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 Houston TX (SPX) Jun 16, 2009 
Customers at a Shell service station have become the first in the world to fill their tanks with gasoline containing advanced biofuel made from wheat straw. For one month starting June 10, the regular gasoline purchased at a Shell service station in Ottawa, Canada will contain 10% cellulosic ethanol. The biofuel is produced locally from non-food raw materials at Iogen Energy ... read more
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Large uncertainties in calculating international land use change effects and associated greenhouse gas emissions remain in the Environmental Protection Agency's life cycle assessment of biofuels for the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has asked EPA to maintain flexibility to adjust and update the RFS regulations and the life cycle assessments of ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Corn farmers and two veteran corn-state congressmen asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider new rules on ethanol in light of the phenomenal productivity and declining environmental impact of America's largest crop. Reps. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.) said farmers don't get enough credit for growing more corn every year on the same amount of land ... more 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2009SG Biofuels has announced it has identified several strains of cold tolerant Jatropha capable of thriving in climates previously thought to be outside of the crop's preferred subtropical habitat. Utilizing the strains, the company has initiated a breeding program to develop Jatropha as an oil-producing crop in colder climates of the United States. The strains are included among thousands ... more 
Tel-Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 05, 2009US Venture Capital funds Burrill and Company and Khosla Ventures have invested in HCL CleanTech, a US company and its Israeli subsidiary founded by Prof. Avram Baniel, Prof. Ari Eyal and Eran Baniel. HCL CleanTech has developed a proprietary technology to make an old, industrially proven German process converting lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars economically very attractive. ... more 
Madison WI (SPX) Jun 05, 2009There is growing interest in using crop residues as the feedstock of choice for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol because of the more favorable energy output relative to grain-based ethanol. This would also help provide a solution to the debate of food versus fuel, because less of the grain would be diverted to ethanol production, leaving more available for food and feed consumption. ... more |
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Engineer targets next frontier in lunar welding technologyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 As plans to establish long-term human presence on the Moon and Mars accelerate, researchers are developing new techniques to enable construction in hostile, low-gravity environments. One such breakt ... more  
Space Rider ALEK clears launch vibration and shock trialsParis, France (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 The ALEK structure, part of ESA's uncrewed Space Rider vehicle, has successfully completed an extensive battery of mechanical qualification tests at the agency's facilities. Over a two-month campaig ... more 
Space Systems Command Launches Orbital Watch, Providing Critical Threat Information to Commercial SectorLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Orbital Watch, a first-of-its-kind initiative produced by Space Systems Command's (SSC) Front Door, will provide critical, unclassified threat information as a resource to assist companies across th ... more
  
They sold their likeness to AI -- and regretted itParis (AFP) April 16, 2025 South Korean actor Simon Lee was stunned when he saw his likeness - at times as a gynaecologist or a surgeon - being used to promote questionable health cures on TikTok and Instagram. ... more 
Danish brewer adds AI 'colleagues' to human teamFakse, Denmark (AFP) April 15, 2025 They have names, faces and email addresses, but the five new colleagues at Denmark's Royal Unibrew only exist in the virtual realm, which the brewer hails as a milestone to unleash the full potential of its staff. ... more 
AI agents poised to take over travel industryNew York (AFP) April 14, 2025 Dreaming of going on vacation but not sure where to go? Increasingly the answer - and how to get there, what to eat and where to stay - will come from advanced AI, rather than your old-school travel agent. ... more
  
Rubio: U.S. 'done' with Ukraine-Russia peace talks if progress not made`Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is "not our war" and that if it's not possible to reach a peace deal within days "we're done." ... more 
US officials split on Ukraine truce prospectsKharkiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 18, 2025 Top US officials gave mixed signals about the prospect of a Ukraine ceasefire on Friday, bringing uncertainty to the peace process just as Russia abandoned a moratorium on striking Ukrainian energy targets. ... more 
Russia rains missiles on Ukraine as US mulls ending truce effortsKharkiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 18, 2025 Russia fired a fresh volley of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight, wounding dozens of people, Kyiv said Friday, as the United States warned it could end efforts to broker a ceasefire if it did not see progress soon. ... more |
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Pleasanton CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2009Fulcrum BioEnergy has announced that its President and CEO, E. James Macias, will be speaking at the Platts 2nd Annual Advanced Biofuels Conference. Mr. Macias will participate in a panel discussion titled "Thermochemical Platforms for Advanced Biofuels - State of the Industry." The conference will take place at the Marriott Washington in Washington, DC on June 4 and June 5. Fulcrum ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2009VIASPACE has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Auro Infra to develop an agricultural project in Tanzania based on Giant King Grass. Auro Infra is a private company registered in India and the project is led by Indians resident in Tanzania. Located south of the equator in Africa, Tanzania's climate is ideal for growing Giant King Grass, with plentiful rainfall and ... more 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 29, 2009A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project for the department of mechanical engineering. The Virginia Tech Bio-Fuels group is putting the fuel to direct use, running two pickup trucks on the liquid in a bid to not only stave off the use of foreign-bought oil but also to be environmentally friendly. The B100 ... more 
Toledo OH (SPX) May 29, 2009N-Viro International has announced its subsidiary, Florida N-Viro, has reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Toho Water Authority (TWA), located in Osceola County, Florida. The MOU is a platform for N-Viro to negotiate a definitive agreement with TWA for the permitting and construction of a biosolids processing facility within central Florida. The anticipated arrangement ... more |
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