Biodiesel
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From Stomach Bug to Biofuel - The Bay Citizen
www.baycitizen.org via @SenecaOnions &bull YesterdayA team of local biotech researchers may have found a way to avoid using essential food crops for fuel, by genetically modifying harmless strains of a bacteria most people associate with human food poisoning. The result is an extremely expensive… Full Story »
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7 Green Ferry Trips Around the World
TreeHugger &bull Sep 1, 2010Sometimes the waterway is both greener and faster than the highway. Though ferries are bigger than cars and usually use more fuel, they can carry hundreds of people and cars at one time. Plus, they are also often the shortest route from point A to point B -- meaning a fraction of the mileage that would be spent in a car. In cities that offer commuter ferries to… Full Story »
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What are the Alternative Energy Sources Online magazine for clever women
www.thesoulland.com via @womensshoes365 &bull Aug 31, 2010We can get away from the fossil fuels by leveraging alternative energy sources more effectively. The dirty coal energy plants can be decommissioned by turning to alternatives to these energy sources. Most of our energy can harness if we only try to research and develop the renewable energies needed to do so.… Full Story »
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Montana DEQ Issues Grant of $1 Million Towards Renewable Energy Projects
www.azocleantech.com via @eugene_collins &bull Aug 31, 2010The DEQ, or the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, has issued $1 million towards grants for projects to four companies which will further the marketability and development of the renewable energy technologies throughout the state of Montana. The funding for… Full Story »
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Greece awards 16 companies contracts to provide bio-diesel
Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing &bull Aug 31, 2010
Balkans.com reports that the Greek Environment, Energy and Climate Change ministry announced the results of a tender for supplying the Greek market with 164 million litres of biodiesel in the next 12 months (July 2010 until June 2011), saying contracts… Full Story »
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- Biodiesel
- Climate Change
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Events - ecoRI - Environmental News for RI
www.ecori.org via @ecoRInews &bull Aug 30, 2010What: Film, Discussion and Action Planning about Global Warming.When: Tuesday, Aug. What: Gubernatorial Candidates' Forum on Public Health.When: Wednesday, Sept. 1, beginning with breakfast at 7:30 a.m.; debate 8-9:30 a.m.Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Ave., Warwick.About: The candidates for governor will discuss their public health platform. The Rhode Island Public Health Association is sponsoring the event.Cost: $25, includes breakfast.Info:… Full Story »
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Canadian company one of several clearing land in Africa to grow biofuel crops
Clean Break &bull Aug 30, 2010A new report from Friends of Earth is taking aim at several companies - including Canada's Kimminic Corp. of Mississauga - for buying up land in Africa and clearing it so biofuel crops can be grown. The group claims that… Full Story »
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Reich: Fuel economy with education and energy - Sentinel & Enterprise
www.sentinelandenterprise.com via @stand_4_alt_NRG &bull Aug 30, 2010Upon hearing that British Petroleum would will receive a $10 billion tax break for the loss of oil in the Gulf, Jesse Reich said he wondered how alternative energy providers like Cape Wind are supposed to compete with the oil… Full Story »
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II Ukrainian Renewable Energy Forum
www.addpr.com via @AlternativeNRG &bull Aug 28, 2010The Forum creates a business platform for exchange of experience, communication, presenting of investment projects and for finding the investors in the field of solar and wind energy, as well as in the heat pumps, energy-from-waste projects and small hydropower businesses. REF-UA will bring together significant players of Ukrainian market of alternative fuels and energy, representatives of state bodies and local authorities, international financial and donor organizations, investors and developers of investment projects, representatives of leading foreign companies that have already worked or are only planning their activities on the Ukrainian market of renewable energy, European and Ukrainian industry associations,… Full Story »
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Alternative Green or Renewable Energy Technologies
www.econsumeralley.com via @eConsumerAlley &bull Aug 28, 2010An alternative energy resource, gaining much market share, is solar power. It is the one that is most well known every day. This involves the manufacturing of solar cells which gather and focus the sun's energy, and translate it into electricity. In some, hot water can be produced from the sun. As with wind energy, solar energy creates absolutely zero pollution.… Full Story »
