From the blogs
ES&T Online News
- Ethanol and water use
- Biofueling water problems
- Follow the mercury
- Mercury from U.S. wildfires
- PBDEs in U.S. infants mirror adult population
- Transgenic crops may hurt aquatic ecosystems
- Peak oil or peak emissions?
- Biodiesel snapshot
ENN Headline News
- Five Ways to Green the Season
- A Sustainable Holiday Spirit, In Mason, Michigan
- Pittsburgh Paints Goes EcoGreen
- Kettle Chips Wins Leeds Gold With Wind and Sod
EERE Network News
- Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wins Solar Decathlon’s Market Viability Contest
- Report: Climate Change Could Boost U.S. Electricity Demand
- DOE, EPA, and CRS Announce the Green Power Leadership Awards
Green Car Congress
- New Alliance to Develop Nanocrystalline Metal/Polymer Hybrid; Lightweight and Strong
- New Material for Aircraft Wings Could Lead to Reduced Fuel Consumption
- ConocoPhillips and ADM Partner to Develop Renewable Transportation Fuels from Biocrude.
- See also ConocoPhillips and Archer Daniels Midland team up to develop fuels from bio-oil at Biopact for another take on the subject.
- Mazda Develops New Catalyst Material Structure for Autos That Reduces Precious Metal Requirements
- Study: Lube Oil is an Important Source of Toxic Particle Emissions, Even in Cleaner Burning Engines
- US Bicycle Routes Corridor Draft Plan Under Development
- California Agencies to Provide $4.9M for Showcase Project for Off-Road Emissions Reduction Technology
- San José Mayor Unveils “Green Vision†15-Year Roadmap
- Researchers in Brazil Use Ethanol and Lipases to Transesterify Palm Oil to Biodiesel with High Yield
- EPA Science Advisory Board Suggests Revisions to Ethanol Incentives Necessary to Reduce Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zoneâ€
- Solar Bio-Fuels Consortium Receives Grant to Boost Algal Production of Hydrogen
- National Research Council Warns on Water Impact of Accelerating Biofuels Production
- EPA To Develop Regulations for Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
- Green Alga Genome Project Catalogs Carbon Capture Machinery; Opportunities for Improving Efficiencies of Biofuels Production
- IWMI Report Concludes That Conventional Biofuels Not Sustainable for India or China Due to Water Issues
- NSF Awards Genome Research Grant for Study of Production of Novel Fatty Acids in Oilseeds for Biofuels and Biolubricants
- Researchers Recommend “Significant Interventions†to Minimize Expected Impact of Climate Change on River Basins
- Researcher Investigates Tropical Maize as Biofuel Crop; “Sugarcane of the Midwestâ€
- Researchers Assess Current Potential Global Production of Biodiesel at 51 Billion Liters; 12-Fold Increase Possible
- New Biofuel Production Plant Database
- CIBC Report: US Corn Ethanol Policy Will Fuel Inflation
- Fossil Record Provides Evidence Linking Mass Extinction Events with Climate Change
- University of Texas to Begin First Long-Term Underground CO2 Storage Test in US
- European project looks at nanotechnology to develop CO2 capturing membranes