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Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy

New York Times | Elisabeth Rosenthal | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Biofuels, T Boone Pickens, Economic Crisis, European Union, Economic Growth, China, Coal, Big Three Automakers, Low-Carbon Economy, Fossil Fuels, Stefania Prestigiacomo, Climate Change, Stavros Dimas, Environment, Barbara Helfferich, Global Warming, President Elect Obama, Centrica, Green News

Just as the world seemed poised to combat global warming more aggressively, the economic slump and plunging prices of coal and oil are upending plans ...

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How A 2006 Tortilla Crisis Is Still Causing Energy Innovation

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Tortilla Crisis, Biofuels, S Renewable Energy, Food Crisis, Non-Edible Biofuels, Ethanol, Green Energy, Sustainability, Green News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom. ...

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Cellulosic Ethanol: What Is It?

Huffington Post | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cellulosic Ethanol, Ethanol, Green Energy, Biofuels, S Renewable Energy, Green News

Cellulosic ethanol is a type of fuel made from fibrous plant matter -- the non-edible stuff -- and wood chips. Optimists speculate that it could be as...

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Flapping Butterfly Wings and the Land Use Debate

Bob Dinneen | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Indirect Land Use, Rainforests, Ethanol, Biofuels, Global Warming, Domestic Land Use, International Land Use, Direct Land Use, Green News
Bob Dinneen

The bottom line here is simple. The growth of the American ethanol industry has, at most, a marginal impact on the land use decisions of farmers around the world.

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Colorado Company Takes Algae-Based Fuel to the Next Level

Green Inc. | Matthew L. Wald | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Co2, Automobiles, Biofuels, S Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Green News, Solix, Algae, Climate Change, Biodiesel, Soy, Green News

A Colorado company will break ground early next year on an algae farm that is intended to produce thousands of gallons of substitutes for gasoline and...

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Is It Fair To Measure Carbon Effects Of Biofuels?

Wall Street Journal | STEPHEN POWER | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Dupont, Gm, Carbon Emissions, Biofuels, Food Crisis, Biofuels Carbon Footprint, Ethanol, Archer Daniels Midland, Green News

For example, if farmers in Brazil burn and clear more rainforest to grow food because farmers in the U.S. are using their land to grow grain for fuel,...

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Biofuel Jets: No Longer A Flight of Fancy

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Boeing, Renewable Energy, Environment, Airplanes, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Technology, Green News

Will aircraft one day run on fuel made from algae or grass? It seems like a flight of fancy, but with Europe planning to cap greenhouse gas emissions ...

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Missed Opportunities: What Congress Did and Didn't Do for America's Energy Future

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Gas Prices, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Biofuels, Energy Bill, Oil Shale, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Clean Tech Sector, Politics News
Frances Beinecke

These are times when the economy is sinking, global warming is looming, and our oil addiction is undermining national security. We need our leaders to propel America into a safer, cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

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Food Worries Scare Europe From Biodiesels

New York Times | James Kanter | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Europe, Biofuels, Europe Energy Policy, Food Crisis, Renewable Energy, Europe Energy Goals, Green Energy, Biodiesel, Food Prices, Green News

PARIS -- European legislators said Thursday that government goals for using biofuels should be pared back, prompting the fledgling industry to fire ba...

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Why Is Renting An Eco-Friendly Car Hard?

Guardian | Clare James | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Electric Cars, Phevs, Cars, Car Rental, Eco-Friendly Cars, Fuel Economy, Hybrid Cars, Biodiesel, Green News

I choose not to own a car and usually get about on public transport. I know all about car pooling and ride sharing and I'm familiar with companies lik...

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We Beat MegaOilron

David Blume | Posted 10.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Ethanol, Green Energy, Biofuels, Green News
David Blume

Rolling back the Renewable Fuel Standard was a key part of that strategy, and you helped foil them. Pat yourselves on the back for dealing Big Oil a serious setback.

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Ethanol In California: How Everything Has To Change For A Little Bit Of Corn

gas 2.0 | Alexis Madrigal | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Ethanol Transportation, Ethanol Shipping, Ethanol in Gas, Biofuels, Ethanol Infrastructure, Green Fuel, Ethanol Pipeline, Ethanol, Green Energy, Renewable Fuels, California Ethanol, Ethanol Percentage, California, Green News

California, which is often forward-thinking on energy issues, challenged itself to use cleaner-burning fuels in the 1980s. Alexis Madrigal, writing fo...

