NOAA official told senators the fed govt lacks the money for tsunami debris cleanup on west coast. States affected will have to incur the costs.
Novazymes, Clean Star opened biofuel plant in Mozambique to supply ethanol to households that rely on charcoal for cooking. Africa has gone from 3M square miles of forest to ~1M mostly because of charcoal cooking - indoors (= smoking 2 packs/day of cigs). Charcoal market in sub-Sahara >$10B/y.
Rapid climate changes quickly depleting moose in N Minn woods.
Enbridge plans to reverse flow of oil pipeline that now carries 240kb/d of imported oil from Canada's east coast to the west and pump oil sands oil east.
China increasing rare earths exports.
Apple to power 3 data centers with 100% clean, renewable energy. Global data center el demand up 19% in '12 to 31GW. $450B/yr spent on new centers.
20 small island nations banding together for hydropower, other clean, renewable power development.
Cost of bringing 1 Bakken oil well into production up from avg $6.5M in '10 to $8.5M in 1Q12.
India put jatropha planting program on hold. Singapore lab and comp developed genetic-modified jatropha plants with high oleic acid content in seeds. Columbia touting sugarcane, palm resources for biofuels projects.
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