AltWeeklies Wire
The Battle Over Biofuelsnew
As plant-based fuels are increasingly criticized from both left and right, UC Berkeley's Chris Somerville is leading the effort to perfect them.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
06-17-2009 |
Environment
Arkansas Still Awaits the Biodiesel Boomnew
While production of biodiesel has exploded nationally -- largely because of federal subsidies -- the industry is off to a slow start in Arkansas: the Natural State remains a top 10 producer of soybeans, but it ranks only 20th in biodiesel production capacity.
Arkansas Times |
Paul Barton |
01-29-2009 |
Environment
San Diego Researchers Get Beyond Biofuelnew
Really, this is about scum. Green, slimy, don't-swim-in-the-water scum that just might save the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-03-2008 |
Environment
What Will We Use Instead of Oil?new
If we're going to go on driving cars, but we can't afford to fuel them from petroleum (and we can't afford to put all those greenhouse gas emissions in the air either), then what do we do instead?
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
06-23-2008 |
Environment
Tags: oil, environment, transportation, pollution, peak oil, biofuels, automobiles, carbon dioxide, algae, fuel costs, hydrogen
Monocropping Leads the Way to a Global Food Crisisnew
The global agriculture market is busy cooking up a recipe for disaster. World grain production is on the rise, but this cheap oversupply has put millions of farmers in developing nations out of work. Equally problematic, policy makers are increasingly directing edible calories toward biofuels and animal feed. Meanwhile, impoverished humans starve. Is home gardening an actual answer?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
05-30-2008 |
Environment
Setting a Course on Biofuelsnew
Wisconsin researchers endeavor to work out the kinks.
Isthmus |
Mary Ellen Bell |
04-08-2008 |
Environment
The Future of Biofuels Takes Rootnew
Jatropha looks like a weed, but its seeds could be used to power your car -- this bean may be the biofuel of the future.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Jonathan Parkinson |
02-25-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, biofuels
