Across Africa, forests are disappearing at twice the worldwide average rate. As of 2009, that rate clocked in at a mind-bending 4 million hectares, or about 15,400 square miles of lost forest, per year. One of the major forces feeding that devastation is Full Article at Treehugger

We've covered many times the efforts of the US Navy, driven largely by a desire to secure stable and domestic sources of energy, to create a so-called Great Green Fleet and Green Strike Force—that is, ships and planes powered by biofuels. Check out the l Full Article at Treehugger

There are a lot of misconceptions about Africa, including that the continent needs help from the rest of the world in order to overcome the economic challenges it faces. It doesn't need help, though, so much as to be on equal footing with the rest of the Full Article at Treehugger

To make cement, you cook calcium carbonate at high temperature, producing 4% of the world's carbon dioxide in two ways: through the fuel used to heat the kiln, and through the chemistry of converting calcium carbonate to lime and carbon dioxide. But as c Full Article at Treehugger

State renewable energy standards have no predictable impact on electricity rates. Even using an approach that attempts to isolate these standards from other factors driving rate changes, there’s simply too many other factors. Maryland, for example—where Full Article at Treehugger

The United States led the world in clean energy investment in 2011, overtaking China, new analysis from Pew Charitable Trusts shows. Pew's Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race 2011 Edition breaks down clean energy investment on a country-by-country basis, Full Article at Treehugger

The key to restructuring the economy is to get the market to tell the truth through full-cost pricing. If the world is to move onto a sustainable path, we need economists who will calculate indirect costs and work with political leaders to incorporate th Full Article at Treehugger

For delivery vans, says Smith, FedEx is betting on electric or hybrid vehicles. The company is also investing in biofuels, especially algal blends, to replace the petroleum-heavy jet fuel blend it (and just about every other member of the aviation indust Full Article at Treehugger

When it comes to animals, electricity is more often associated with the Energy Bunny than with the snail- but that may be about to change. Researchers at Clarkson University have successfully implanted a biofuel cell in a living snail. The cell produces Full Article at Treehugger