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Stella and Ali Face Off, Brian Boitano Gets Cooking, and More
Two of the green fashion world's biggest names went head to head this week, as Edun's Ali Hewson sued Stella McCartney to stop McCartney from releasing a perfume called "Stella Nude." Hewson, who co-owns Edun with her husband, Bono,
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Karnataka State Women's University in India Creates Bio-Diesel Park
The Karnataka State Women's University will be sharing some of its barren, unused land with farmers in the area starting this fall to create a bio-diesel park, reports the Times of India. The park will be used to
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BP Gets Into Algae: Signs Multi-year Development Agreement with Martek Biosciences
Another fossil fuel company investing in algae: BP has announced that it will be partnering with Martek Biosciences to work on advancing development of conversion of sugars into biodiesel, using Martek's "unique
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10 Woodstock-Era Bands Still Rocking the Green Movement (Slideshow)
Photo via More Things Woodstock may have been a one-of-a-kind concert, but the artists and bands that performed there didn't let their commitment to global, political, and social change end with the departure of the last muddy audience member. In the 40
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Eco-Rally to Transverse America
Photo from Eco-Rally USA Eco-Rally USA, a grassroots transportation group, is launching a trip across the United States aimed at helping to accelerate clean energy vehicles to become the standard for automobiles rather than the exception. The tour start
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Plankton Power to Build Algae Biofuel Facility on Cape Cod
In about a year Cape Cod will have its first algae biofuel facility. Plankton Power and the Regional Technology Development Corp. have announced that they have formed a public-private consortium to build a pilot-scale biorefinery
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New Biodiesel Plant Nearly Doubles California's Refining Capacity
California currently has a biodiesel production capacity of about 34 million gallons per year, but one single plant by Colorado-based Crimson Renewable Energy is set to nearly double that. The 30 million gallon per year
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BP Backs Out of Jatropha Joint Venture with D1 Oils
Not so long ago jatropha was
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Breaking: Massive Explosion Rocks Chicago Biodiesel Plant
News has just broken that a "massive explosion" has just rocked a Chicago biodiesel plant, and that at least two people were seriously injured in the blast. No one is thought to have been killed. Here's everything that's known about
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Plant Waste Powered Limos to Bring World Leaders to Copenhagen Climate Talks
If you're hosting the world's most important conference on climate change, you sort of have to sweat the small stuff. Eyes from around the globe will be watching to see what progress the world leaders can make towards uniting
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Green Meals on Wheels: Green Truck Delivers Green Food to Los Angeles
If hungry for lunch in LA, you have to find out where to go by checking Twitter for location updates. Yesterday, for example, had this: Wed, 6/17 Green
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New York City's First Rooftop Hydroponic Farm To Yield 30 Tons Of Produce Annually
It seems city farming in New York is all the rage these days. Just a few steps from the Long Island Rail Road's Jamaica Station, a church's rooftop will soon transform
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The FUEL Film: Where We Came From & Where We're Going With Renewable Energy (Review)
At tonight's IREO Renewable Energy Awards at the United Nations, film director and author Josh Tickell will be named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and accept an award for his work. What work you say? Well, the trailer embedded above for his film
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Pay No Attention to the Whining Indonesian Palm Oil Industry: The Deforestation, Climate Change & Biodiversity Concerns Are Genuine
Sometimes you read an industry statement that is so ludicrous that you you can't help but laugh. Such are the remarks in Reuters by the head of the Indonesia Palm Oil Growers
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Biofuels Produced at the Expense of Tropical Forests Are No Victory: Bill Clinton Tells Brazil
I guess when you're a former US president with a well-respected eponymous humanitarian foundation you can really lay into a touchy subject without much mincing of
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BiodieselSMARTER Magazine Now Has a Blog
Image: Biodieselsmarter.com Something to Add to Your RSS Reader BiodieselSMARTER magazine is a great source of information (heck, of entertainment if you love biodiesel as much as those guys) for DIYers, homebrewers, community scale biodiesel producers,
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Algae Biofuel Pioneer GreenFuel Technology Closes Down
Calling themselves a "victim of the economy," algae biofuel company GreenFuel Technologies is shutting down, Greentech Media reports:TreeHugger had of GreenFuel
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Jatropha Biofuel Yields in Indian Wastelands 80% Below Forecasts
Though plenty of reports have been done in the past two years indicating that while jatropha curcas does grow in marginal conditions, to produce consistent crops yields at levels suitable for
