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• In Germany, a nostalgia for securitized debt; In the Blogs : Dealbook November 9, 2009
  Last week, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, an association of palm oil producers and manufacturers and environmental groups, concluded its annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur with a decision not to include greenhouse gas emissions ...
• Making palm oil 'sustainable'; In the Blogs: Green Inc. November 9, 2009
  Last week, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, an association of palm oil producers and manufacturers and environmental groups, concluded its annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur with a decision not to include greenhouse gas emissions ...
• The pros and cons of biofuels: ethanol tanks. November 9, 2009
  The environmental impacts of producing different biofuels were assessed via a report commissioned by the United Nations. The production of ethanol from sugar cane, as in Brazil, was found to have little environmental impact and, if the ...
• An elixir for health reform? Lawmakers offer 'black liquor.' November 9, 2009
  House Democrats might use a swig of "black liquor" to help health-care reform go down. Democratic leaders, who have been searching high and low for ways to pay for health-care reform, have fixed their sights on a cellulosic biofuel tax ...
• Truck's awful pretty, but it's still a workhorse November 8, 2009
  I'd buy it chrome-free. The chrome wheels and gas cap, the chrome rails on the cargo bed and the chrome-edged running boards were pretty. But they made little sense in the dust and mud and along the rocky paths where I drove the 2010 ...
• 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Z71 November 8, 2009
  The bottom line: Forget the chrome. This is a hard-nosed work truck that comes with all sorts of useful stuff on the inside, including the OnStar emergency communication and navigation system, laptop hookups and other infotainment ...
• Railroads & Windmills: Berkshire's 'Green' Bets November 7, 2009
  Adair, Iowa -- Warren Buffett's blockbuster deal this past week for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. was based partly on the view that railroads are more efficient than trucks when energy prices are high.
• The Skimmer November 7, 2009
  Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis By Al Gore Rodale; 416 pages Al Gore has written a textbook. The Nobel laureate and self-proclaimed recovering politician continues his quest to educate the public on the undeniable dangers of ...
• Single Focus: An Outsider With Doomsday Vision November 6, 2009
  ''What movie did you see last night?'' ''A documentary called 'Collapse.' '' ''What's it about?'' ''It's just one guy explaining why human civilization in its present form is doomed.''
• Putting Green Technology Into Bricks --- Start-Ups Seek to Use Recycled Materials, New Methods to Reinvent Building Materials November 4, 2009
  Amid buzz about algae biofuel and electric cars, some start-ups hope to use "green" technology to reinvent more mundane products like bricks and cement.
• ENERGY; Brazil raises cane over U.S. ethanol barriers; Proponents say sugar-based fuel is a better choice than corn November 4, 2009
  SAO PAULO, BRAZIL Who could resent the attention being showered on electric cars? Stylish and clean, they're the darling of the renewable-energy crowd, which is hailing the scheduled rollout of several e-powered models next year as a major ...
• Earnings: Earnings Watch November 4, 2009
  ROYAL CARIBBEAN Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported a 44% drop in third-quarter earnings as pricing remained soft amid a prolonged travel slump. The cruise operator also projected a loss for the current quarter.
• Kraft's 3Q profit plunges; EARNINGS November 4, 2009
  KRAFT FOODS: Slower sales and lower prices on food cut its third-quarter profit nearly 40 percent from a year earlier, but thecompany raised its forecast for the year.
• Sizing up palm oil November 3, 2009
  It's lurking, unlabeled, in hundreds of household products from lip gloss to baby formula to potato chips. While it doesn't sound (and need not be) nefarious, activist groups worldwide argue that the production of palm oil is currently ...
• Calculating Emissions Is Problematic November 3, 2009
  An accounting problem in the way some greenhouse gas emissions are calculated could critically hobble efforts to reduce them in coming years as nations move to combat global warming, scientists warn in a new report.