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PBL analysis finds that resources are not depleted, but expensive; badly functioning markets and wrong policies

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This scarcity, however, has little to do with stock depletion; badly functioning markets and wrong policy reactions play a particularly important role, according to a new analysis by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Thus, high energy prices lead to high food prices, as transport and fertilizers become more expensive.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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There were seven billion-dollar-plus financings of offshore wind projects, boosting the investment totals for the Netherlands, the UK and Germany. Another challenge was, at first sight, the impact of the 50%-plus collapse in the oil price in the second half of last year. Investment in Europe advanced less than 1% to $57.5

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The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

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Globally, water demand is threatening to dangerously outpace supply, while in the US, dry states such as Texas and California are suffering from shortages and the future forebodes more suffering. Blue’ technologies have also until now not been ‘green’ enough to make sense for the environment. by James Stafford for Oilprice.com.

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