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  • July 2008

    • Algae: Lean, Green Biofuel?

      Portfolio  |  Jul 2, 08 2:47 PM CDT

      Algae: Lean, Green Biofuel?

      (Newser) - The steam engine wasn’t invented in the eighteenth century—it was invented in AD 60. But Romans instead stuck to their old standby technology: slaves. Now, we’re in danger of repeating that mistake with biofuels, writes David Ewing Duncan for Portfolio . While Congress is pumping subsidies into corn-based ethanol, better solutions—such as algae—are begging for attention. More »

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      biofuel  • ethanol  • innovation  • biodiesel  • algae biofuel

  • January 2008

    • He Can Stop Terror; Carbon's Another Story

      New Republic  |  Jan 24, 08 8:39 AM CST

      He Can Stop Terror; Carbon's Another Story

      (Newser) - Fox's 24 has its share of problems—Kiefer Sutherland's DUI imprisonment, rewritten scripts, the writers strike—but one writer still won’t give Jack Bauer a break, hitting the set to probe the show’s promise to reduce its carbon footprint. One exec congratulates himself on picking “our toughest show” for the green challenge—but the New Republic 's Amanda Fortini has mixed feelings. More »

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      Fox  • carbon footprint  • Prius  • Kiefer Sutherland  • biodiesel  • Jack Bauer

  • December 2007

    • Green Tech Boosts Heartland

      CNET  |  Dec 13, 07 8:10 PM CST

      Green Tech Boosts Heartland

      (Newser) - Green-tech venture capital is still concentrated in coastal urban centers, but middle America is catching up. Silicon Valley, Massachusetts, and Washington state are among the top five hotspots, but so is Texas and the nation's agricultural heartland, reports CNET, which tracked the money fueling startups and university research. More »

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      Silicon Valley  • ethanol  • MIT  • venture capital  • green technology  • biodiesel

    • San Francisco Gases Up, Goes Green

      New York Times  |  Dec 6, 07 4:26 PM CST

      San Francisco Gases Up, Goes Green

      (Newser) - San Francisco may have the biggest green fleet in America now that all 1,500 diesel vehicles—including ambulances, fire engines, buses and street sweepers—run on B20, a combination of soy-based and diesel fuels. The transformation is part of the city's plan to  reduce toxic emissions to 20% below 1990 levels in the next four years, the New York Times reports. More »

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      San Francisco  • biofuel  • green energy  • Gavin Newsom  • diesel  • biodiesel

  • November 2007
  • April 2007

    • Chicken Fat Doubles as Diesel

      Bloomberg  |  Apr 17, 07 10:05 AM CDT

      Chicken Fat Doubles as Diesel

      (Newser) - Two corporate giants are teaming up to produce biofuels and boost their bottom lines. Tyson Foods, the world's biggest meat producer, and third-largest U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips will be using about half of Tyson's animal fat to make a renewable diesel fuel, which will account for about 3% of ConocoPhillips's total production. More »

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      oil  • environmentalism  • biofuel  • diesel  • ConocoPhillips  • biodiesel  • Tyson Foods

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