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Are We Really Powerless Against Gas Prices?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Chevron, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Biodiesel, Algae Biofuel, Exxon Mobil, President Obama, Politics News

The headline on the iPad news program was grim..."What can the President do about gas prices? Not much..." As I sat thinking about being oil company victims, I looked up. And there it was: $5.12 per gallon.

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Lard For Land Rovers: Tyson Converts Animal Fat To Fuel

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Tyson Gasoline, Video, Tyson Biodiesel, Lard for Land Rovers, Suet Biodiesel, Tyson Foods, Fat, Tyson Animal Fat Gasoline, Animal Fat Biodiesel, Biodiesel, Animal Fat Gasoline, Food News

You've probably heard of cars that look like their owners. What about cars that eat like their owners? Until recently, most of the cars that could do ...

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Progressives: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is and Stop Buying Gasoline

Paul Tullis | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Biodiesel, Oil Companies, Electric Cars, Progressives, Politics News

There's hardly a cause that a self-respecting leftist won't sign on to. Yet every day, we pour millions of dollars into the pockets of the most egregious polluters and violators of environmental justice in the world: oil companies.

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Cleaning Up the Chesapeake Bay, One Electric Motor at a Time

Robin Madel | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Sally Reuther, Electric Motors, Boats, Water Pollution, Biodiesel, Annapolis Hybrid Marine, Chesapeake Bay, DC News

When Sally Reuther was eight, she and her cousins built a raft on the four acres behind their grandmother's house in Kentucky, intending to float it on a little land-locked pond.

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Watch: 30-Year-Old Entrepreneur Crafts Future Car -- It's Electric, Has 2 Wheels and Can't Fall

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: EV Entrepreneur, Green News, Green Transportation, Ev, Gyroscopes, Cyclecar, Electric Vehicles, EV Scooter, Evs, Cargo Scooter, Lit Motors, Electric Scooter, Startup, Danny Kim, Biodiesel Land Rover, San Francisco, Folding Scooter, Biodiesel, Green News

Danny Kim grew up in Portland where everyone was DIYing stuff, so he set out to DIY a truck.

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Rhode Island Middle Schooler Starts Recycled Biodiesel Project

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Energy, Video, Cassandra Lin, Green Technology, Middle School Project, Rhode Island, Students, Recycled Biodiesel Project, Biodiesel, Recycled Biodiesel, Green News

From EarthTechling's Pete Danko: Our last foray into kid-hatched alternative-energy projects didn’t end too well (although we’re still big Aida...

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2 Men Charged In Arlington Cooking Oil Theft

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Ballston Common Mall, Virginia, DC News, Waste Oil, Cooking Oil, Video, Greenlight Biofuels, Cooking-Oil Theft, Arlington County, Biodiesel, DC News

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Two men have been charged in connection to a cooking-oil theft after Arlington County police officers caught the duo siphoning waste...

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Leaded, Unleaded or Merlot? The Wine-Powered Vehicle Has Arrived

Organic Authority.com | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Wine-Based Ethanol, Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel, Biofuel, Biodiesel, Green News

Cars that run on only one type of fuel? That's so pre-millennium. How about a car that runs on wine? Or cheese? Or both?

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Biofuel Plant Wants to Eat D.C.'s Grease

David Ferris | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Biofuel Plant, Green Jobs, District of Columbia, Biofuel, Grease, Dc, Biodiesel, Wendell Jenkins, DC Biofuel, Green Energy, Green News

A startup is proposing to take millions of gallons of grease from Washington D.C.'s restaurants and turn it into biofuel that would help run the region's trucks and buses.

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PHOTOS: Willie Nelson Rocks Out With Local Environmentalists

Jennifer Raiser for Drew Altizer | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Biodiesel Gala, Willie, Willie Nelson San Francisco, Amazon Watch, Willie Nelson, Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, Sara Wasserman, Biodiesel, San Francisco News

By Jennifer Raiser, Drew Altizer Photography When the nonprofit Amazon Watch co-hosted a fundraiser with Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance on Friday n...

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'Green News Report' - July 19, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Floods, Leds, Green Jobs, Australia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Light Bulbs, Green Business, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, E. Coli, Drought, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Julia Gillard, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Biodiesel, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Utilities, Environmentalism, Los Angeles, Energy Efficiency, Carmageddon, Contaminated Food, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Heat, Green News, Sustainability, Food, Food Safety, Fox News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Japan, Oceans, 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: Another ...

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McDonalds and United Arab Emirates Greener Than America?

Terry Tamminen | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Epa, Mcdonalds, Masdar, Air Pollution, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gas, Zayed Future Energy Prize, Renewable Energy, Fuel Standards, Climate Change, Green, Biodiesel, United Arab Emirates, Mcdonalds Green, Mcdonalds Vegetable Oil, Mcdonalds Uae, Green News

The US should be red-faced that its iconic brand of burgers, shakes, and fries is going green in middle of an oil-producing country, while our government and many companies here pretend that business as usual will go on forever.

