China may entirely switch to non-food materials such as cassva, sweet potato, sorgo and cellulose in producing ethanol fuel as a substitute for petroleum, said a government official.

Asia must increase renewable energy use, improve coal-fired power plant efficiency and switch to biofuels to reduce a quarter of their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a U.S. government report said Tuesday.

International car manufacturers and energy experts urged to find new sources of renewable energy for vehicles - including advanced biofuels - in a move to reduce the speed of global warming.

Industrial wind farms, like the Cape Wind project, are on the rise and along with them public protest and opposition. Is it anti-environnmental to even question much less object? Not at all. In fact, questioning wind power does not mean anti-environment and in fact the opposite is most often the case. Those that question are those that care or they wouldn't be involved in the debate at all.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Friday plans to issue a third report on ways to offset global warming. Scientists and government administrators from more than 120 countries have been hammering out the text of the report this week in Bangkok, Thailand. Early drafts indicate that countries that start now to back away from fossil fuels, will not have to wait generations to see benefits.

Scientists and other experts from 120 countries are meeting in Thailand this week to discuss ways to respond to climate change. The same group warned earlier this year that global warming poses a major threat to mankind. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok.

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