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Consensus in Copenhagen? Replace Gasoline with Biofuels!

Bob Dinneen | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Gasoline, Copenhagen 2009, Biofuels, Cellulose, Copenhagen, Oil, Renewable Energy, Ethanol, Green News
Bob Dinneen

As negotiators from approximately 200 countries convene in Copenhagen for the United Nations climate change conference, there's one issue on which the world's wealthier and poorer nations should be able to agree:

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EPA's E15 Non-Ruling: A Quiet End to American Energy Independence

David Blume | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Alcoholfuel, Green Jobs, Ethanol, Big Oil, President Obama, e15, Green News
David Blume

The EPA's delay regarding the amount of alcohol fuel that can be used as a gasoline additive is potentially devastating to America's quest for energy independence and a clean tech economic future.

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Reminding Al Gore: 5 'Encouraging Truths' About Ethanol

Bob Dinneen | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Gasoline, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ethanol, Al Gore, Biofuels, Al Gore New Book, Green News
Bob Dinneen

Having an appreciation for Al Gore's commitment to science and advocacy of responsible policies on energy, the environment, and the economy, I was disappointed by his treatment of ethanol and other biofuels in his new book.

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Thank You, Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, For Educating Us On Oil Prices

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Cnbc, Rex Tillerson, Exxon, Dollar Exchange, Cftc, Oil, Ethanol, Oil Prices, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Far be it for the industry to play it straight, to simply state that price as currently constituted has nothing to do with market dynamics of supply and demand.

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Killing Our Water: The Hidden Cost of Dirty Energy

John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Sludge, Mountaintop Removal, Toxics, Nuclear Power, Climate Change, Dead Zone, Blog Action Day, Mountain Top Removal, bad09, Ethanol, Coal, Global Warming, Green News
John DeCock

Perhaps the biggest challenge in changing human behavior to address the reality of climate change is connecting impacts to every day life.  But t...

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The Adventure of the Strangled Gulf

John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Fertilizer, Agribusiness, Pesticides, Ethanol, Ocean Dead Zones, Toxics, Dead Zone, Green News
John DeCock

I requested of Holmes an elucidation as to how residents of the rural Midwestern United States could be responsible for a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. "It's elementary," he said with aplomb.

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Wesley Clark Pushes For Ethanol Use

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbying, Alternative Energy, Ethanol, Wesley Clark, Lobbyblog, Wesley Clark Ethanol, Ethanol Lobbying, Business News

The New Republic reports that retired general and former presidential hopeful Wesley Clark has become an unlikely champion of the ethanol industry. E...

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Ethanol Lobbyists Troubled By Industry Infighting

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Renewable Energy, Ethanol, Lobbyblog, Business News

The Hill reports that leaked memos reveal a growing split within ethanol lobby. Darrin Ihnen, president of the National Corn Growers Association, sen...

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The Growing Evidence of Oil's Environmental Impact

Bob Dinneen | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tar Sands, Environment, Oil, Ethanol, Petroleum, Biofuels, Oil Industry, Carbon Emissions of Petroleum, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Inside DC, Green News
Bob Dinneen

It is inconceivable that an honest and transparent accounting of the carbon emissions of petroleum when compared to those of ethanol would somehow be lower. It defies logic, reason, and most of all, facts.

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News Flash - All Fuels Have Indirect Effects

Bob Dinneen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Solar, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Wind, Oil, Petroelum, Ethanol, Coal, Natural Gas, Green News
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.

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How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Yellowstone, Research, Astrobiology, Atacama Desert, Science, Mars, Methane, Exploration, Caves, Imax, Space Exploration, Extremophile, Health, Green Technology, James Cameron, Microbiology, Climate Change, Ethanol, Technology, Breast Cancer Treatment, Medicine, Global Warming, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Microbes-on-Mars, Microorganisms, Green News
Levi Novey

Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an over-sized effect on our human world.

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Canadian Tar Sands or US Biofuel -- Guess Which One the US Government Prefers

Bob Dinneen | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Tar Sands, Carbon Emissions, Biofuels, Epa, Oil, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ethanol, Petroleum, Tar Sands Oil, Canada Pipeline, Renewable Energy, Canada Tar Sands Oil, Green News
Bob Dinneen

Just when we thought policymakers were serious about climate change, the State Department approves construction of a new petroleum pipeline with the sole purpose of importing tar sands oil to the U.S.

