Biofuel

CarSharing 2.0: Give Us Many Transportation Options (Please!)

Graham Hill | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Transportation, Biking, Biofuel, Bicycles, Fuel Efficiency, Cars, Bike, Hybrid Cars, Carbon Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Green News
Graham Hill

Do you find yourself using a big car or truck when something smaller would do the job? Would you book an electric bike or golf cart or folding bike to cut your carbon footprint?

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Texas Rebels Against Ethanol, Could Strike Fatal Blow

New York Times | David Streitfield | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Texas, Epa, Fuel, Gas Prices, Biofuel, Farmers, Food, Rick Perry, Ethanol, Crop Prices, Food Prices, Green News

The ethanol industry, until recently a golden child that got favorable treatment from Washington, is facing a critical decision on its future. Gov. R...

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End of the Line for Biofuels?

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Subsidies, Ethanol, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Environmentalism, Green News
Jeremy Jacquot

Rightly blamed for everything from rising food and commodity prices to water degradation and soil erosion, biofuels have seen their cachet plummet in recent months.

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Biofuel Feedstocks Latest Candidate: Kudzu

Treehugger | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Biodiesel, Biotech, Ethanol, Biofuel, Kudzu, Biomass, Green News

yes, all of those vines are kudzu. photo via flickr Our colleagues over at Discovery News have brought attention to a new report that an invasive ...

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Algae: Biofuel, Cooking Oil, Health Supplement (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Environment, Algae, Green Living, Algae Biofuel, Carbon Footprint, Video, Green News

Algae may be the newest contender in the biofuel business. Biotech company Solazyme is developing multiple uses for algae, replacing petroleum, cookin...

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Beware the Silver Bullet ...

A. Siegel | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Biofuel, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
A. Siegel

People are passing around with great excitement the news that there might be a bug that will create carbon-negative oil. If so, problems solved and I can roll over and go back to sleep. If not?

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UN Food Crisis Summit Asks, "Is Biofuel To Blame?"

BBC | Stephanie Holmes | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Biofuel, Food Crisis, Green News

The biofuel debate is electrifying the UN food price crisis summit in Rome, pitting nations against each other and risking transforming bioenergy - on...

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HotGreen Wheels: Audi Racer Uses Biofuel

CarFever | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Le Mans, Racing, Audi r10, Biofuel, Green News

With the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race in France just around the corner, Audi and Shell, the fuel provider for Audi's race team, jointly announced tha...

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The U.S. Farm Bill & the Global Food Crisis

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business

Read More: US Food Aid, Global Food Crisis, Biofuels, Biofuel, Food Policy Research Institute, Agriculture, Food Policy, Business News
Terra Lawson-Remer

U.S. food "aid" is more a vehicle to dump excess U.S. production than a benefit for hungry populations.

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Greening Hollywood: Bioneers Host Ed Begley, Jr.

Paige Donner | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Green Collar, Water Bottles, Biofuel, Corn, Ed Begley Jr., Food Cost Spike, Greening Hollywood, Itsrecycled, Solar Energy, Environmental, Eco-Improvements, Electric Cars, International Food Policy Research Institute, Bioconverter, Katrina, Low Impact Living, Ethanol, Living Like Ed, Grist, Bioneers, A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life, Living News
Paige Donner

Ed Begley, Jr., resident Rockstar of the Hollywood Green Movement, spoke at last Tuesday's Venice Beach Bioneers meeting held at the Electric Lodge.

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GasHole: Dirty Oil and the Biofuel Myth

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Environmental, Ethanol, Biofuel, Biodiesel, Gashole, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Leaders are forever promising a vigorous campaign of alternative fuel initiatives. GasHole recaps a thirty-year history of alternative fuel promises made by U.S. presidents.

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Earth Day Resolution: No Biofuel from Food Crops

Chris McGowan | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Soros, Food Riots, Amazon Deforestation, Biofuels, Amazon Rain Forest, Biofuel, Earth Day, Steven Bing, Ethanol, Food Prices, Cerrado, Ron Burkle, Global Warming, Steve Case, Earth Day 2008, Biodiesel, Politics News
Chris McGowan

Biofuel has a positive role to play, but it will come from its production from agricultural and food waste or from renewable native grasses in areas that are not environmentally sensitive.

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Food or Fuel? We Americans Aren't Making Friends

Harry Fuller | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Greed, Ethanol, Petroleum, Energy Prices, Technology, Biofuel, Corn, Population Growth, Population Control, Business News
Harry Fuller

We don't have to be the bloated, hated, mistrusted bully. We could conserve. Our great-grandparents did it during World War Two.

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The Biofuel Boom

Bill Maher | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Bill Maher, Biofuels, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, The Clean Energy Scam, Energy Policy, Politics News
Bill Maher

A couple years ago, investing in biofuels was the sh*t. Oops. It turns out now that we've had a few years to study things, everybody's wrong, and we're all f*cked.

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Oh, No! Are Biofuels Just Garbage?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmentalism, Green Living, Green Energy, Biofuel, Fuel Efficiency, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

New "green" bio-diesel fuel might cause more problems for the environment than bad old gasoline. It's all getting very confusing.

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A Really Big Step Forward

Carl Pope | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Strong Energy Bill, Renewable Energy, Energy, Biofuel, Environment and Public Works Committee, Clean Energy, John Warner, Big Oil, Global Warming Legislation, Greenhouse Gases, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Lieberman, UN Bali Climate Change Conference, Cap and Auction, UN Climate Change, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News
Carl Pope

The energy bill that the House passed today is a dramatic pivot away from the failed energy policies of the past and sets the stage for the Senate to flip the switch on America's new energy future.

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Headline: America, Beyond Thunderdome

Bryan Young | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Oil Prices, High Gas Prices, George Miller, Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Politics News
Bryan Young

What happens when gas supplies dwindle and the price of gas skyrockets and John Q. Middleclass can't afford to get to work?

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Getting Biofuels to the Pump

Judy Dugan | Posted 10.09.2007 | Business

Read More: Cellulosic Ethanol, Ethanol, Big Oil, Biofuel, Texaco, Bp, e85, Business News
Judy Dugan

Biofuels don't fit the Big Oil business model. No matter what the integrated oil companies say about going green, they hate decentralization.

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Biofuel Could Eat Brazil's Savannas & Deforest the Amazon

Chris McGowan | Posted 09.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Cerrado, Biofuel, Brenco, Biodiversity, George Soros, Hotspot, Amory Lovins, Brazil, Sugar Cane, Ethanol, Amazonia, Palm Oil, Steve Case, Politics News
Chris McGowan

These days, when you fill up your car with a gasoline-and-ethanol blend, you are probably burning ethyl alcohol made from American corn. A few years f...

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