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'Green News Report' - April 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Green News Report, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Republicans, Glaciers, Himalayas, Tornadoes, Rush Limbaugh, Speculation, Wall Street, Japan, Extreme Weather, Nuclear Waste, Solar Energy, Military, Radioactivity, James Cameron, Louisiana, Biofuels, Arctic, BP Oil Spill, Algae, Green News

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...

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'Green News Report' - March 8, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Iowa, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt, William Nordhaus, Green Jobs, Economy, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Regulation, Iran, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Tornadoes, Newt Gingrich, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Ocean Acidification, Food, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Carbon Capture and Storage, Antarctica, Australia, Iceland, Rising Sea Level, Fukushima, Biofuels, Carbon Dioxide, Kiribati, James Hansen, Algae, Alaska, Japan, Oceans, China, Refugees, Green News

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...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Video, Mitch McConnell, Alternative Energy, John Boehner, Republicans Green Energy, Algae, President Obama Green Energy, Green Energy, President Obama Alternative Energy, Algae Biofuel, Politics News

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

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'Green News Report' - November 1, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Population, Floods, Halloween, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Factory Farms, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Lobbying, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Koch Industries, Fox News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Radiation, Corporate Media, Farming, Fukushima, Eric Bolling, Biofuels, Ipcc, Mitt Romney, Algae, Japan, US Navy, Video, Green News

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...

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'Green News Report' - October 11, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Lobbying, Environmentalism, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Keystone XL Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, Green News, Sustainability, Koch Industries, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Australia, Sharks, Conservatives, Fracking; Hydraulic Fracturing, Bill Mckibben, Biofuels, New Zealand, Iraq Contractors, Subsidies, Barack Obama, State Department, Iraq War, Peak Coal, Media Matters, Algae, Endangered Species, Hillary Clinton, Unfccc, Solyndra, China, Green News

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...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Shellfish Poisoning, Environmental Health, Nutrient-Runoff, Algal Bloom, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Algae, Climate Change, Puget Sound, Red Tide, Video, Green News

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...

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Lobster Rolls Made Extraordinaire by Cooking Channel's Ben Sargent

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Australia, Ben Sargent, Butter, Brooklyn, Chowder Surfer, Lobster Rolls, Lobster, And Dinner, Hook, Cooking Channel, Australian Beer, Brooklyn Fishing Derby, Algae, Boiled, Bisque, Line, Food News

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

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PHOTOS: Bright Green Algae Bloom Takes Over Popular China Beach

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Algae Bloom Beach, Algae Bloom, China Algae, Nature, Qingdao China, Algae, Qingdao Algae, Qingdao, Green News

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

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5 Ideas for Biofuels That Will Change the Energy Conversation

Susanna Murley | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Butanol, India, Biomass, Corn, Brazil, Trash, Algae, Ethanol, Emissions, Top 5, Palm Oil, Coal, China, Green News

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...

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

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Army, Military, Peak Oil, Fossil Fuels, Green, Oil, Algae, Clean Technology, Innovation, Navy, Global Warming, Green News

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.

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Green News Report: January 20, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Fracking, Australia, Hu Jintao, Agriculture, Epa, Pregnancy, Managed Retreat, Coal, Colorado, Offshore Drilling, Parking, Marcellus Shale, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change Denial, Usda, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Bpa, California, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, Algae, Food, Sustainability, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Upper Big Branch Mine, China, Pesticides, Ddt, Regulation, Green News Report, Biotech, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Drought, Apple Computers, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Colony Collapse Disorder, Gop, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Interior Department, Massey Energy, Bees, European Union, Subsidies, Evergreen Solar, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Colorado River, Carbon Trading, Green News, Oil, Fox News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Green News

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...

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

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Algae, Green Energy, Biofuels, Bioelectricity, Palm Oil, Green News

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...

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Inspiration from Izzie

Julie Packard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hawaii, Monterey Bay Aquarium, University of Hawaii, Mentor, Marine Algae, Julie Packard, Algae, Isabella Abbott, Science, Stanford University, Oceans, Hopkins Marine Station, Seaweed, Ocean, Izzie, Healthy Living News

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.

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

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy, Slidepollajax, Green, Piezoelectricity, Algae, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Tornadoes, Green News

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...

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Algae Study Attacked By Biofuel Companies

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

Read More: Algae Greenhouse Gases, Algae Production, Mary Rosenthal, Algae, Environmental Science and Technology, Algae Biofuel Companies, Algae Study, Green News

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

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

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Scott Brown, Bpa, FDA and BPA Baby Bottles, Asian Carp, Biofuels, Climate Change Deniers, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Epa, Renewable Energy, Himalayan Glaciers, Corporate Power, Fda, Green News Report, Barack Obama, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Algae Biofuel, Campaign Finance, Dangers of Bpa, Lisa Murkowski, Himalayas, Senate, Mountaintop Removal, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Algae, Climate Legislation, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Skeptics, Green News

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...

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Biofuels from Microalgae (Part 1)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UN Biofuels Assessment Report, Microbial Biofuels, Gasoline, Biofuels, Algae, Pollution, Crude Oil, Global Warming, Department of Energy, Biofuels Assessment Report, United Nations Environment Program, Biojet Fuel, Green News

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.

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Nitrogen Cycle Rewritten After Discovery Of Tiny Ammonia Eaters

sciencedaily.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ammonia, Microbes, Marine Life, Natuarl Fertilizers, Nitrogen-Cycle, Scientific Discovery, Algae, Acquatic Life, Archaea, Green News

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

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

Josh Garrett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Refining, Sundance Film Festival, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Richard Branson, Movie, Neil Young, Film, Pollution, Crude Oil, Algae Biofuel, Fuel, Biomass, Henry Ford, Contamination, Oil, Documentary, Josh Tickell, Algae, Willie Nelson, Green News

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.

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New Company Turns Algae-Based Fish Oil Into Biofuel

Fast Company | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Fish Oil, Algae, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Algae Biofuel, Green Technology, Sustainability, Green News

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...

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

The Big Money | Christopher Flavelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Algae, Biofuels, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

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

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Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Green News Report - July 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Cap and Trade, James Inhofe, Arctic Ice Melt, Green News, Algae, Paul Krugman, Climate Change, Green News Report, Deforestation, China, Biodiesel, Global Warming, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News

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

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Exxon To Invest Millions To Make Fuel From Algae

nytimes.com | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas, Biofuels, Evolving Energy Tech, Biofuel, Green, Oil, Environment, Algae, Exxon, Green Energy, Algae Biofuel, Green News

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

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The Future of 'Green Energy' Might Be Pretty Slimy

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Synthetic Genomics Inc, Sustainability, Algae, Green Energy, Algae Biofuel, Green News

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?

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