What are some good websites to read up on alternative energy news?

[Massacure]

[thoughtanarchist]

1. Here's a few...

http://www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov/default.asp
http://www.biofuels.ca/
http://www.bera1.org/
http://www.green-trust.org/
http://mauigreenenergy.org/biodieselregistry.htm
http://energysavingnow.com/plugin/hvacpump.shtml
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html

[govegan]

2. Here is one: http://www.grist.org/

http://www.grist.org/

You can subscribe to their daily email updates. See sample: (mods, since a free daily email update to anyone who wants it, I quote the whole of today's issue)

DAILY GRIST
04 Nov 2004
Environmental news from GRIST MAGAZINE
<http://grist.org>


1.
ARRAY OF HOPE II
More environmental leaders and thinkers on what's next

Our Array of Hope compilation of pithy post-election commentary
continues today with insights from Jim Jeffords (independent senator
from Vermont), Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia), Laurie David
(NRDC trustee and Hollywood celeb wrangler), John Passacantando (head
of Greenpeace USA), Carl Pope (head of Sierra Club), Julia Butterfly
Hill (tree-sitter and activist), and Richard Nelson (anthropologist
and writer). They sound off on what's next for the environmental
movement, encouraging enviros to keep volunteering, keep talking, and
keep fighting. And we invite you to sound off too -- in the
Gristmill.

today in Grist: Green luminaries on what to do now -- in Main Dish
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3516>

in the Gristmill: Speak up and tell us where enviros should put their energies
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3517>



2.
FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KRILL! KRILL!
Food web unraveling in Antarctic, thanks to global warming

Krill, the shrimp-like crustaceans at the center of the Antarctic
food chain, are rapidly disappearing, and scientists suspect global
warming may be the culprit. In some key ocean regions, krill have
declined by more than 80 percent in the last 25 years, according to a
study in today's issue of the journal Science. Numerous Antarctic
fauna rely on the thumb-sized critters for a large part of their
diet, including whales, seals, penguins, squid, fish, and sea birds.
Scientists trace the precipitous drop to a decline in sea ice --
young krill rely on the cracks on the underside of ice to shelter
them and provide them algae to eat -- brought about by a rise in area
temperatures of 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit over the last 50 years. And
that, of course, many researchers attribute to global warming. They
warn that a tipping point could be near. "What you would see then is
a literal collapse of the food web," said Antarctic researcher
William Fraser. "All the predators would suffer some pretty drastic
declines."

straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Usha Lee McFarling, 04 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3520>

straight to the source: MSNBC.com, 03 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3521>



3.
WINDBALKERS
Wind farms ignite controversy in Scotland and California

A proposal to build the world's biggest on-shore wind farm on
Scotland's rugged Isle of Lewis is triggering a pitched battle.
Lewis Wind Power, a joint venture between British Energy and
construction group AMEC, claims the project would create hundreds of
jobs and generate enough electricity to meet the annual needs of 1.1
million people, as well as meet 6 percent of the U.K.'s
renewable-energy targets. Opponents, including the Royal Society for
the Protection of Birds, claim that the farm would damage an
environmentally sensitive peat bog and harm wildlife. Meanwhile, in
California, the Center for Biological Diversity is suing power
companies responsible for the Altamont Pass wind turbines over what
they claim are the deaths of thousands of eagles, hawks, falcons,
owls, and other protected birds. They are asking that substantial
raptor habitat be set aside by the companies. "We absolutely support
wind power, but it is long past time for turbine owners to make a
serious effort to stop the raptor slaughter at Altamont," said the
center's Jeff Miller.

straight to the source: The Scotsman, James Reynolds, 04 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3525>

straight to the source: The Scotsman, Scottish Press Association,
Jude Sheerin, 03 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3526>

straight to the source: Contra Costa Times, Bonita Brewer, 02 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3527>



4.
MAD PROPS, YO
California approves measure to block citizen lawsuits against businesses

By a significant margin, California voters on Tuesday approved
Proposition 64, which curtails the right of private citizens and
public-interest groups to bring legal action against companies under
the state's Unfair Business Competition Law -- a move that could
hamper efforts to protect the state's environment. The statute has
been used by private groups to go after companies that pollute and
violate the law in other ways. Now, citizens will have to show that
they've been financially harmed by a business's action is order to
file suit. Supporters of 64 say that's a good thing, as they claim
that so-called "shakedown suits" were hurting the economy. The
proposition was opposed by environmental and consumer groups and the
state attorney general, and supported by many large corporations,
smaller businesses, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R). Meanwhile,
voters in California's Butte, San Luis Obispo, and Humboldt counties
all rejected initiatives banning genetically modified crops, sharply
undercutting the momentum of anti-GM forces in the state.

straight to the source: San Francisco Chronicle, Carolyn Said, 04 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3523>

straight to the source: The Sacramento Bee, Kevin Yamamura, 15 Oct 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3515>

straight to the source: The Sacramento Bee, Mike Lee, 04 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3524>



5.
SCRAP HAPPY
San Francisco food-composting program is a hit

In 1996, a company called Norcal Waste found that 19 percent of
landfill matter in San Francisco consisted of discarded food scraps
-- and it sensed a market opportunity. Now the city boasts a popular
and growing composting program, with discarded food collected and
processed into organically certified "Four Course Compost," sold to
organic farms and vineyards. Sales of the compost have increased by
23 percent in each of the last two years, but perhaps more
importantly, the program is a hit with the city's residents and
restaurateurs. "It's increased the morale in the kitchens. People
feel they're not throwing things out, they're doing something good
for the environment while they're working," says Jonathan Cook, who
supervises operations at eight restaurants. Restaurants also save
substantially on garbage charges. The program may serve as a
national model.

straight to the source: The Mercury News, Associated Press, Michelle
Locke, 03 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3528>

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Also in GRIST MAGAZINE:

Easter-Funny -- Don't bet on Bush tackling climate change in a second
term -- by Michael Oppenheimer
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3522>


Jewel-Use Technology -- On recycling CD jewel cases -- in Ask Umbra
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3519>


Cod is Dead -- Richard Ellis's "The Empty Ocean" delves into the
world of marine destruction -- a book review by Elizabeth Grossman
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3518>

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[One_Life_To_Give]

3. For Ideas on your own AE

For good ideas on your own alternative energy, I like otherpower.com

You might also check out Homepower Guerrilla solar link