Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/foodpricesindex/en/ The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 230 points in March 2011, down 2.9 percent from its peak in February, but still 37 percent above March last year. International prices of oils and sugar contracted the most, followed by cereals. By contrast, dairy and meat prices … Continue reading »
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Net Zero Energy Military Installations: A Guide to Assessment and Planning
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US DOE (dated August 2010) http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/48876.pdf [From NREL Press Release] Funding from DOE’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) is enabling NREL to partner with the Army to jump start the “Army Vision for Net Zero” program. All agencies in the federal government are looking for ways to meet mandates to reduce … Continue reading »
Current Concepts: The Gulf Oil Spill — Review Article
New England Journal of Medicine (April 7, 2011) v364 p1334-1348 / by Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D., Howard J. Osofsky, M.D., Ph.D., and Maureen Y. Lichtveld, M.D., M.P.H (Open access article) http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1007197 [From article] One year after the Gulf oil spill (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the BP oil spill, or the Gulf … Continue reading »
Three Rare Earths Elements Bills
US House of Representatives 1) H.R.618 : Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act of 2011 http://tinyurl.com/3hf7jod Sponsor:Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] (introduced 2/10/2011) Cosponsors (8) Committees: House Science, Space, and Technology Latest Major Action: 2/18/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. [SUMMARY AS OF 2/10/2011--Introduced] Rare … Continue reading »
H.R.1309: Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011
US House of Representatives http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:11:./temp/~bdnQbX:: [Statement by Congresswoman Judy Biggert] It is critical that — well in advance of the NFIP’s September 30th expiration date –Congress begin a dialogue and shape a reform measure. Millions of homeowners and businesses in Illinois and across the country — not to mention our recovering housing market — can … Continue reading »
Re-powering Transport 2011
World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org/reports/re-powering-transport-2011 The Repowering Transport project report concludes that widespread deployment of a full suite of technologies is required to limit energy use to 0.5% annually and achieve an 11% decrease in oil consumption to 2030. The associated policy action, partnership arrangements, and financing mechanisms conclusions are: Policy: A two-pronged approach will ensure … Continue reading »
Sense and Sustainability Study
Gibbs & Soell http://www.gibbs-soell.com/home/pulse-check/2011-gibbs-soell-sense-sustainability-study/ [GreenBiz.com] Most Fortune 1000 executives say their companies are going green, but fewer think many other companies are committed to sustainable practices and products, says a survey of consumers and companies. Almost 90 percent of executives that responded to public relations firm Gibbs and Soell’s latest Sense and Sustainability Study said … Continue reading »
Find Me the Money: Financing Climate and Other Global Public Goods
Center for Global Development / by Nancy Birdsall and Benjamin Leo www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1424979/ In this paper, we examine four categories of existing resource-mobilization options [and recommend which might best be used to finance global public goods. These options include] including (1) transportation levies; (2) currency and financial transaction taxes; (3) capitalization of IMF Special Drawing Rights … Continue reading »
