Learn how Harold Wilcox works to grow ocean farms; Dr. Melvin Calvin uses milkweed as an alternative energy source; and Gil Friend educates people about the environment.
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Do you know any modern homesteaders living a self-sufficient lifestyle? We want to know about them! Nominate a family, someone you know or even yourself to become one of our Homesteaders of the Year in 2012 Cole responds to a critic. Crude oil futures fell back below $80 as tropical storm Ida weakened in the Gulf and will apparently spare oil and gas production, Bloomberg reports . Crude oil futures rose above $80 on a weaker dollar and amid signs of economic recovery, Bloomberg reports . But consumers are wising up—the International Energy Agency will again slash its long-term forecasts for growth in demand for oil, the WSJ reports, as energy-efficiency measures trump economic recovery. Crude oil futures fell below $70 after yesterday’s rally due to continued large stocks of oil around the world, AP reports . New York sets out rules for natural-gas drilling in parts of the Marcellus shale, though the new rules fall short of what environmentalists demanded, in the NYT. The Environmental Protection Agency said it won’t wait for Congress to act, and outlined rules for regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from large emitters, a long-awaited though still controversial move, in the WSJ and the NYT . Crude oil futures rebounded above $64 amid wider economic optimism, though demand is still “missing in action,” reports Bloomberg . Don’t talk to Shell about optimism—the oil major will slash capex and likely staff after a 67% drop in second-quarter earnings, also in Bloomberg Image via Android Central Cell phones powered by renewable energy sources seem to be a buzz topic lately. And solar cells on mobile devices are the energy source of choice, it seems. Back in February, ZTE showed off the first affordable cell phone featuring solar power |
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