Biofuels


  1. From Stomach Bug to Biofuel - The Bay Citizen

    www.baycitizen.org via @SenecaOnions  &bull Yesterday

    A 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 »


  2. 24/7 Renewable Energy: SmartGen's Goal in Keeping Wind Turbines Spinning

    www.justmeans.com via @werth111  &bull Yesterday

    Richard is a Justmeans staff writer for the Energy and Emissions category. He is recent graduate of Western Carolina University in North Carolina where he studied History and Professional Writing. With an interest in the development and application of the latest computer, energy, and fuel technologies, he believes that the world must strive, with the help of these services, to better… Full Story »

  3. Food Safety Issues; Biotech; Biofuels; Ag Economy; and Political Notes

    FarmPolicy.com &bull Yesterday

    Alicia Mundy reported yesterday at The Wall Street Journal Online that, "The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella, according to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. We are pursuing it with our partners in law enforcement.' The Journal article added that, "FDA spokeswoman Pat El-Hinnawy said Wednesday that federal agents visited both Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, the second producer involved in the recall, on Tuesday." Wright spokeswoman Hinda Mitchell said FDA officials… Full Story »

  4. Investorideas.com - Cleantech News; Sustainable Development Technology Canada Announces Latest Call for Clean Technology Funding Applications

    www.investorideas.com via @CRAcorruption  &bull Yesterday

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO - September 1, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) - Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) today announced its 18th round of funding for Canadian clean technology demonstration projects. Canadian entrepreneurs and technology developers with new technologies and a compelling business case are encouraged to submit Statements of Interests to… Full Story »


  5. Fossil fuel subsidies are 10 times those of renewables, figures show Jamblemag Green Economy

    www.jamblemag.com via @premiergreenpro  &bull Yesterday

    The Guardian: Despite repeated pledges to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and criticism from some quarters that government support for renewable energy technologies is too generous, global subsidies provided to renewable energy and biofuels are dwarfed by those enjoyed by… Full Story »

  6. GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. (GRHU.OB) Partners with PepsiCo To Upgrade Energy Efficiency - International Business Times

    www.ibtimes.com via @glennmosier  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    GreenHouse, www.greenhouseintl.com - the San Diego-based sustainable solutions provider with a global reach and a broad technology footprint which spans energy, infrastructure and biofuel, disclosed details today regarding a partnership with PepsiCo to upgrade energy efficiency at Pepsi's Buena Park… Full Story »

  7. Democracy for New Mexico: Get This: Steve Pearce Promotes Renewable Energy, Bio-Fuel Development -- In Argentina!

    www.democracyfornewmexico.com via @barbwire55  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    On Monday, clueless Steve Pearce (Trying To Fool Voters Again, NM-02) posted an article on his website highlighting the development of the algae-based biofuels industry -- in Argentina. While Pearce is busy promoting green energy in Argentina, there is a… Full Story »


  8. Alternative fuel station for 'green' vehicles needed? - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger

    www.oakridger.com via @jgoverly  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    We have a huge opportunity to make this work,' Jonathan Overly, East Tennessee Clean Fuels executive director, said of setting up a compressed natural gas refueling station for vehicles in Oak Ridge. Is there a local interest in building a public/private… Full Story »


  9. What is LIfe after Peak Oil?

    Celsias - Green News & Honest Opinions &bull Sep 1, 2010

    While Western governments from the U.S. to the UK debate the validity of "peak oil", and obfuscate the probability under a cloak of secrecy, the working world wrings its hands, wondering what will happen when the day arrives and the energy needed to fuel industry - the lifeblood of national economies - is no longer available. Peak oil, as first proposed by geophysicist Dr. M. King Hubbert, describes the moment… Full Story »

  10. Bad business of biofuels

    www.theengineer.co.uk via @junglephotos  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    The hype over biofuels has pretty much died down. While they're acknowledged as being an important part of the shift away from fossil fuels, they are not a solution in and of themselves. However, a report from the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) on… Full Story »