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Plans To Transform Former Woodbine Landfill Into Green Energy Facilty Continue
Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing &bull Aug 28, 2010
NBC 40 reports that people in Woodbine got a sneak peak at technology that could one day turn the borough's former landfill into a green energy producer. A sixth bioreactor will be taken to Rowan University as a partnership between… Full Story »
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- Biodiesel
- Ethanol
- Technology
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The President's Choice: Loblaw rolls out first HD hybrid
Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing &bull Aug 27, 2010
Today's Trucking reports that Loblaw takes great pains to run green, in every nook of its corporate activities. When it comes to its fleet, that means a wide range of modifications, including bunk heaters to minimize idling; multi-axle trailers and… Full Story »
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- Biodiesel
- Efficiency
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The Mountain Times
www2.mountaintimes.com via @RecyclePhoneBoo &bull Aug 27, 2010Students from Green Valley Elementary School learned about renewable energy during a visit to Appalachian State University. The university's Wind Applications Center provides tours to school groups to the various renewable energy projects on campus. Local school groups often tour… Full Story »
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Maui car rental company provides biodiesel VWs and Jeeps
AutoBlogGreen &bull Aug 27, 2010
Variable displacement oil pump helps Chevrolet Cruze hit 40 mpgOhio State University claims another electric speed record with Buckeye Bullet2013 Tesla Model R rendered, maybeMini rules out possibility of a diesel hybrid model, but will still shoot for more mpgCheers!… Full Story »
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Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jerry Brown Tours San Diego Biofuel
www.kpbs.org via @PaulRCastillo &bull Aug 27, 2010SAN DIEGO California's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown was in San Diego Thursday for a campaign stop at New Leaf Biofuel in Barrio Logan. The company converts used cooking oil into biodiesel. Brown said small, renewable energy businesses are the… Full Story »
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Building with Alternative Energy Sources - Living Off-Grid
energy-conservation.suite101.com via @Matt_eee &bull Aug 27, 2010In 2005, I set out to build a house and wanted part of my electricity needs to be met by a small wind turbine. A friend in the area where I had previously lived had built a house and was able to generate all his electricity off-grid through the use of a small wind turbine and solar panels. I had moved across country and… Full Story »
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Scientists resort to nanobiotechnology to enhance algal growth
www.ecoseed.org via @TO_GreenTweets &bull Aug 26, 2010Two researchers at Syracuse University in New York have developed a new method that accelerates algal growth for biofuel production through the use of nanobiotechnology. Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College… Full Story »
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Exeter City Council : Media releases
apps02.exeter.gov.uk via @ExeterCouncil &bull Aug 26, 2010Staff working for Exeter City Council are doing their bit for the environment and cutting the local authority's carbon footprint. Since 2006, a number of projects have been implemented to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from Council buildings, vehicles and waste… Full Story »
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Application for solar panels on Clarence House proves a royal success - Solar Power Portal
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk via @sppuk &bull Aug 26, 2010After three years Prince Charles has finally won the battle to install solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of his London residence, Clarence House. The Grade II listed house, which already covers almost a quarter of its electricity needs with… Full Story »
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Biodiesel, Biochar & Biodiversity in Costa Rica -- An Example of Small-Scale, Locally-Appropriate Action
The Oil Drum &bull Aug 25, 2010
This is a guest post by Ryan King. Ryan is a biologist, independent journalist, and community "eco-preneur" in Costa Rica. Below, he provides a brief introduction to decentralized biodiesel and biochar production in Costa Rica. His story will interest readers for at least two reasons: (1) he outlines specific and repeatable measures to address peak oil and climate change through the synergy of local energy production and carbon sequestration; and (2) he provides a working example of the benefits of increasing localized self-sufficiency. Ryan is expanding biodiesel, biochar, environmental projects through eco-hotels and sustainability projects, as well as looking for… Full Story »
