Algae

'Green News Report' - April 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.17.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama cal...

'Green News Report' - March 8, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.08.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama fir...

Michael McAuliff

GOP Used To Like Algae Energy They Call 'Pipe Dream' Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.28.2012

WASHINGTON -- Capitol Hill Republicans mounted an all-out offensive against President Obama's energy initiatives Tuesday, even mocking him for an idea...

'Green News Report' - November 1, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.01.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Mitt Romn...

'Green News Report' - October 11, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.11.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Occupy Wa...

Lynne Peeples

Blooming Health Hazard: New Shellfish Poison Found In U.S. Waters

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.14.2011

The bright red skull-and-crossbones signs are hard to miss and increasingly common on Pacific Northwest beaches. A whole new fleet just popped up alon...

Lobster Rolls Made Extraordinaire by Cooking Channel's Ben Sargent

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.05.2011

Brad Balfour

If there is one dish I consider a quintessentially summer food, it would be the lobster roll.

PHOTOS: Bright Green Algae Bloom Takes Over Popular China Beach

Posted 09.17.2011

The Daily Mail reports that a surprise Algae bloom spreading across Qingdao, China's most popular beach hasn't deterred vacationers from enjoying thei...

5 Ideas for Biofuels That Will Change the Energy Conversation

Susanna Murley | Posted 09.12.2011

Susanna Murley

Some Girl Scouts say palm oil in their cookies are leading to deforestation. Cookies, schmookies, the real question is: should we could we put palm o...

For the U.S. Military, Fuel Security Means Going Renewable

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.29.2011

Frank Sesno

The military is the single largest consumer of oil in the U.S., using over 400,000 barrels per day. That's why military sources have begun exploring algae-based biofuels to break our use of foreign oil.

Green News Report: January 20, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Fox "News...

Biofuel's Bumpy Road: The Trials and Tribulations of Algae, Palm Oil, Bioelectricity And More

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

The biofuel craze passed a while ago and more sober assessments of their promises and problems took over, but that doesn't mean by a long shot that th...

Inspiration from Izzie

Julie Packard | Posted 11.17.2011

Julie Packard

Each of us can recount a person in our lives that shaped who we are. Sadly, I lost an important mentor this past month with the passing of Isabella Aiona Abbott.

9 Wacky & Wild Ideas For Alternative Energy (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

Of course, you know about wind farms and solar power, right? But did you know that we can generate electricity from our human sewage waste? How abou...

Algae Study Attacked By Biofuel Companies

The New York Times | SINDYA N. BHANOO | Posted 05.25.2011

In a face-off between academia and industry, algae biofuel companies have made a joint statement decrying recent research that highlights algae's draw...

Green News Report -- January 21, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Scientists' Himalayan glaciers mistake is more fodder for climate change deniers; FDA aims at BPA -- but powerless to do an...

Biofuels from Microalgae (Part 1)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011

Patrick Takahashi

I begun to be involved with growing algae in raceways a third of a century ago, and from then until now, have observed that federal funding was spotty and mostly non-existent.

Nitrogen Cycle Rewritten After Discovery Of Tiny Ammonia Eaters

sciencedaily.com | Posted 05.25.2011

A better understanding of archaea's lifestyle and role in nitrogen cycles not only would rewrite ecology textbooks. It could also have practical appli...

Fuel Uses Education and Inspiration to Make Impassioned Case for Green Energy

Josh Garrett | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Garrett

Fuel does not chastise Americans for using petroleum products, but instead shows that a post-oil nation is well within our grasp -- all we need to do is extend our hands.

New Company Turns Algae-Based Fish Oil Into Biofuel

Fast Company | Posted 05.25.2011

We've seen a spate of companies getting involved in algae fuel in recent months, and all of them plan to use some variation on bioreactors and algae f...

Alternative Energy Sources--From Algae to Cow Manure (SLIDESHOW)

The Big Money | Christopher Flavelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Oklahoma-based Syntroleum Corp. converts chicken fat into synthetic fuel, using a process it calls hydro-processing. The company says the fuel produce...

Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Cash for Clunkers' -- now with more cash!; 'Astroturfing' -- no...

Green News Report - July 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

U.S.-China summit begins today in D.C.; Arctic ice photos finally declassified... PLUS: Chicken feathers! For both biodiesel and Republican Senators..

Exxon To Invest Millions To Make Fuel From Algae

nytimes.com | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 05.25.2011

Exxon plans to announce an investment of $600 million in producing liquid transportation fuels from algae -- organisms in water that range from pond s...

The Future of 'Green Energy' Might Be Pretty Slimy

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Grandia

There's been a lot of news popping up lately about algae as a source of biofuel and rightly so! What better use for this slimy sludge for than fueling the clean energy revolution is there?