Bio Fuels

Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rages and We've Almost Lost Nebraska

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Los Alamos, Nuclear Loan Guarantees, Vermont Yankee, Solar, Solartopia, Wind, Fukushima, NukeFree.Org, Bio-Fuels, Cooper, Tidal, Ft. Calhoun, Geothermal, Ocean Thermal, Missouri River Flooding, Nuclear Power, Green-Powered Earth, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

The stream of reactor disasters spewing from this dying industry is certain to escalate. The toll rises with each leak at Fukushima, every flame at Los Alamos, each legal brief at Vermont Yankee, every foot of Nebraska floodwater.

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Oil Spill Activism: A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Alternative Energies, Offshore Drilling Protests, Hands Across the Sand, Gulf Oil Spill, Bio-Fuels, Activism, Oil Tankers, Green News
Brenda Peterson

For those of us who live by water, we should get involved in protecting our own shores from increased offshore drilling and future oil spills.

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U.S. Pulp-Maker Creates New Biofuel

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Green, Biofuels, Biofuel, Maine, Renewable Energy, Biofuel Renewable Energy Source, Renewable Resources Biofuels, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Biomass Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Resources Biomass, Pulp-Maker, Bio Fuels, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, Renewable Biofuels, Biofuel Impact, Green Technology, Sustainability, Green News

But along with its usual business of pulp-making, the century-old mill is doing something unprecedented: Developing technology to produce bio-butanol,...

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Unknown Water Demands Of Biofuel Feedstocks

nytimes.com | KATIE HOWELL of Greenwire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biofuels, Renewable Energy Resources, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Bio Fuels, Renewable Resources, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Renewable Energy Source, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, 2nd Generation Biofuel, Renewable Biofuels, Renewable Energy Biofuel, Ethanol, Corn Ethanol, Biofuel Impact, Green News

Extensive studies are needed to understand the water needs of biofuel production from cellulosic feedstocks or other next-generation sources, federal ...

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From Rice Straw To Diesel Fuel

Sacramento Bee | Jim Downing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy Resources, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Sacramento, Renewable Resources Biofuels, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Bio Fuels, Rice Straw, Biomass, Renewable Energy Source, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, Wood Waste, Diesel Fuel, Renewable Biofuels, Renewable Energy Biofuel, Biofuel Impact, Green News

A local nonprofit that has developed a method for turning rice straw and wood waste into diesel fuel has attracted some big business backers....

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Newly Uncovered Enzymes Turn Corn Plant Waste Into Biofuel

Ethiopian News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biofuels, Renewable Energy Resources, Biofuel, Corn, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Bio Fuels, Renewable Resources, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Renewable Energy Source, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, 2nd Generation Biofuel, Renewable Biofuels, Renewable Energy Biofuel, Ethanol, Biofuel Impact, Green News

Cellulose-loving fungi can cut biofuel costs by enabling existing corn ethanol plants to process cheaper, woody feedstocks such as corn stover....

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This President's Day, Remember that George Washington Raised Hemp & Probably Smoked it

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marijuana, Legalize Hemp, Hemp, George Washington, Green Power, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Farm Economy, President's Day, Stimulus Package, Legalize Marijuana, Bio-Fuels, Former Presidents, Pot, Presidents, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

It is time to end Hemp/Marijuana Prohibition. With Bush gone and a new generation taking charge, we may finally have a chance to do it.

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Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Higher Prices, Finance Ministers, Food Shortages, Food Riots, Robert Zoellick, Commodity Prices, World Bank, Jacques Edouard Alexis, Bio-Fuels, Haiti, Corn-Based Ethanol, Global Food Prices, Ethanol, Global Financial Crisis, Surging Prices, Global Riots, Business News

Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...

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Is Vinegar The Secret Ingredient For Biofuels?

CNET News | Michael Kanellos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cellulosic Ethanol, Biofuels, Cellulose, Thermochemical Engineering, Alcohol, Ethanol, Hemisellulose, Biofuel Start-Up, ZeaChem, Bio-Fuels, Fermentation, Biological Fermentation, Lignin, Silicon Valley, Business News

To make ethanol, you want to make vinegar first, according to ZeaChem. The biofuel start-up, which has moved from Colorado to Silicon Valley, says it...

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