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Biofuels Key To Reducing Greenhouse Gases
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Executive Vice President, Industrial and Environmental Section, Brent Erickson has released the following statement:…
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Biofuels Effort Seeks Less Barriers More Trade Access In Rich West
Gaithersburg, MD (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - The governments of the United States, Brazil and the European Union (EU) - the world's major producers of biofuels - have jointly released an analysis of current biofuel specifications with the goal of facilitating expanded trade of these renewable energy sources.
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Malaysia launches billion-dollar development plan for Borneo
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 11, 2008 - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Monday launched a development project worth nearly 100 billion dollars to fuel growth in resource-rich Sarawak state on Borneo island.
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Metabolix To Develop Advanced Industrial Oilseed Crops For Bioplastic And Biofuel Production
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company focused on developing clean, sustainable solutions for plastics, fuels, and chemicals, has announced that it has initiated a program to develop an advanced industrial oilseed crop to produce bioplastics.
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New Geothermal Power Supply On Steam For Millions In Northwest Nevada
Bend NV (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - Vulcan Power Company has announced the G3 Power Plan, a preliminary plan for green grid transmission upgrades to deliver a green gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) of clean geothermal power to Los Angeles and Las Vegas from massive natural steam zones located in northwest Nevada.
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PA Agriculture Secretary Highlights Economic Benefits Of Biofuels At Clearfield High School
Harrisburg PA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - Pennsylvania can reap new jobs and economic growth with an investment in locally produced fuels, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff told Clearfield Area High School students today. Pennsylvania, particularly its rural communities, is poised to reap tremendous benefits from investments in alternative fuels, Wolff told the students. Clearfield County will help lead our state toward energy independence, creating new jobs and supporting local farmers and businesses.
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Ricardo Helps Develop Next-Generation Wind Energy
Van Buren Twp MI (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - Massachusetts-based wind energy company General Compression and its compressor technology partner Mechanology are using Ricardo's automotive engineering and development expertise to develop technology which aims to make wind power as reliable as conventional power.
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After US pulls plug, future unclear for ‘clean coal’
Washington (AFP) Feb 10, 2008 - The US government's decision to end funding for a zero emissions coal-fired power plant project has cast doubt over the future of clean coal to meet growing global energy needs.
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UAE starts work on world’s first zero-carbon city
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 10, 2008 - The oil-rich United Arab Emirates was set to start work on Sunday on construction of the world's first zero carbon emissions city, a spokesman for the project said.
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Ecuadoran warned about oil fields in nature preserve
Quito (AFP) Feb 9, 2008 - Attorney General Xavier Garaicoa urged oil companies from China, Brazil, Spain and Ecuador to pull up their stakes from an Amazonian natural preserve to prevent environmental and social problems.
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Analysis: EU hungry for Iraq gas and oil
Washington (UPI) Feb 8, 2008 - Iraq is looking outside its legal and security troubles to establish mutually beneficial energy ties with Europe.
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Analysis: Petronas makes Uzbek strides
Washington (UPI) Feb 8, 2008 - In the mad Western dash for Central Asian energy resources, investors initially focused on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Following the death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006, Western energy firms fell over themselves courting Turkmenistan's new president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Ten years before Niyazov's death, however, Malaysia's Petronas won Turkmenistan's first offshore drilling agreement and began prospecting in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian.
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Knee Brace Generates Electricity From Walking
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 08, 2008 - A new energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a cell phone, a motorized prosthetic joint or an implanted neurotransmitter, research involving the University of Michigan shows. A report on the device is published in the Feb. 8 issue of the journal Science. Authors include researchers from Simon Fraser University in Canada and the University of Pittsburgh, in addition to U-M.
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Mexico to build only energy-smart homes in three years: minister
Mexico City (AFP) Feb 8, 2008 - Mexico will soon allow only energy-smart homes to be built in the country, and plans to have 30,000 such units up and running by 2011, Environment Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira said Friday.
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Researchers Give New Hybrid Vehicle Its First Test Drive In The Ocean
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2008 - Taking a page out of a science fiction story, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully flown the first environmentally powered robotic vehicle through the ocean. The new robotic glider harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself across thousands of kilometers of water.
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Converting land for biofuel worsens global warming: study
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2008 - Clearing raw land to produce biofuels actually contributes to global warming by emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, researchers warned Thursday.