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Wednesday 20 August 2008
Chin: Biofuel production won???t erode food supply Malaysia Star, Malaysia - THE PROMOTION of the biofuel industry will not affect food supply from palm oil-based products, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk ... |
 AFP | Brazil's biofuel plane fleet grows AFP - BOTUCATU, Brazil (AFP) ??? Brazilian biofuel, already available for nine out of 10 cars on the roads, is also keeping a small but growing fleet of aircraft ... |
 Boston Globe | Putting US Energy in the Wrong Place TIME - Mary Altaffer / AP John McCain stood atop an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and proclaimed that he had the key to solving America's energy woes, ... Video: From Oil Platform, McCain Touts Drilling MoveOn Members Protest McCain Energy Plan Deep sea rig gives McCain oil platform |
 Boston Globe | Energy Debate Moving, But Where Hoosier Ag Today, IN - Since Republicans in the House began their protests on the energy issue, House Democrats have begun to squirm a bit. Not so much from the energy issue, ... Video: Bush Again Calls for Offshore Oil Drilling Shays is a leader on energy policy  Comment by Wesley P. Warren Director of Programs / NRDC |
 Boston Globe | Oil prices rebound even as crude inventories jump The Associated Press - It was a volatile day for energy prices, which initially retreated after the US Energy Department said a big gain in imports drove crude inventories up by a ... Oil ends a volatile day slightly higher Oil Lapses After Stockpiles Gain Oil prices rise ahead of inventory report |
 NBC13.com | Gulf energy lease sale bids The Associated Press - Eni Petroleum US LLC, five tracts for $11.1 million 9. ConocoPhillips Co., two tracts for $10.5 million 10. Devon Energy Production Co. ... Energy companies bid $487 million on Gulf of Mexico tracts UPDATE: Exxon Mobil, Chevron Top Bidders In Gulf Lease Sale 47 companies bid on Gulf offshore oil leases |
Port Lavaca Spanish club members learn about marine ecology Victoria Advocate, TX - And, hopefully, some will go on to higher-education programs in science, environmental management, or marine ecology. Paul and Mary Meredith are master ... |
Plant discovery could spur biofuel production The Capital Times, WI - Michigan State University scientists have identified a protein required for photosynthesis that could ultimately lead to plants designed for biofuel ... |
???Algae use as biofuel??? Howrah News Service, India - It can produce 11000-90000 litres of biofuel per hectare as compared to 2800 litres per hectare by Jatropa plant. It can be set up as an entrepreneurial ... |
 TECH.BLORGE.com | Camelina Sativa makes into biofuel and livestock feed TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - By Susan Wilson With the wealth of new and old plants that are being researched for used as biofuel, Camelina sativa is one of the best. ... |
Allied Minds, U of Washington Form Startup To Commercialize Algal ... Biotech Transfer Week, NY - But are biofuel-producing algae, and biofuel production in general, sexy investments? According to a report released earlier this month by Ernst & Young, ... |
Extracting more hydrogen from ethanol Hindu, India - Instead of making hydrogen from biofuel at a centralized facility and transporting it to gas stations, we could use our catalyst inside reactors that are ... |
Canadian biofuels fund solicits applications Biomass Magazine, ND - By Susanne Retka Schill Sustainable Development Technology Canada has announced its $500 million NextGen Biofuels Fund is accepting applications for ... |
 Boston Globe | Pickens touts energy plan to Nebraska audience Forbes, NY - The Texas billionaire is traveling the country promoting his plan to use natural gas to help move the United States to energy independence. ... How McCain and Obama compare on energy issues Obama Praises Republican Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens Thune to introduce Pickens at wind energy meeting |
Massey Energy Releases Inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility ... MarketWatch - The report provides an overview of Massey Energy's corporate commitment to and accomplishments in improving the safety of coal mining, protecting the ... Massey issues corporate responsibility report |
Elephants master basic mathematics New Scientist (subscription), UK - She presented her findings last week at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology's annual meeting in Ithaca, New York. Moreover, Irie found that as ... |
 United Press International | Sierra Pacific Resources CEO Michael Yackira Addresses Clean ... FOXBusiness - "We support the desire to make Nevada the focal point of renewable energy development with the hope of making our state energy independent and reducing ... Government asked to lead on clean energy Summit Produces Clean-Energy Agenda Energy Summit Wraps Up |
Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Stone Energy, American ... FOXBusiness - Bull of the Day: Stone Energy Corp. (NYSE: SGY) We recently upgraded Stone Energy shares to Buy from Hold following the stock's pullback (down more than 20% ... |
