Biofuel

Biofuels For Commercial Flights By 2010

Yahoo! News | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green


The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce...

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

Josh Garrett | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green


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.

News Flash - All Fuels Have Indirect Effects

Bob Dinneen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


Bob Dinneen

No credible research can conclude that ethanol production in the U.S. is the driving force behind deforestation and other land use changes in other sovereign nations.

New Company Turns Algae-Based Fish Oil Into Biofuel

Fast Company | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green


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...

Exxon To Invest Millions To Make Fuel From Algae

nytimes.com | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green


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

Biofuels Are A Long-Term Renewable Solution

politico.com | SEN. JOHN THUNE | | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green


As Congress, the administration and the private sector look for ways to reduce our consumption of imported oil, we should not overlook the most readil...

DuPont, BP Receive Go Ahead On Biofuel Venture

The News Journal | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green


DuPont and BP said Thursday that European Union officials have approved a joint venture to develop and produce what they termed a new generation of bi...

Alaska Airlines Joins Boeing's Biofuel Group

Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle): | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


Alaska Airlines has joined Boeing Co.'s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, which the aerospace giant formed to accelerate the commercialization of...

U.S. Pulp-Maker Creates New Biofuel

Reuters | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green


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

Man Modifies Pickup Truck To Run On Wood And Waste

KPTV Portland | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


From the first time he saw Emmett "Doc" Brown fire up the Mr. Fusion home energy reactor in the "Back to the Future" movies, Dave Nichols has always w...

Newly Uncovered Enzymes Turn Corn Plant Waste Into Biofuel

Ethiopian News | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


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

Unknown Water Demands Of Biofuel Feedstocks

nytimes.com | KATIE HOWELL of Greenwire | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


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

From Rice Straw To Diesel Fuel

Sacramento Bee | Jim Downing | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


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

Let's Not Go Backwards on Biofuels: Fixing the Climate Bill's Biofuels Provisions

Frances Beinecke | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

If we can repeal the last-minute biofuels amendments to ACES, we can instill a belief that biofuels done right can be a real, American-grown, global warming solution.

Waste Into Fuel: The Coolest Green Fuels

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green


We have an oil dependency. We create too much waste. Wouldn't it be swell if we could kill two birds with one stone here? Here are some of the cooles...

Time's Grunwald Grinds an Axe Against Biofuels

Bob Dinneen | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green


Bob Dinneen

Far from being "rigged" in favor of biofuels, EPA's examination was rigged against biofuels and ignored petroleum products.

Rolling Stone's Environmental Rock Stars

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but the Sierra Club's own Bruce Nilles is nonetheless a rock star for being No. 74 on the iconic rock magazine's "RS 100: Agents of Change" list.

How We are Losing the Battle for Our Independent Fuel, Food and Jobs

David Blume | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business


David Blume

Weeks ago I predicted that Big Oil would take advantage of the chaos of the changing administration to crush and buy up alcohol plants.

New Report: We're Heading for "Water Bankruptcy"

Tara Lohan | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green


Tara Lohan

It takes lots energy to move, use and treat water. And it takes lots of water to cool power plants. With that thinking, things like desalination and ethanol make less and less sense.

Staying in the Lead on Biofuel Development -- Part 2

Bob Dinneen | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green


Bob Dinneen

Producing ethanol from cellulose can cut carbon dioxide emissions by 86% compared to gasoline according to the US Department of Energy, and ethanol can be produced in almost every part of the country.

A Ten-Point Solartopian Starter Agenda for the Age of Obama

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


Harvey Wasserman

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan must end. The healing -- moral, spiritual, economic, and in terms of violence -- can only begin when the US leaves these battlefields.

11 States Move to Develop a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard

Nathanael Greene | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


Nathanael Greene

A "low carbon fuel standard" (LCFS) is a market-based, technologically neutral policy to address the carbon content of fuels. 11 states have banded together to start developing this.

Shipping Ethanol on Gasoline pipelines: They Said it Couldn't Be Done

Bob Dinneen | Posted 01.12.2009 | Green


Bob Dinneen

To all those naysayers who said it couldn't be done, Kinder Morgan decided it could and is now the first company shipping ethanol by pipeline in the United States.

Booming Biofuel Startup Sets Sights On $2-A-Gallon Diesel

wired.com | Alexis Madrigal | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green


"We have 203 employees -- and we're growing," John Melo, CEO of alt-fuel startup Amyris, said as he stepped jauntily through the glass doors at his co...

Transition Topic III: Alternative Energy Alternatives

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

Corn-based ethanol saves little oil and contributes even less to minimizing carbon dioxide emissions, drives up the cost of food, and requires almost as much energy from fossil fuels.