing up evidence.Two weeks ago there was news that Canada's Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development had literally torn up draft copies of a report looking into the impac... [more]