Daily Archives: November 25, 2008

How to turn coal plants into climate-solution machines

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Biopact. Interesting developments in both solar thermal and bioenergy allow us to envision a relatively low-cost future of carbon-negative baseload power. The more energy one would use from this power plant, the more one would … Continue reading →

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Film 'fuels' green energy

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A passionate, witty young filmmaker-ecologist named Josh Tickell is hoping that his film “Fuel” catches on in the green environs of Seattle, Portland and Austin, Texas, and has a cross-country run comparable … Continue reading →

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EPA publishes manual for biodiesel producers

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Biodiesel Magazine. The U.S. EPA has published a compliance assistance manual for biodiesel producers. Published by the EPA’s Region 7 Biofuels Work Group, the manual titled “Environmental Laws Applicable to Construction and Operation of Biodiesel … Continue reading →

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Professor Flannery: emissions trading insufficient, world needs biological means to scrub CO2 out of atmosphere

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Biopact. A few days ago some of the world’s leading climate scientists wrote that we need to be far more active in cutting carbon emissions, urgently. Currently, atmospheric CO2 levels are at 383ppm and we … Continue reading →

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Holiday helpers: Turn Thanksgiving leftovers into biodiesel

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Coloradoan. The city of Fort Collins and Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises, or RMSE, are having its second annual Holiday recycOil event to help residents recycle waste fryer oil after Thanksgiving. This will divert hundreds … Continue reading →

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REG receives $740,000 to staff research lab

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Biodiesel Magazine. Renewable Energy Group Inc. has received a $740,000 grant from the Iowa Power Fund to staff a new state-of-the-art biodiesel research and feedstock commercialization lab at its headquarters in Ames, Iowa.

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Wal-Mart Commits to Powering 360 Sites in Texas With Wind

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Washington Post. Wal-Mart has signed a contract to help power hundreds of its stores using wind energy, one of the largest investments in the field by a U.S. retailer. The four-year agreement with Duke … Continue reading →

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Fuel from food? The feast is over

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full Associated Press story. In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom. Right or wrong, that was when blame firmly settled on biofuels … Continue reading →

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Homemade Fuel Raises Concerns

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. Phoenix fire officials say they have seen a trend of area residents using chemicals like methanol and lye to make cheap fuel.

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Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Washington Post. The federal government has invested billions of dollars over the past 16 years, building a fleet of 112,000 alternative-fuel vehicles to serve as a model for a national movement away from fossil … Continue reading →

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