biofuels
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Flush away greenhouse gases
First, came the chicken poo-powered fuel cell. Now a district plans to convert its wastewater plants to run on -- you guessed it -- people poo.
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Whiskey biofuels getting tanked
Scottish scientists have been thinking a lot about drinking and driving. And what they've discovered will knock you off your feet.
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A chicken poo-powered fuel cell
On Tuesday, FuelCell Energy, announced the sale of a 1.4-megawatt chicken poo-powered fuel cell to an egg farm in California's Central Valley.
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Cars that run on crap, and 9 more green stories to amaze your friends
128-degree weather. Climate denying iPhones. Hair on snakes (just kidding). Don't miss this week's true tales of green.
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Co-op capitalizes renewable energy businesses
Co-op Power, a renewable energy cooperative, broke ground on its newest green business, Northeast Biodiesel, last week.
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Corn industry fights back over my depiction of corn's role in the Gulf dead zone
A National Corn Growers Association rep calls one of my posts about the Gulf of Mexico dead zone "snobbish" and the "rantings of an elitist with an anti-corn agenda." In addition to those fighting words, she took a swing at my facts. Too bad she missed.
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The climate clock ticks faster, a solar campus, butter as biofuel, and 7 more green tales
Ten stories you might have missed from the greenosphere.
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Here’s why renewable energy needs a boost from Congress
Ground was broken for what will likely become the largest wind farm in the country -- but overall, the news for renewable energy is not so good.
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Financial-reform bill limits the speculation in ag commodity markets that sparked food crisis
While we mourn the dead climate legislation, it's worth noting that something non-hideous emerged from Congress last week. Buried within the financial reform bill, there's a set of provisions that evidently limit excessive speculation in ag commodity markets -- something that drove more than 100 million people into hunger in 2008.