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Washington (UPI) Jul 8, 2008 U.S. scientists say a byproduct of corn ethanol fuel production might become useful as a way of controlling weeds in potted ornamental plants. Researchers said the potential herbicide -- dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS -- is a byproduct of converting corn to fuel ethanol. DDGS is typically used as livestock feed but U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers Rick ... more Britain to slow adoption of biofuels 
London (AFP) July 7, 2008The British government said Monday it would slow the expansion of biofuels following a report which found they could increase greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to food price rises. Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly said a review had not recommended a temporary halt to the use of biofuels, which are sourced from organic materials such as palm oil and sugar beet. But she said that while ... more Ethanol Byproduct Produces Green Results
Prosser WA (SPX) Jul 07, 2008Commercial flower and plant growers know all too well that invasive, ubiquitous weeds cause trouble by lowering the value and deterring healthy growth of potted ornamental plants. To control weeds, many commercial nursery owners resort to the expensive practice of paying workers to hand-weed containers. Some growers use herbicides, but efficacy of herbicides is questionable on the wide ran ... more EU ministers 'discover' biofuels not an obligation after all 
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2008European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels. What seems to be a stunning misreading on the part of policymakers in Brussels comes at a time when the image of biofuels has shifted over a matter of a months ... more Biofuel waste becomes valuable chemicals 
Houston (UPI) Jul 3, 2008 U.S. chemical engineers say they have developed a technology for cleanly converting problematic biofuel wastes into valuable organic acids. Rice University researchers said their techniques promise to change the economics of biodiesel refining by a fermentation process that allows E. coli and other enteric bacteria to convert glycerin -- the major waste byproduct of biodiesel production ... more |
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Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2008Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University. Using these lands for energy crops, instead of converting existing croplands or clearing new land, avoids competition with food production and ... more Massive East Timor Land-For-Biofuel Plan Raises Hackles 
Dili (AFP) Jun 24, 2008East Timor's government is under fire over an agreement to turn more than a sixth of the country's arable land over to a 100 million dollar foreign-funded ethanol project. The Fretilin opposition has branded as a "land giveaway" a memorandum of understanding between the agriculture minister and GTLeste Biotech for a 100,000 hectare (247,000 acre) sugar plantation and ethanol plant. The agr ... more Japan Airlines plans biofuel test flight 
Tokyo (AFP) June 23, 2008Japan Airlines (JAL) said Monday that it will join a project by US aircraft maker Boeing to test biofuel for commercial airplanes as part of efforts to cope with soaring jet fuel costs. JAL, Asia's largest carrier, will fly a Boeing 747 partly using biofuel by March next year, the company said, adding that it will be the first such flight in Asia. "The technology to produce biofuel from ... more Stratos Renewables Comments On Advantages Of Sugarcane Ethanol 
Lima, Peru (SPX) Jun 24, 2008Stratos Renewables has commented on the recent controversies surrounding the corn ethanol industry. Studies on corn ethanol published in, among other sources, Science magazine, and recent reports about the delays in the openings of corn ethanol facilities are mounting. The consensus in many of these reports is that the greenhouse gas benefits of ethanol have been greatly overstated - parti ... more Waste-to-Energy Isn't Rubbish Says BioGold Fuels 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Never one to waste words, Steve Racoosin, CEO of BioGold Fuels has become the subject of the next AudioStocks.com interview. Renewable fuels expert, BioGold Fuels Corporation was formed via merger with Full Circle Industries in April, 2007. Their mutual goal: to reduce and eliminate trash being dumped into landfills by processing waste into usable by-products. Mr. Racoosin discusses ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Jun 16, 2008New biofuels mandates will be essential to getting the industry up and running, proponents argue, but whether the harms outweigh the benefits is still up for debate. One of the major controversies swirling around the new law, passed by Congress in December, is its effect on food prices. As both gas and grocery bills rise worldwide, the argument has become increasingly heated, but the ... more Ethanol-gas mix may lead to poor mileage 
Albuquerque (UPI) Jun 13, 2008 An ethanol-gasoline blend sold at New Mexico gas stations reduces an engine's power, leading to poorer vehicle mileage, AAA said. In addition, the state environmental department said E-10 -- a 10 percent ethanol, 90 percent gasoline mix -- while reducing emissions of some hazardous pollutants, increases emissions of others, the Albuquerque Journal reported Friday. "Recent studie ... more Analysis: Brazil's leader defends ethanol 
Miami (UPI) Jun 11, 2008 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the world's oil companies are behind the bad press regarding his country's ethanol sector, denying claims by some that the industry uses slave labor and is responsible for deforestation in the Amazon. Da Silva, an ardent supporter of Brazilian ethanol, made defending the world's leading producer of the biofuel one of the focal points of ... more Are Microbes The Answer To The Energy Crisis
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to microalgae, are biological factories that are proving to efficient sources of inexpensive, environmentally friendly biofuels that can serve as alternatives to oil, according to research presented at the 108th General ... more New Farm Bill Boosts Critical Clean Energy Investments 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 03, 2008Today Congress overrode the Presidents veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, also known as the Farm Bill. The new legislation includes a significant clean energy development component - improved and new programs for wind power, advanced biofuels, energy efficiency, solar power and new energy crops for cleaner energy from Americas farmers, ranchers and rural businesses. ... more
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