“Once we grasp the ecological crisis as the escalating conversion of the planet into ‘a shoddy way station,’ it becomes evident that inducing ‘global dimming’ in order to offset ‘global warming’ is not a corrective action but another chapter in the project of colonizing the Earth…”

The Future of Liquid Biofuels for APEC Economies (Part VII)

"The initial response of agricultural economies to increasing prices for commodities is to increase production. Inevitably, the immediate response is through extension of the land area planted, either by reclaiming land set-asides such as the conservation reserve program of the US Department of Agriculture..."

OIL & GAS

• Added weightage for companies offering maximum piped gas connections
• ’No Special Oil Tax’: PetroMin
• Rajasthan seeks say in oil contracts
• Oil Ministry moves Cabinet for drilling holiday
• BP rubbishes India’s oil speculator claims
• Iraq to upgrade Samawah refinery

POWER

• CERC plans prudence checks for upcoming power projects
• CIL finds coal shortage fault with power sector
• NTPC, Power Finance to start India’s 3rd power exchange
• Poland asked to invest in coal power in Pakistan
• Titan Energy to build grid linked solar power plant
• Bush administration sticks with ethanol mandate