The carbon emissions and use of natural resources are common criticisms of the corn-ethanol industry. Matt Hartwig, a spokesman for the Renewable Fuels Association, says the tariff on imported ethanol offsets a tax incentive given to the petroleum industry to entice those producers to blend ethanol into gasoline. Range executives chose to build the plant in Georgia because of the extensive local timber industry. Assuming production begins in 2009, Range Fuels is then expected to ramp...

The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in the ancient Japanese capital in 1997, requires industrialized countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by an average of 5.2 percent by 2012, and its signatories are currently negotiating a successor at the moment. Advanced nations, Yudhoyono said, should strengthen their commitment to reduce their emissions after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol on global warming expires. The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in the ancient Japanese capital in...

There were ripe apples, apple pies and pastries, apple cocktails, bread and plenty of stuff which the resourceful Ba Kelalan people conjured up with panache and class. I had travelled to this wonderful place several times by land and air the past decade from bone-jarring road trips to flying in Twin Otters and helicopters. But the vision of the planters held sway and they are now branching into growing cherries. The bamboo band playing nostalgic beautiful tunes, and old friends coming and...

The only hoax is the denial of global warming by greedy politicians and lobbyists in an attempt to increase the wealth of the very people who are polluting our planet. Utilities in the Midwest are working together to invest in energy efficiency to reduce the need for costly power plants. The governor's proposal includes elements such as energy efficiency and investment in renewable resources such as solar and wind energy. Energy savings by industrial and residential users frees up money...

The court said that the Whitefish band is entitled to compensation based on a realistic sale price and a fair assessment of what the proceeds would have grown to had they been prudently invested. In 1885, the Conservative federal government decided to sell the timber rights in case the forest burned down. The court sent the case back to a trial judge because it had insufficient information to arrive at a fair amount of compensation. He then ruled that the Whitefish should receive...