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Food crisis caused by biofuels?
There are conflicting opinions over a World Bank report which suggests biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75%.
The original study in 2008 depicted a direct correlation between the spike in prices of food products and the increased global use of biofuels.
Renewable Energy Surpasses Fossil Fuels Second Year In A Row
Renewable energy topped fossil fuels and nuclear for the second year in a row in the USA and Europe in 2009, according to the Global Wind Energy Association (GWEC).
Renewable energy accounted for 60% of new capacity installed in Europe and over 50% of new capacity in the USA in 2009.Renewables Must Generate 50% Of Global Electricity: IEA
Renewable energies must generate almost half of the world’s power by 2050, up from the current level of 18%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Governments Face Cost Hurdle To Halve CO2 By 2050: IEA
Tom Doggett, Muriel Boselli
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Governments will have to grapple with sharply higher upfront costs to deploy clean energy technologies and halve carbon emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.
Security Tops The Environment In China’s Energy Plan
06-17-2010
The New York Times
KEITH BRADSHER
Emerging Renewables To Have More Profile In Next Statistical Review
The ‘Statistical Review of World Energy’ does not include wind, solar or geothermal in its primary energy forecast, but these sources will be added next year because they are reaching “sufficient weight in a number of countries.”
Hydroelectricity and nuclear remain the largest non-fossil