“The current push to expand biofuel use is creating unsustainable tensions that will disrupt markets without generating significant environmental benefits.”
The authors of an OECD report, arguing that the rush to support alternative energy sources will lead to surging food prices and the potential destruction of natural habitats (The Financial Times, London, 10 September)
“It’s an engineering marvel. It’s embarrassing to have our hand out like this.”
Robert Kerr, director of the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, on how the famed observatory is being asked to raise half of its $8 million budget itself. The US National Science…