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Record Corn Crop Spells More Trouble for Gulf of Mexico Fisheries

Robert Howarth | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: American Corn Production, Ethanol, Ocean Dead Zones, Gulf of Mexico, Corn, Dead Zone, Gulf Fisheries, Green News
Robert Howarth

The fertilizer used on America's corn fields is the principle culprit responsible for the dead zone, a huge swath of ocean devoid of fish and shellfish.

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Gimme Some Sugar, Mr. President

Leighann Lord | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Ethanol, Sugar Shortage, Wall Street Journal, President Barack Obama, Sugar, Comedy News
Leighann Lord

President Obama, I know you're busy with Iran, North Korea, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, and The Economy, but this is serious. I can't do without sugar.

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Newly Uncovered Enzymes Turn Corn Plant Waste Into Biofuel

Ethiopian News | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Renewable Energy Resources, Biofuel, Corn, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Bio Fuels, Renewable Resources, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Renewable Energy Source, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, 2nd Generation Biofuel, Renewable Biofuels, Renewable Energy Biofuel, Ethanol, Biofuel Impact, Green News

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

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Unknown Water Demands Of Biofuel Feedstocks

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

Read More: Biofuels, Renewable Energy Resources, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Bio Fuels, Renewable Resources, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Renewable Energy Source, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, 2nd Generation Biofuel, Renewable Biofuels, Renewable Energy Biofuel, Ethanol, Corn Ethanol, Biofuel Impact, Green News

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

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The Days of Energy Malaise Are Over

Bob Dinneen | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cellulosic Ethanol, Energy Independence, Biofuels, Oil Imports, Malaise, Oil, Jimmy Carter, Petroleum, Ethanol, Green News
Bob Dinneen

So when are we going to wake up to the fact that our dependence on imported oil is worse than in the days of Carter's "malaise"? And what are we going to do about it?

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

Frances Beinecke | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Biomass, Biofuels, Biofuel, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Ethanol, Deforestation, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
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.

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California Ethanol Truck's Fiery Crash Kills Driver

AP | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Long Beach-California, Ethanol, Fuels, California, Green News

LONG BEACH, Calif. — A tanker truck hauling 8,000 gallons of ethanol crashed and exploded into an inferno that sent a river of fire into storm d...

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EPA Head: Higher Ethanol Blends Would Be Good For U.S.

Reuters | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Epa, Ethanol, Future Fuel, Future of Fuels, Future of Fuel, Home News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mixing slightly higher levels of ethanol into gasoline would benefit the U.S. energy supply provided the higher blends do not hur...

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Green News Report - June 9, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Long Beach, Biofuels, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Waxman-Markey, Nigeria Oil, Green News, Green, Chevron, Green News Report, Ethanol, Pollution, Niger Delta, Solar Power, Shell Oil, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Protesting in Peru; Settling with Shell; Pollution solutions in Long Beach; PLUS: Republicans vow to block climate legislati...

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All Biofuel Politics Are Global

Bob Dinneen | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ethanol, Biofuels, Opec, Oil Dependence, Epa, Green Energy, Green News
Bob Dinneen

The OPEC oil cartel hates ethanol - it eats into their domination and excess profits. Every gallon of gasoline not consumed in favor of ethanol means 50% - 60% fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

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How Sweet It Is... Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels China's Recovery

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Brazil, Sugar Ethanol, Obama, Opec, Monroe Doctrine, Wal-Mart, Big Oil, Jim Owens, Agribusiness, Wto, Robert Zoellick, Ethanol, Caterpillar, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, China, Hugo Chavez, Petrobras, Imf, Energy, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Ethanol trade has helped make China Brazil's top trade partner, replacing Uncle Sam, who had been top dog ever since Herbert Hoover was in the White House.

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Time's Grunwald Grinds an Axe Against Biofuels

Bob Dinneen | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Cellulosic Ethanol, Ethanol, Biofuels, Biofuel, Epa, Alternative Fuels, Mandy Grunwald, Green, Environment, Green Energy, Green News
Bob Dinneen

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

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Green News Report - May 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, House of Representatives, Cotton, President Obama, Factory Farms, Department of Interior, LED Light Bulbs, Big Ag, Globalization, Bats, Green News Report, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Climate Change Legislation, Energy Efficiency, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Green News, Wildfires, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Ethanol, Auto Industry, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Fires and bats and bears -- Oh My!; Congress to offer Cash For Clunkers; Some Democrats side with Republicans in stalling cli...

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