The six major energy-using countries of East Asia could stabilize their greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 without compromising growth, a new World Bank report has found. The report, "Winds of Change: East Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future", says major investments in energy efficiency and a concerted switch to renewable sources of power in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam could simultaneously stabilize greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy security while improving local environments.

This is a interesting paper from the perspectives both of the food vs biofuel debate and biofuels vs livestock. The paper finds that it is much more energy-efficient to grow grain for human food than for ethanol, which is best produced with grasses.

This press release from the RSPCA suggests that people can be persuaded to think about more than price.

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