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How To Get Your Town Off Oil

Chelsea Green | Rob Hopkins | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Gas Prices, Transition Off Oil, Gas, Biofuels, Green Biofuel, Going Green, The Seven "Buts", Green, Green Living, Chelsea Green, Green Energy, Oil Industry, Environment, Green News

You might, hopefully, be thinking that you would like to start a Transition Initiative in your community. You might be looking around you and wonderin...

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5 Things You Didn't Know Were Biofuels

Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Algae Biofuel, Green Biofuel, Alternative Biofuel, Algae, Cattail, Cattail Biofuel, Giant Grass, Giant Grass Biofuel, Elephant Grass, Agave, Agave Biofuel, Green Drinks, Kudzu, Kudzu Biofuel, Sugarcane, Tijong Grass, Green, Green Living, Environment, Energy, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Food Politics, Politics of Food, Green News

When talk turns to biofuels, it often soon turns to food shortages next. Biofuel doesn't have to be made from food staple crops, though. Here are fi...

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Enviros Upset Over Obama's Drilling Stance, Happy With Rest of Energy Plan

Kate Sheppard | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Obama Energy Policy, Biofuels, Obama Energy Plan, Emissions Reduction, Hybrid Cars, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, 100 Days, Green News
Kate Sheppard

Many in the environmental community are annoyed by Barack Obama's change of position on offshore drilling, even while they applaud his comprehensive energy plan.

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Obama's Energy Plan Calls For Innovation, Conservation (VIDEO)

CNN | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, Reducing Electricity Use, Biofuels, Michigan, Reducing Emission, Obama Michigan, Cars, Hybrid Cars, Green News

Barack Obama spoke today, outlining his energy plan. He gave three main points, which are summarized in the video below. WATCH: Barack Obama's ene...

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Since We've Made Tortillas Expensive, Let's at Least Use Biofuels Wisely

Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Future of Fuel, Fuel Efficiency, Sustainable Agriculture, Future Fuel, Ethanol, Green Energy, Gulf of Mexico, Biodiesel, Green News
Rebekah and Stephen Hren

If we're truly interested in creating a sustainable transportation network, then we need to envision a future where our limited supply of biofuels is used for much more efficient modes of transportation.

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Where's My Orangutan? Why Biofuels Don't Kill Apes

Josh Tickell | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Orangutan, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Future of Fuel, Sugarcane, Logging, Conservation, Malaysia, Future Fuel, Ethanol, Deforestation, Biodiesel, Soy, Green News
Josh Tickell

The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.

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Global Heating: Why We Must Shift to Carbon-Free Fuel (Part I)

Peter Hoffmann | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Hydrogen, Science, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Peter Hoffmann

We must stop putting carbon into the air in the first place -- not take it out afterwards -- and we must start moving towards a carbon-free chemical fuel -- hydrogen -- now to begin veering away from catastrophe.

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Energy Crisis Or Transportation Crisis?

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy Crisis, Transportation Crisis, Energy Efficiency, Biofuels, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, Biodiesel, Transportation, Cars, Green News

Our favorite graph, which demonstrates that almost all of our petroleum is used for transportation. Benjamin J. Turon writes an op-ed in the Schene...

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Good Grief, Gordon Brown!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Gordon Brown, Gas Prices, Biofuels, How to Solve World Hunger, Alternative Energy, World Hunger, Economy, Agriculture, World Bank, Environment, Global Poverty, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Google, Food, Food Prices, Politics News
Frances Moore Lappe

By scolding Britons to "cut [their] food waste," Prime Minister Gordon Brown reinforces the dangerous myth that a shortage of food is the reason food prices have jumped.

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End of the Line for Biofuels?

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 07.15.2008 | 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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Who Ate My Tortillas? -- The Truth About Food vs. Fuel

Josh Tickell | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Gasoline, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Oil, Ethanol, Corn-Based Ethanol, Biodiesel, Global Warming, Green News
Josh Tickell

Corn may be environmentally detrimental, but it is difficult to pin the systemic problems in our international markets solely on biofuels.

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"Food vs. Fuel," A False Debate

Josh Tickell | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Food vs. Fuel, Ethanol Pros and Cons, Climate Change, Ethanol, Biofuel Debate, Global Warming, Algae Biofuel, Green News
Josh Tickell

Much of the "Food vs. Fuel" controversy centers on ethanol. Very little ink is given to the other biofuels, especially fuels from non-food sources from new crops like algae.

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Biofuels: Good or Bad?

Vinod Khosla | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Cellulosic Ethanol, Biofuels, Cellulosic Biofuels, Cellulosic Fuel, Food Shortage, Food Prices, Green News
Vinod Khosla

Discussing biofuels is like discussing drugs: society recognizes the difference between aspirin and cocaine and we should also be cognizant of differences in biofuels.

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