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Biofuels from Microalgae (Part 1)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

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
Patrick Takahashi

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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Gas Prices Steadily Rise, Robbing Consumers Of One Of The Few Points Of Relief

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Gasoline, Crude Oil, Economy, Oil Prices, Gas Prices Rise, U.S. Dollar, Wright Express, Oil Price Information Service, Aaa, Barrels, Refiners, Recession, Pump, Business News

Despite persistently low demand, prices for gasoline have spiked over the past week along with crude oil, threatening one of the very few points of re...

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Crude World: An Interview with Peter Maass

Adriana Dunn | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil-Dependency, Peter Maass, Fossil Fuels, Ida Tarbell, Paradox of Plenty, Nigeria, Crude World, Middle East, Crude World Book, Equitorial Guinea, Crude Oil, Business News
Adriana Dunn

By now, we all know the environmental costs of oil. But in his book, Crude World, author Peter Maass offers a first hand account of the social costs: poverty, war and corruption.

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Edward Burtynsky Oil Exhibit: Examining Our Crude Oil Consumption

Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Art Gallery, Photography, Freeway, Energy Consumption, Art, Gasoline, Big Oil, Crude Oil, Green News, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Oil, Edward Burtynsky, Slideshow, Technology, Consumption, Oil Consumption, Slidehuge, Slidepoll, Green News

The Edward Burtynsky Oil exhibit is on display now until December 13, 2009 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This exhibit features l...

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

Josh Garrett | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

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
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.

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Sarah Palin: Energy Maven

Abe Silk | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Uae, Cap and Trade, Opec, Crude Oil, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Oil, Oil Prices, Washington Post, China, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Abe Silk

Palin's intentions have never been particularly easy to grasp, but now they're even more ambiguous. She's stepped down as governor of Alaska to ... rail against President Obama's energy plan?

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Crude Oil: Bridge To Our Renewable Energy Future

examiner.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Montana, North Dakota, Gas, Biofuels, Evolving Energy Tech, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Oil, Green Energy, Crude Oil, Green News

President Obama should spend some time in his own back yard rubbing shoulders with the oil workers of Montana and North Dakota checking on the progres...

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Developing Economies Showing Improved Energy Efficiency

WSJ | Spencer Swartz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Uae, Energy Efficiency, Gas, Developing Countries, Economy, Economies, Crude Oil, China, Oecd, Green News

A few developments Monday suggest some of the world's most inefficient energy users are starting to tighten up how they use their energy resources, wi...

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Oil Prices Could Hurt Economic Recovery

Reuters | Muriel Boselli | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic-Recesssion, Oil Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Opec, International Energy Agency, Crude Oil, Recession, Business News

If oil prices rally too rapidly they could damage any fragile economic recovery, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, ...

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Oil Prices Hit $71, A 2009 High

Yahoo! Finance | George Jahn | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, New York Mercantile Exchange, Crude Oil Prices, Fuel Prices, Crude Oil, Business News

VIENNA (AP) -- Oil prices soared above $71 a barrel Wednesday to reach a 2009 high, as investors poured money into crude markets to protect themselve...

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Arbitrary, Thy Name is ARB: The Flaws in the California Air Resources Board Carbon Reduction Proposal

Bob Dinneen | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Indirect Land Use, Cellulosic Ethanol, California-Air-Resources-Board, Gasoline, Biofuels, Crude Oil, Oil, Ethanol, Deforestation, Green News
Bob Dinneen

In the debate over how best to reduce carbon emissions, there are some who claim, without much scientific support, that continuing to burn petroleum is better than shifting to renewable biofuels.

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Life Cycle: Burn, Baby, Burn (The Eco Impact of Candles)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Honey, Wax, Mango, Green, Emissions, DéCor, Wick, Soy, Green Living, Carbon, Life Cycle, Fossil Fuels, Fragrance, Beeswax, New Scientist Magazine, Burn, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Air Pollution, Paraffin, Tea, Shoulder Rub, Pier 1, Petroleum, Crude Oil, French Vanilla, Hanukkah, Romance, Sex, Environment, Candles, Toxicity, Simran Sethi, Fragrance-Free, Green News
Simran Sethi

Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Statistical Grok on Oil: A 'Crude' Awakening?

