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Obama unveils new biofuels, carbon capture, initiativesWashington (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy to reinvigorate US production of biofuels, vowing he would not let nations like China race ahead in building new energy economies. Obama is embracing a host of traditional sources of power, including coal and nuclear and new energy sources, like wind power, as he attempts to improve dim prospects for cap-and-trade climate legislation in Congress. He said his government's Environmental Protection Agency had mandated the production of ... read more |
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Jodhpur, India (AFP) Jan 18, 2010A London-based environmentalist driving a biofuel-powered bus around the world was freed on bail by a judge in India on Monday after being arrested for illegally using a satellite telephone. Andy Pag's lawyer Prateek Kasliwal said the court in the western Indian city of Ajmer released him on condition he put up a personal guarantee of 40,000 rupees (900 dollars). "Justice P.K. Aggarwal r ... more 
Walnut Creek CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2010Soybean, one of the most important global sources of protein and oil, is now the first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. The sequence and its analysis appear in the January 14 edition of the journal Nature. The research team comprised 18 institutions, including the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), the U.S. Department of Agriculture ... more 
Vancouver, British Columbia (UPI) Jan 13, 2009 Determining the genetic makeup of sunflowers will lead to species that can be used for food and fuel, scientists in Canada said. A joint venture between Genome Canada, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy, and France's National Institute for Agricultural Research aims to create a reference genome for sunflowers within four years. The sunflower -- the world's largest pl ... more |
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Engineered Tobacco Plants Have More Potential As BiofuelPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Jan 08, 2010 Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University have identified a way to increase the oil in tobacco plant leaves, which may be the next step in using the plants for biofuel. Their paper was published online in Plant Biotechnology Journal. According to Vyacheslav Andrianov, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cancer Biology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, tobacco can generate biofuel more efficiently than other agricultural ... read more |
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