Video: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says "Climate Change’s Potential Impacts are Sobering and Far-Reaching" | WWF Climate Blog

Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the global security environment on 1 April 2011 at the annual Rostov Lecture at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. He identified energy and climate change as being among the constraints that "could place the United States at a strategic turning point."

Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Problems - NYTimes.com

When all is factored together, Mr. Howarth and his colleagues conclude that the greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas can be as much as 20 percent greater than, and perhaps twice as high as, coal per unit of energy.

USDA Doubles Down on Ethanol – Blender Pumps

The ethanol industry has found a friend — the US Department of Agriculture. The industry will be less reliant on new legislation to encourage ethanol consumption, thanks to a new USDA announcement that the department will begin funding grants and loan guarantees for gas stations that choose to install new E-85 blender pumps. This was one of the primary legislative goals of the renewable fuels lobbyists.