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Eco Factor: Bacteria can produce biofuel from non-food biomass.
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AP, Sioux Falls
The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work,...
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AP, Amsterdam
In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom.
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The communist New People’s Army (NPA) vowed to sustain its campaign against biofuels and to raid plantations dedicated to jathropa, a source of biofuel.
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Europe’s leaders know where they want to be when it comes to tackling global warming. The problem is they don’t know how to get there.President Nicolas...
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AP, Lilbourn
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made popular Oct 8 2008
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AP, Rome
A U.N. agency on Tuesday called for an urgent review of agriculture and biofuel subsidies and trade barriers, saying their removal would increase opportunities for...
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EcoFactor: Alternative energy obtained from landfills.
Anybody with the slightest amount of common sense would know that landfills aren’t entirely bad as people...
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AP, Brussels
EU lawmakers have voted to scale back ambitious biofuels targets, cutting the goal for use of crop-based fuel by half to 5 percent of road transport needs by 2020.
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