Tag: Biodiesel - Page 7
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The TH Interview: Back to School Special
If you can believe it, there was a time when colleges and universities didn’t have people looking after eco issues. Energy and water meters went unwatched, pesticides floated freely across quads, organics were laughed out of the cafeteria, and recycle
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A Greener London, Rich and Creamy Polenta and How to Find Biodiesel
:: Hop the pond to a greener London with help from our Green City Guide series.
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A Biodiesel Breakthrough, Candy Bar Wrapper Bags and Pesky Plastic Facts
A teacher-student team makes a breakthrough in biodiesel technology.
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Green Power Sports Tour 2008
One man. One veggie-oil powered car. Four months. 20,000 miles. Today Joe Connor, freelance sports-writer, leaves San Diego for his 3rd Annual Green Power Sports Tour, kicking off at a pre-season Raiders game in Bakersfield. Loaded
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Solazyme: Millions of Gallons of Algae Biodiesel Within 3 Years
The Great Green Goey Hope While many types of biofuels are far from ideal, there is one that shows more promise than the others: Algae. One of the companies working on algae-based biodiesel is Solazyme (we already wrote about their algae-B100
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Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance Sets Out Draft Principles for Sustainability Practices
One teething problem in the burgeoning biofuel industry is the issue of sustainability: Some biofuels actually increase greenhouse gas emissions while being claimed to prevent them; others add to food price
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An Additional 1.6 Million Hectares for Biodiesel: Jatropha Cultivation to be Expanded in Indian State of Uttar Pradesh
The Indian National Mission on Biodiesel may have been quietly shelved recently, but that doesn’t mean that state governments aren’t continuing forward with their plans to cultivate Jatropha for biodiesel.
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Have Your Say: Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Requests Comment on Sustainability Criteria
The idea that without stronger and enforceable sustainability criteria biofuels may increase as many social and environmental problems as they solve is one which is increasingly gaining acceptance. In order to solidify these
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Ambrose Hotel First Hotel To Earn LEED For Existing Buildings
The Ambrose Hotel, in Santa Monica, CA, was just awarded the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for a
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Bermuda Biodiesel Plans Commercial Used Vegetable Oil Fuel Plant: The Up Side of Obesity?
It’s not too often when you see someone try to put a positive spin on rising obesity rates, but that’s just what Bermuda's Royal Gazette tries to do.
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Renewable Fuel Standards Waiver Request by Texas Governor Denied by Feds
A few months ago, citing rising corn prices hurting his state’s livestock industry and which he linked to Federal ethanol-blending requirements, Texas governor Rick Perry filed a waiver request with the EPA to reduce the Renewable
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Indian National Biodiesel Promotion Plan Given a 'Quiet Burial'
Citing concerns about rising global grain prices, as well as potential land-grabs by large energy firms , a groups of Indian ministers has quietly shelved the National Mission on Biodiesel, The Economic Times reports. The
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Malaysia and Indonesia To Expand Domestic Palm Oil Biodiesel as Commodity Price Drops
I know I finger-wag at Indonesia and Malaysia quite frequently over the way in which palm oil is cultivated. Not only are the plantations such a severe threat to Orangutan habitat that the animals could be the first great ape (in
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Orlando, Florida Makes a Good Thing (Public Transportation) Even Better (With Biodiesel)
I’ll be honest. When I think of Orlando, Florida I don’t exactly have pleasant thoughts flooding into my head. Apologies to any Orlando residents reading this, but based on the time I’ve spent there, the city’s charms are entirely lost on me. So, when
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Battleground Earth Sneak Peek: Evolution Biodiesel
One of the benefits of biodiesel is that if you have access to a good source of feedstock, you can make your own. So if you have access to waste vegetable oil (from restaurants, say) and have a diesel vehicle, you can have your very own fuel refinery
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Orangutans' Fingers Mutilated by Oil Palm Plantation Workers: More on the Ape-Palm Oil Connection
We've written about the connections between deforestation, the possible extinction of the orangutan, and the expansion of plantation-based palm oil production a number of times. So often in fact that I apologize if some readers
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Moving Companies In Los Angeles Offer Low-Carbon Options
In a city with close to 10 million residents, Los Angeles just got a few new entrants into the moving arena that will not only cater to your every need but also do it with the smallest carbon footprint possible. Northstar Moving and Go Green Moving
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Senators Want to Switch Drugs Rather Than Kick the Habit: Flex Fuel Vehicle Legislation Introduced Into Congress
It may be some editorial hyperbole to equate a mandate that would require more vehicles be capable of running on biofuels to switching your drug of choice from, say, heroin to vodka, but ultimately neither situation
