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Virgin Develops Jet Fuel With Half the Carbon Footprint of Others
Virgin Atlantic Airways and LanzaTech are developing an aviation fuel that will cut in half the carbon footprint of conventional flights.
Instead of using plant stock...
Pennsylvania Biodiesel Plant on Track for Record Year
Mixing 70 percent animal fat, and 30 percent used cooking oil, Pennsylvania's largest biodiesel plant is on track to produce a record 40 million...
Missouri Pork Processor Will Reuse All its Waste to Power the Plant
Meat eaters should search out Heritage Acres' all-natural pork products. Not only are their pasture-raised hogs hormone-free and fed only soy, corn and oats...
Cars Can Run on Scottish Brew of Whisky Waste
Scientists in Scotland have created a new biofuel recipe made from -- what else? -- whiskey by-products. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have developed...
Residents Across UK Offered Chance to Recycle Used Cooking Oil
With the addition of two recycling centers in Kirklees and Wolverhampton this week a UK company is giving environmentally-minded Brits an opportunity to divert...
Jack Johnson Launches Concert Tour Powered by Biodiesel
Performing artist Jack Johnson began a 35-city tour in Connecticut, during which biodiesel will be used to power all tour buses and generators...
Greener Amtrak Trains Run on Beef Fat in Texas
Amtrak is testing the viability of alternative fuel passenger trains by launching a biofuel pilot program using rendered beef fat. The beef...
Scientists Tap An Electrical Current Stemming from Plants
In an electrifying first, new research could lead to production of electricity that doesn't release carbon into the atmosphere. Stanford scientists have plugged into...
Canadian Cement Plant Becomes First to Capture CO2 in Algae
The process of manufacturing cement is both energy intensive and dirty. Globally, it emits roughly five percent of greenhouse gas emissions annually. But a...
GM Partners with U.S. to Develop Jatropha Weed for Biodiesel
General Motors (GM) yesterday announced a five-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop the potential of the jatropha plant...
What Could Be Better than Renewable Energy from Chocolate?
Who knew the same delicious brown bean that creates chocolate can also generate clean green power? Cocoa bean shells left over after the...
New Game Show in India to Reward ‘Green’ Projects
A new game show in India will award prizes to villages that are going green. India's state-owned Doordarshan television network will air the...
Company to Recycle Carbon Dioxide into Gasoline
Until we live in a society dominated by hydrogen and electric vehicles, new bio-fuel and carbon capture technologies can help us lower our dependence...
Ford Gets $5.9 Billion Loan to Retool Plants for Energy Efficient Cars
The Department of Energy announced yesterday they finalized a loan of $5.9 billion for Ford Motor Company to transform factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan,...
Watermelon Juice is the Latest Source of Renewable Energy
Forget chip fat, sugar cane or rapeseed oil – the latest source of biofuel could be watermelons. Scientists have discovered that...
Virgin Galactic Spaceships Look to Be Powered by Algae
Proof of Sir Richard Branson's dedication to low carbon emissions will be displayed next year when Virgin Galactic's two spacecrafts, Mothership Eve and SpaceShipTwo,...
Once Catfish Farmers Now Algae Pioneers
Turning pond scum into biofuels is fast becoming a new revenue stream for weary catfish farmers whose catch has dried up. PetroSun BioFuels...
‘Comeback’ Forests Rich in Biodiversity, Say Scientists
Tropical forests that have regrown after deforestation are proving more significant havens of biodiversity than previously thought, scientists said last week. A...
Waste Coffee Grounds offer new source of biodiesel fuel
Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering...
Nevada’s First Green Convenience Store
Nevada’s first full-sized alternative fuel station and LEED-certified convenience store opened in Minden Tuesday. With solar panels and skylights, bamboo shelving and biofuels, the...