  11. Alternative fuels still face hurdles: AINonline

    www.ainonline.com via @_paulagreen  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    The alternative aviation fuel industry continues to conduct flight tests to validate the use of new jet-fuel blends. At the end of April, United Airlines became the first U.S. commercial carrier to fly using a certified synthetic-fuel blend that received ASTM approval last year. The 40/60 mix powered one of the engines on an Airbus A319 in an engineering validation flight that departed Denver International Airport and reached an altitude of 39,000 feet. The drop-in fuel, supplied by Los Angeles-based… Full Story »

  12. Putting nuclear energy in the right light for solving our energy crisis

    www.thecitizen.com via @WestwindGroup  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Support for nuclear energy has increased steadily since Gallup began polling Americans in 1994 on the issue. Then, 57 percent supported using nuclear power to generate electricity. This year, it was 62 percent. Even as support inches forward, however, innovation is at risk of being crushed under the heel of the vocal minority. Electricity demands are expected to increase 27 percent by 2030 in the Southeast, where bountiful but unpopular fossil fuels generate… Full Story »

  13. Disaster at the Top of the World

    Peak Energy &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Thomas Homer-Dixon has an op-ed in The New York Times predicting meaningful action on global warming will only occur after a large scale climate disaster - Disaster at the Top of the World. Climate policy is gridlocked, and there's virtually no chance of a breakthrough. Many factors have conspired to produce this situation. Human beings are notoriously poor at responding to problems that develop incrementally. And most of us aren't eager to change our lifestyles by sharply… Full Story »

  14. Disaster Aid- Farm Bill; USDA Reports; Climate Issues; Biofuels; and Food Safety

    FarmPolicy.com &bull Sep 1, 2010

    John Lyon reported earlier this week at the Arkansas News Online that, "A recent spate of editorials in the national press knocking U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln's efforts to secure $1.5 billion in disaster aid for farmers [Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal] shows how the East Coast media misunderstands the importance of agriculture, Lincoln said today. Lincoln, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, won a fight in July to include $1.5 billion in agricultural disaster aid in a bill to aid small businesses, but Republican senators voted to block the bill. The Obama administration, which supported the small-business… Full Story »

  15. What is the role of renewable energy in addressing climate change? What, Hydro, Wave, Solar, Tidal, Biofuels Renewable Energy

    1542.de via @maryl66eise  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Question by Sakura S: What is the role of renewable energy in addressing climate change? What are the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy in to climate change? Whatare the contributions of renewable energy to climate change? Answer by bestonnet_00 It is a political term to… Full Story »

  16. American Thinker Blog: O Algae! Save Us from Big Oil!

    www.americanthinker.com via @chemicallygreen  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    According to headlines in the Arizona Republic, "Arizona set to become center for algae-based, biofuel industry. Clean, green energy source could replace fossilfuels." Sure it could. And mining green cheese from Selene, Gaia's nearest celestial neighbor, will put dairy farmers out of business -- once a market for… Full Story »


  17. Preparatory Workshop for UN Biodiversity Summit

    www2008.spc.int via @apmnicimod  &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Thursday 26th August 2010, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji Islands - A regional preparatory meeting for the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was organized in Nadi, Fiji from the 16th to… Full Story »

  18. Biofuel demand driving "land grab" in Africa

    Peak Energy &bull Aug 31, 2010

    Reuters has an article on a report that "Biofuel demand is driving a new "land grab" in Africa, with at least 5 million hectares acquired by foreign firms to grow crops in 11 countries" - Biofuel demand driving "land grab"… Full Story »


  19. Propel to Build 75 Biofuel Stations in Cali

    Earth2Tech  &bull Aug 31, 2010

    Politics and the recession have been a one-two punch for the ethanol industry in recent years. But a sizable project to sell biofuels at branded alternative gas stations in California is now underway. Propel Fuels, a startup trying to create… Full Story »


  20. Biofuels Falling Well Short of Green Standards in UK

    TreeHugger &bull Aug 31, 2010

    Now that we've got some distance from the 'biofuels are going to save us, oh wait they're going to kill everything else' hysteria of a couple years back and some sane skepticism has emerged, how well are we doing? As… Full Story »



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  1. txtgreen

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    RT @greenarlife Berkeley scientists next #green #energy alternative: stomach bug to biofuel http://bit.ly/cOZeRGGreenAr: Berkeley scie...

