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Can 3rd And 4th Gen Biofuels Wean Us From Our Petro-Addiction?
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Big Oil can't get beyond petroleum
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Algae to solve the Pentagon's jet fuel problem
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EU biofuels 'should be certified'
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Big Oil can't get beyond petroleum
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Biofuels are a wide range of fuels which are in some way derived from biomass. The term covers solid biomass, liquid fuels and various ...Posted by Jon Mitchell
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GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs
Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
U.S. military ready to buy affordable, homegrown jet biofuels | McClatchy
The challenge for the new industry is to find money to ramp up from nearly zero today. The Department of Defense ...Posted by Lynn Caporale -
High noon for ethanol
he Senate is slated to vote on Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.) plan to eliminate a major ethanol industry tax break ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Obama Sets Goal of One-Third Cut in Oil Imports
With gasoline prices rising, oil supplies from the Middle East pinched by political upheaval and growing calls in ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Using Waste, Swedish City Shrinks Its Fossil Fuel Use
...the city and surrounding county, with a population of 80,000, essentially use no oil, natural gas or coal to ...Posted by Lynn Caporale -
A Bit More Ethanol in the Gas Tank
The ruling, which was requested by ethanol producers, was widely expected but is the subject of heated debate over ...Posted by Seth Roberts Farber -
U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Even as Congress has struggled unsuccessfully to pass an energy bill and many states have put renewable energy on ...Posted by Lynn Caporale -
Net Benefits of Biomass Power Under Scrutiny
Doubts about biomass power threaten its viability as a renewable energy source as the nation seeks to diversify its ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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National biomass debate intensifies with new limits in Massachussetts
The debate over biomass plants – pitched as a way to produce power while protecting the environment, but derided ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
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Biofuels are a wide range of fuels which are in some way derived from biomass. The term covers solid biomass, ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Resource-use indicators seen as first step to efficiency | EurActiv
Resource efficiency is one of the flagship initiatives of the 'Europe 2020' strategy for economic growth. ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Viruses harnessed to split water
A team of MIT researchers has found a novel way to mimic the process by which plants use the power of sunlight to ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Fourth-generation biofuels: scientists uncover mechanism that regulates carbon dioxide fixation in plants
A team of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded scientists at the University of ...Posted by Beth Wellington
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Big Oil can't get beyond petroleum
Oil companies, of course, have invested heavily in marketing campaigns designed to show that they are busy thinking ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Discussion: Big oil can't get beyond petroleum
The best policy mechanisms are a price floor on oil (to level the playing field for clean alternative fuels and ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Altered microbe makes biofuel
Modified E. coli makes diesel.Posted by Beth Wellington -
California's proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard
The goal of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard is to lower the "carbon intensity" of fuels sold in California 10% by ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Can 3rd And 4th Gen Biofuels Wean Us From Our Petro-Addiction?
Last summer saw a surge of investment in algae-based biofuel technologies. Synthetic Genomics alone received $300 ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Five Challenges of Next-Generation Biofuels
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just issued a report detailing the outlook and challenges of next ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Crime against humanity underway in Ghana?
I am not against the production of biofuels; neither will I try to make a case for the production of biodiesels in ...Posted by Beth Wellington
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