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Oil, Conservation, Lower 48 Outer Continental Shelf, Artic National Wildlife Refuge, Crude Oil, Tire Pressure, Outer Continental Shelf, Average Gas Mileage, Green News
Bill Chameides

Here's a comparison of the amounts of oil Americans can expect to gain or save from three well-touted options.

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Whoops, We Might Be On the Verge Of Economic Calamity

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Peak Oil, Marshall Plan, Manhattan Project, Global Warming, Economy, Apollo Project, Crude Oil Prices, Bailout, Crude Oil, Congressional Bailout, Henry Paulson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Great Depression, Politics News
Patrick Takahashi

Do you get a sense that we are beginning to lose control?

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As It Meets, Time to Make OPEC Understand Access To Our Market Can No Longer Be Taken For Granted

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Oil, King Abdullah, Chavez, Hezbollah, Opec, Nytimes, Crude Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The US market for oil should no longer be available to all suppliers irrespective of their adversarial policies and their pricing strategies.

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As Oil Rises, Nations Revive Coal Mining

NY Times | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Coal, Crude Oil, Crude Oil Prices, Coal Mining, Oil, Business News

These rugged green mountains, once home to one of Asia's most productive coal regions, are littered with abandoned mines and decaying towns -- backwat...

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Gas tops $3.83 as early holiday travelers hit road

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Crude Oil, Oil Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Oil Production, Business News

NEW YORK — Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight...

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Oil sets record near $128; pump price at high, too

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Business News

NEW YORK — News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets _ the move wasn'...

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Oil futures jump to record over $115 on supply concerns

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: New York Mercantile Exchange, Oil Prices, $115 Oil, Energy Department, Crude Oil, Crude Oil Prices, Crude Oil Futures, Oil Futures, Business News

NEW YORK — Crude futures made their first foray past $115 Wednesday, propelled to a new record by concerns about how much gas will be available ...

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Jon Stewart Ponders Bush's Ignorance About $4 Gas

Comedy Central | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Prices, $105 Oil, Daily Show, Crude Oil, Business News

On Thursday night's episode of "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart riffed on the fact that President Bush was unaware of the fact that analysts have pr...

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Oil Ends Turbulent Day Higher on Dollar

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Crude Oil Supplies, $105 Oil, Inflation, Crude Oil, Oil Production, Iran Hostage Crisis, Opec, Light Crude Oil, Business News

NEW YORK — Crude oil futures rose to another record close Thursday, boosted once more by the dollar's continuing slide to new lows against the e...

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Oil Hits Record High, Hurting Nearly All

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Recession, U.S. Economy, Global Slowdown, Automakers, Business News

WASHINGTON — The price of oil gushed to a record high Monday, spreading dangerously to factories, groceries, gas stations and every citizen's po...

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Oil Jumps to New Record on Dollar's Fall

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Crude Oil Supplies, Crude Oil Prices, Business News

NEW YORK — The surging price of oil reached another milestone Monday, jumping to an inflation adjusted record high of $103.95. The weaker dolla...

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Profit-Taking Pulls Oil Back From $103

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Crude Oil, $103 Oil, Oil $103 a Barrel, Petrol, Petrol Prices, Federal Reserve, Business News

NEW YORK — Oil futures retreated from a new overnight record above $103 as the dollar gained strength and Turkish forces withdrew from northern ...

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Oil Spikes Above $102, Then Slips Back

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, $102 Oil, Crude Oil, Dollar Euro, Euro Dollar, U.S. Dollar, Inflation, Business News

NEW YORK — Crude prices spiked above $102 a barrel for the first time Wednesday, then retreated after the government reported the nation is grea...

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