Biofuels Increase Air Pollution and Reduce Crop Yield, New Study Says
According to a recent study, biofuels might increase air pollution and reduce crop yields. This is the conclusion that a team from Lancaster University,...
Was it Fraud? How Biofuels Company “Earned” Millions from EPA Loophole
In June 2010, a CN Rail cargo train crossed the US / Canada border 24 times, earning some $2.6 million in transportation revenue. This...
Gut of Western Australia Termites May Be Key in Biofuel Development
Research completed by University of Western Australia honors student, Ghislaine Small, of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Planet Energy Biology has identified the...
University of Texas Doubles Electricity Output of Landfill
Landfills are not just an eyesore, but also produce methane as their contents decompose. Methane is a greenhouse gas, and if not recovered,...
Global Alternative Energy Sector in a Depression Due to Natural Gas
The global alternative energy sector is in a depression. Alternative energy investments aren't looking so good, and the private and public sectors around the world have...
Wood-to-Bio-oils Process Studied on Supercomputer
Fossil fuels, including petroleum, coal, natural gas, and others, are essentially organic materials that have decomposed. Under pressure, heat, and time, and in an...
Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria Produces Sugar for Biofuel
Sugar is one of the key elements involved in the production of ethanol and determining the cost of biofuels.
A new initiative called Proterro, intends...
Sorghum-Derived Ethanol Cuts Down Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently added ethanol made from grain sorghum to the group of advanced biofuel.
This news was particularly welcomed by...
Fast-Food Lobbyists Fight Biofuel Law
American fast-food lobbyists are pushing back again an alternative fuel policy that requires gasoline to contain ethanol, a fuel produced from corn, and are...
Princeton University Study Claims Synfuels Could Eliminate US Petroleum Needs
One of the goals of some synfuel programs is, not only to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, but to reduce our dependency on foreign petroleum imports....