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Senate Votes To End Ethanol Tax Credit

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Tom Coburn, Biofuel, Oil, Green News, Dianne Feinstein, 112th Congress, Clean Energy, Ethanol, Ethanol Subsidies, John Thune, Biodiesel, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted on Thursday to kill a major break for the ethanol industry while leaving the door open to future negotiations on contin...

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Midwestern Senators Introduce Alternative To Cutting Ethanol Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Tom Coburn, Biofuel, Oil, 112th Congress, Clean Energy, Ethanol Subsidies, Ethanol, Amy Klobuchar, John Thune, Biodiesel, Green News

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of Midwestern senators introduced a bill Tuesday as an alternative to Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-Okla.) proposal to end the...

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A Green Transportation Dialog Should Start During National Train Day and Transportation Week

D.A. Barber | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Clean Cities, High Speed Rail, Green Transportation, Green Energy, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Amtrak, Electric Vehicles, Worldwatch, Surface Transportation Authorization Bill, Green Fuel, Transportation Bill, National Train Day, Biodiesel, Hsr, Green News

This seems the perfect opportunity to re-think the kind of jobs that would be created supporting green transportation infrastructure projects.

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PHOTOS: From Yankee Stadium French Fries To Biofuel

The Huffington Post | Damiano Beltrami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ny Impact, Doe, Biofuel, Environment, New York News, Bronx, Biodiesel, New York, South Bronx, Slidepollajax, NY Restaurants, New York News

Sometimes greasy fries can come in handy, and not just for staving off a hangover. Tri-State Biodiesel, a Bronx-based company, turns grease collecte...

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New Compromise On Tax Cut Bill May Pave Way For Passage

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Cut Deal, Obama Bush Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Tax Cut, Tax Cuts, Clean Energy, Ethanol, Tax Cut Bill, Biodiesel, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The White House and key lawmakers cleared the way Thursday night for swift Senate action to avert a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes fo...

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Jason Mraz Is Turning the Tide: An Interview

Anna Griffin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Jason Mraz, Green Living, Gulf Oil Spill, Coco Eco, Jen Rosenstein, Blend Apparel, James Cameron, Oil Clean Up Alliance, Algae Fuel, Biodiesel, Green News

As the world watched the BP oil spill destroy the Gulf of Mexico, some passionate activists stepped up to lend their voice and find potential solutions to the crisis. One such hero was Jason Mraz.

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Big Oil Has Replaced Big Tobacco in the Bulls Eye of America's Vitriol

Michael Martin | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Bp, Deepwater Horizon, Crude Oil Prices, BP Oil Spill, Biofuels, Crude Oil, Biodiesel, Alternative Energy, Electric Cars, Business News

Despite giant pay packages, I wouldn't want to be a CEO of an oil firm if my life depended on it. Everyone hates you. You have to deal with some of th...

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Introducing the Green Music Group

Adam Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Music Group, John Legend, Guster, Reverb, Coldplay, Green, Touring, Dave Matthews Band, Concert Industry, Biodiesel, Green News

Green Music Group is an environmental coalition of musicians, industry leaders and music fans uniting in one voice to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe.

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The Veggie Van Tour Rolls into Washington

Josh Tickell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebecca Harrell, Green Fuel, Biodiesel, Green Technology, Biofuels, Green News, Algae Fuel, The Veggie Van Organization, Josh Tickell, Sapphire Energy, Fuel Movie, Algaeus, Green News

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Formula 3 Racing Car Runs on Cocoa and Vegetables

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Formula 3 Cars, Biofuels, Biodiesel Cars, Cars, Sustainability, Racing Cars, Biodiesel, Green Technology, Video, Green News

Built partly from vegetables and powered by chocolate, it may be the greenest car ever. And it is expected to reach a top speed of 135mph and can a...

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FUEL Filmmakers Unveil World's First Algae-Fueled, 150 MPG Car (VIDEO)

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebecca Harrell, Biofuels, Green Fuel, The Veggie Van Organization, Josh Tickell, Algae Fuel, Sapphire Energy, Biodiesel, Fuel Movie, Algaeus, Green Technology, Green News

Did you know that the diesel engine was originally invented to run on vegetable oil? Or that ethanol was the preferred fuel for Henry Ford's Model T?

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Eco Etiquette: Where Has All The Biodiesel Gone?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veggie Oil Cars, Green Living, Green Fuels, Biodiesel Ban, Biofuels, Green Cars, Biodiesel, Green News

I live in Los Angeles, and have a friend who runs his cars on biodiesel. He told me last week that LA County has ruled it a threat to the water table ...

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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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