Energy crisis – Pocket Issue

‘Life first, cars second’

So said Bolivian president Evo Morales, speaking at the United Nations last month. He called on developed nations to accept partial responsibility for the rising food prices caused by biofuels. His call came in a month that has seen the

Climate change and the energy crisis solved in one?

We liked this climate change story in this week’s Economist. The idea, mooted a decade ago and re-introduced by British researcher Mr John Munford this week, is, in short: throw iron filings into the sea, the iron then produces nutrients