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Kevin Rudd’s plan to bring forward the internationally linked ETS might be a smart political move, but it complicates progress on reducing emissions. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/from-fixed-price-to-ets-the-complications-of-reducing-emissions-83254?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-fixed-price-to-ets-the-complications-of-reducing-emissions-83254

Small is beautiful to deal with carbon emissions. But Australia has the biggest houses, and the most floor space. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/how-big-is-a-house-average-house-size-by-country-78685?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-big-is-a-house-average-house-size-by-country-78685

Noah Smith argues that the Peak Oil crowd wasn’t really wrong. No, instead what we got was a hybrid between the “Good Peak Oil” scenario where we move off oil on to […]

With the recent announcement of closure, this will be the last guest post by Jean Lahérrere at TheOilDrum. By fortune it is an update on Jean’s famous long term petroleum and natural […]

U.S. power producers must reduce their dependence on water or they may be forced to lower output as drought and other extreme weather events curtail their access to water supplies, researchers said […]

How China affects the global fertilizer market China, the world’s largest producer of nitrogen (a chemical used to make nitrogenous fertilizers for growing plants) occupies roughly 40% of global production… via Market […]

Natural gas has lost market share to coal this year as higher nat gas prices have pushed power plants to prefer coal. via Market Realist http://marketrealist.com/2013/07/why-natural-gas-continues-to-lose-market-share-to-coal/

Natural gas and nitrogenous fertilizers Natural gas is a major raw material input in the production of nitrogenous fertilizers, such as urea and ammonia, ranging from 40% to 70% of… via Market […]

When President Obama announced his proposal to limit carbon emissions on existing power plants, many environmentalists and clean energy supporters cheered. But the plan will take years, at the least, to put […]