The European Commission is developing legislation that will require minimum sustainability standards for biofuels development, European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said at the recent International Biofuels Conference in Brussels, Belgium, on July 5–6. As part of its ongoing energy strategy, the European Union (EU) has agreed on an action plan to have biofuels comprise at […]

Statement from Kiva’s web site:

We’ve funded EVERY business on the site!! Your loans are now on their way to the developing world. Those of you who have been with us for a while probably know that this has something to do with the recent glowing press we’ve received and the record traffic that has […]

A key portion of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional and violates Americans’ free speech rights, a federal judge said Thursday in a case that could represent a bitter setback for the Bush administration’s attempts to expand its surveillance powers.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the section of the Patriot Act that permits the FBI to […]