Pure Biofuels opens biodiesel facility in Peru Biodiesel Magazine, ND - By Erin Voegele Pure Biofuels Corp. announced August 18 that it has opened its main biodiesel production facility at Port Calleo near Lima, Peru. ... |
New catalyst promises efficient hydrogen production from biofuels Energy Efficiency News, UK - During the process, a liquid biofuel, such as ethanol is heated and pumped into a reactor where, combined with the catalyst, a series of chemical reactions ... |
 PhysOrg.com | Mayor Bloomberg floats New York City wind plan CNET News, CA - Mayor Michael Bloomberg staked out a claim for making New York City a clean-energy powerhouse through off-shore and on-building wind farms. ... Bloomberg proposes windmills for New York City New York City: Wind Energy Powerhouse? NYC Looks Into Renewable Energy, Windfarms |
OSU given $2.4M to study cellulosic biofuel crops Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregon - BY DJC STAFF Oregon State University has been awarded two federal grants totaling $2.4 million to research cellulosic biofuel crops. ... |
Ecology Without Nature, Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics RedOrbit, TX - By McIntosh, Robert P Ecology Without Nature, Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics. Morton, Timothy. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007 ... |
The word on ethanol is waste not want not The Age, Australia - BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers recently said of biofuels: "We are making hundreds of millions of people worse off with biofuels, because it's ... |
NY Fair's Butter Sculpture To Become Biofuel NPR - Morning Edition, August 20, 2008 ?? This year's New York State Fair has brought something new to the time-honored butter sculpture. ... Recycling Spreads |
 Natural News.com | Scientists Warn Against Sudden Shift to Biofuels; Climate May be ... Natural News.com, AZ - (NaturalNews) Scientists have increasingly warned that a hasty switch from fossil fuels to biofuels may actually accelerate global warming rather than ... |
Biofuels Industry Continues to Take a Pounding as Feedstock and ... MarketWatch - SUGAR LAND, TX, Aug 20, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- In the first half of 2008, ... |
CII for mandatory blending of biofuels in petrol, diesel Business Standard, India - PTI / New Delhi August 20, 2008, 17:45 IST CII has asked Government to make mixing of biofuels in petrol and diesel mandatory to cut the country's ... |
Agresti Biofuels Gets Okay for First 'Trash to Gas' Facility in the US Earthtimes (press release), UK - 20 -- Agresti Biofuels (formerly Indiana Ethanol Power LLC) announced today that it will begin contract negotiations with Pike County, Ky. for the first ... |
Art and ecology meet at Crossroads exhibition Times of Central Asia (subscription), Kyrgyzstan - By Irina Bondarenko BISHKEK, August 21 (TCA) ??? From July 25 to August 13 Kyrgyzstan hosted an interactive exhibition ???Crossroads. ... |
Young ecology activists concerned over irresponsibility of ... Times of Central Asia (subscription), Kyrgyzstan - Participants at a summer regional ecology camp, formally titled ???Our Green Home,??? have monitored the environmental protection situation in the vacation ... |
Chilika ecology faces threat from new confluence point Hindu, India - Berhampur (Orissa) (PTI): The ecology of Chilika lake - Asia's biggest brackish water lake - faces a serious threat due to a naturally formed new confluence ... |
Phragmites threaten Norwood ecology Charlevoix Courier, MI - By AJ Hoffman Courier Staff Writer Newly elected Norwood Township Supervisor Frank Hamilton hasn???t even taken office and is already dealing with a new ... |
An A-plus in ecology for NJ's delegation Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - By Angela Delli Santi AP TRENTON - When it comes to voting in favor of environmental legislation, New Jersey's congressional delegation scores an A-plus. ... |
It's standing room only at sorghum biofuel gathering Houston Chronicle, United States - But researchers see potential for expanding sorghum's role in biofuel production. They say a variety similar to sugar cane, known as "sweet sorghum," can be ... |
Students thinking green after ecology program The Republican - MassLive.com, MA - Olden was one of more than 200 students in middle and high school who studied ecology during a five-week summer-school Connections program funded with ... |
 DailyTech | Business leaders: Make renewable energy cheaper International Herald Tribune, France - AP LAS VEGAS: Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be ... Google puts money on geothermal energy Google.org Invests $10M On Geothermal Energy Business leaders: Make renewable energy cheaper |
Can Biofuels Be Sustainable? Science Daily (press release) - 19, 2008) ??? With oil prices skyrocketing, the search is on for efficient and sustainable biofuels. Research published this month in Agronomy Journal ... |
Biofuel crops growing unpopular in US political future ABC Online, Australia - American farmers who have planted big crops for biofuel could soon be returning to traditional food production. Both presidential candidates in the US are ... |