  2. dswhomes

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    RT @FischWorks: Department of Energy hosts the first in a series of webinars on Renewable Energy http://bit.ly/9MyfGJ #algae #biofuels #conservation #hot

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    Department of Energy hosts the first in a series of webinars on Renewable Energy http://bit.ly/9MyfGJ #algae #biofuels #conservation #hot

  4. greenexistence

    Sep 1, 2010

    Bold action is needed to protect the diversity of life on Earth: The GuardianBut biofuels are far from the green e... http://bit.ly/bG0xiT

  5. 7y5

    Aug 31, 2010

    Berkeley scientists' next green energy alternative: stomach bug to biofuel http://bit.ly/aTElCc

  6. powermaginfo

    Aug 31, 2010

    Berkeley scientists' next green energy alternative: stomach bug to biofuel http://bit.ly/cxbVbG

  7. greencash4utoo

    Aug 31, 2010

    Berkeley scientists' next green energy alternative: stomach bug to biofuel: The result is an extremely expensive f... http://bit.ly/a2B9jR

  8. imsteveg

    Aug 31, 2010

    Biofuels, carbon capture, green chemistry, Renewable Energy tops France's $1.7B #sustainability #innovation investment http://bit.ly/9YEgzU

  9. Delboy167

    Aug 30, 2010

    Friends of the Earth urges end to 'land grab' for #biofuels - Guardian http://ht.ly/2wzGG #environment #Biodiversity #nature

  10. txtgreen

    Aug 29, 2010

    RT @GEvangelicals More resources and info on renewable energy, biofuels, capandtrade & efficiency - http://tinyurl.com/ljxmb2 #green #...

  11. GEvangelicals

    Aug 29, 2010

    More resources and info on Renewable Energy, biofuels, capandtrade & efficiency - http://tinyurl.com/ljxmb2 #green #energy #environment

  12. paul_onxo

    Aug 27, 2010

    #green new wind turbine generates power even without wind - use biofuel - interesting concept. how efficient I wonder. http://bit.ly/a99s11

  13. ArtRethought

    Aug 24, 2010

    RT @Dzunyck Unfinished building would be covered in modular eco-pods growing algae for biofuel http://bit.ly/6UWX4 #architecture #green

  14. EU_Daniel

    Aug 22, 2010

    RT @BIOblogger: In Renewable Energy, green can be clean, but clean isn't necessarily green (photosynthetic) #biochat #biostock #biofuels #biopower #bioconv

  15. greenmacgal

    Aug 22, 2010

    RT @BIOblogger: In Renewable Energy, green can be clean, but clean isn't necessarily green (photosynthetic) #biochat #biostock #biofuels #biopower #bioconv

  16. BioEngineerPE

    Aug 22, 2010

    RT @BIOblogger: In Renewable Energy, green can be clean, but clean isn't necessarily green (photosynthetic) #biochat #biostock #biofuels #biopower #bioconv

  17. BIOblogger

    Aug 22, 2010

    In Renewable Energy, green can be clean, but clean isn't necessarily green (photosynthetic) #biochat #biostock #biofuels #biopower #bioconv

  18. greenmacgal

    Aug 19, 2010

    RT @BiomassJournal: Will interview #Oregon #Representative Kurt Schrader about #Renewable #Energy, #Biomass #Energy, #Biofuels, #EPA ruling, & #green #jobs.

  19. RenewPower

    Aug 18, 2010

    Latest; : Biofuels: Securing the Planets Future Energy Needs (Green Energy and Technology) Review http://bit.ly/aDdMws

  20. EI_Climate

    Aug 17, 2010

    #climate England's green and pleasant land may have to change to feed our thirst for fuel: Guardian http://j.mp/99EO5Y - no land biofuel