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Thursday, January 7th, 2010Fast-tracking solar development on federal lands, fake fireplace logs and other energy and environment news from around the Web.
author By GREEN INC., source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
B.L.M. Expedites Review of Energy Projects
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Thirty-one proposed renewable energy projects could potentially be cleared for approval by December 2010.
author By COLIN MINER, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
The Pour: Where Anxiety Is All That’s Flowing
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009The recession has had a brutal effect on the many different types of businesses that make up the California wine industry.
author By ERIC ASIMOV, source www.nytimes.com
In Venezuela, Plantations of Cacao Stir Bitterness
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009A luxury crop destined for foreigners has turned into a contentious, and sometimes violent, political issue.
author By SIMON ROMERO, source www.nytimes.com
Saving Energy by Managing Irrigation
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009A power company cuts the peak demand for its electricity by 5 percent, by paying farmers to not water their crops on some late afternoons.
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Visionaries Work to Get Rooftop and Vertical Farming Off the Ground
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Dickson Despommier continues to evangelize for his idea of vertical farming. Meanwhile, smaller efforts to get rooftop farming off the ground are underway.
author By Azadeh Ensha, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Debate: The Ripple Effects of Biofuels
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The debate rages on over land use changes and the development of biofuels.
author By Tom Zeller Jr. and Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Commodity Prices Show No Letup
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Heavy rains and cool weather in the Midwest are driving up the price of corn, while other commodity prices like oil, soybeans and wheat also jumped on Wednesday.
author By DAVID STREITFELD and JAD MOUAWAD, source www.nytimes.com
The Food Chain: Worries Mount as Farmers Push for Big Harvest
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008As the world clamors for more corn, wheat, soybeans and rice, farmers are trying to meet the challenge. But evidence suggests harvests will be average at best.
author By DAVID STREITFELD and KEITH BRADSHER, source www.nytimes.com
Global Trade Negotiations Are Dealt Another Setback
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Global trade talks stumbled again after diplomats in Geneva failed to narrow differences over industrial goods after eight days of negotiations.
author By STEPHEN CASTLE, source www.nytimes.com
U.N. Says Food Plan Could Cost $30 Billion a Year
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Resolving the global food crisis could cost as much as $30 billion a year and wealthier nations are doing little to help the developing world, United Nations officials said.
author By ANDREW MARTIN and ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, source www.nytimes.com
Brazil to Seek Sanctions Over U.S. Cotton Subsidies
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Brazil will seek sanctions against the United States after winning a World Trade Organization ruling on cotton subsidies, a top Brazilian trade official said Tuesday.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com
Commodity Regulation to Toughen
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The regulators will look more closely at investors to determine whether they are evading market limits on speculation and artificially driving up world food prices.
author By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, source www.nytimes.com
U.N. Issues Warning on Food Crisis
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Resolving the global food crisis could cost as much as $30 billion a year and wealthier nations are doing little to help the developing world, United Nations officials said.
author By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL and ANDREW MARTIN, source www.nytimes.com
Europe Proposes a Farm Subsidy Overhaul That Pleases Few
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008The proposal fell far short of the liberal farm policy favored by countries like Britain but sharpened a debate with France, which has sought to preserve generous support for agriculture.
author By JAMES KANTER, source www.nytimes.com
Ping: A Brighter Side of High Prices
Monday, May 19th, 2008As costs of several agricultural commodities have surged, some entrepreneurs and analysts see an opportunity for creative solutions.
author By G. PASCAL ZACHARY, source www.nytimes.com
The Food Chain: World’s Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut
Monday, May 19th, 2008Agricultural research is reduced even as the growth of the global food supply slows and the population increases.
author By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN, source www.nytimes.com
Letters: Food and Free Trade
Sunday, May 4th, 2008Letters from readers concerning the article “Freer Trade Could Fill the World’s Rice Bowl”, published on April 27.
author By JEFF SOMMER, source www.nytimes.com
Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Population growth, shrinking world grain stocks and a growing appetite for meat, particularly in the developing world, have collided with a shortage of fertilizer.
author By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN, source www.nytimes.com
U.N. Panel Urges Changes to Feed Poor While Saving Environment
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008The price of basic food like rice, wheat and corn has been rising sharply, setting off violent protests in Haiti Egypt, Uzbekistan, Yemen, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and even Italy.
author By STEVEN ERLANGER, source www.nytimes.com