Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 10/26/2009



Algae may be secret weapon in climate change war
Driven by fluctuations in oil prices, and seduced by the prospect of easing climate change, experts are ramping up efforts to squeeze fuel out of a promising new organism: pond scum...

Fossil-Fuel Costs
Coal-fired power plant emissions cause $63 billion in damages in the U.S. each year, with just 10% plants responsible for 43%, or $27 billion, of those damages...

10 Things Gas Stations Won't Tell You - Smart Money
Below is an excerpt from the book " 1,001 Things They Won't Tell You ," which was published in May 2009 and highlights popular columns from SmartMoney's long-running "10 Things" feature. 1. EURGood luck finding the best deal.EUR When it comes to gas ...

Comments (pop-up) (242) - RealClimate
EURThere would almost certainly be EURunknown unknowns EUR things we dont yet know that we dont know. A great example of that was the creation of the Antarctic polar ozone hole as a function of the increased amount of CFCs which was not ...

Pork industry requesting financial help from Congress - SW Iowa News
A continuing crisis in the pork industry that has been ongoing for two years has producers asking Congress for assistance. Adding to the pork woes is the H1N1 flu pandemic sweeping the world that has been labeled by the press as swine flu. According ...

Your Cushiony Seat May Be Made From Soy - WCCO
Have you ever felt soybeans in your couch, or mattress? Well they might be there, even if you can't feel them. Cargill, the Minnetonka-based agricultural giant makes a soybean-based chemical used to produce furniture-grade foam, reducing the need for ...

In This Spot Nothing's Greener Than Red White and Blue
Renewable Fuels Association's tagline, "Right Here, Right Now," is a strong position for ethanol--the only clean-burning liquid fuel that's readily available today...

Promoting BYO Ethanol to Retailers
Representatives from the Renewable Fuels Association and the American Coalition for Ethanol teamed up at the National Association of Convenience Stores Show in Las Vegas last week to promote the BYO Ethanol blender pump program...

Costly carbon
In the international debate over climate change, the crucial sticking point for nations both rich and poor is the economic challenge of switching from cheap fossil fuels that emit heat-trapping gases to cleaner but presumably more expensive forms of energy...

Evolution Fuels Announces Integrated Truck Stop and Biodiesel Plan
Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced a strategy to integrate its biodiesel production plan with a plan to establish five of its own branded truck stops...

LAGCOE to open amid national, local energy debate
As petroleum industry leaders gather in Lafayette this week for the Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition, many of their minds will be on Washington, D.C., where the industry faces one of its greatest challenges...

The dirt on washer fluid
While snow can certainly clean a windshield, it's better to keep your washer fluid reservoir full...

U.K. Accounting for Sustainability - Biodiesel Magazine
For buyers at Greenergy International Ltd. headquartered in London, not a day goes by without a discussion on sourcing sustainable biofuels. The biodiesel producer and fuel distributor is joined by all U.K. fuel suppliers facing new carbon and ...

Biofuel cars have nowhere to gas up in Canada
About 600,000 cars and light-duty trucks on Canada's roads can run on green biofuels but there are only two public fuelling stations where drivers can gas up...

Green Star Products, Inc.: Green Star Unveils New Complete Line of.
Green Star Products, Inc. today announced that the Company is unveiling a new complete line of TVT Energy Saving Fuel and Lubrication Additive Products...

BlueFire finds - greener' pastures
A California red tape leads company to more streamlined Mississippi California-based BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc...

K Street Files: Partying for Podesta
Democratic power broker Tony Podesta was scheduled to celebrate his 65th birthday in style with a 'red shoe' fete at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on Friday night...

Crist to skip Obama visit to Arcadia
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9:36 p.m. Since taking office nearly three years ago, Charlie Crist has made his mark as the green governor...

An industry at the crossroads
Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. "If they're able to accomplish , it would reduce drilling activity by 30 to 40 percent." Under the Senate bill, emissions from power plants, refineries and factories would face increasingly stringent limits - or caps - until 2050...

E-15:New fuel is bad news for outboard motors
Good day anglers and welcome to another week of Anglin' with Austin. I hope everyone is as excited as I am about the drop in water temperatures at our local lakes...

The Interconnectedness of Sustainability - Biodiesel Magazine
Is biodiesel sustainable? To American soybean farmers, it obviously is. When asked this question, Johnny Dodson, president of the American Soybean Association and farmer from Halls, Tenn., says, EURWe continue to develop new varieties, were ...

Edouard Michelin had a knack for looking at things differently
The eighth annual Michelin Challenge Bibendum is being held as scheduled June 8-12 in Paris...

Evolution Fuels Announces Integrated Truck Stop and Biodiesel Plan - StreetInsider.com
DALLAS, Oct. 26, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EVFL ) (the "Company") today announced a strategy to integrate its biodiesel production plan with a plan to establish five of its own branded truck stops. The Company's ...

Automakers preparing for future of electric cars
Like most of my colleagues in the automotive media, I have to admit that we thought we'd seen the last of the electric car -- at least, until a major breakthrough by the battery manufacturers came along...

Mississippi the buzz at Biomass Summit
WASHINGTON a ' At the Biomass Summit this week in Washington, people were talking about Mississippi, said Sumesh Arora, director of Strategic Biomass Solutions for the Mississippi Technology Alliance...

E-15:New fuel is bad news for outboard motors
Good day anglers and welcome to another week of Anglin' with Austin. I hope everyone is as excited as I am about the drop in water temperatures at our local lakes...

The Interconnectedness of Sustainability - Biodiesel Magazine
Is biodiesel sustainable? To American soybean farmers, it obviously is. When asked this question, Johnny Dodson, president of the American Soybean Association and farmer from Halls, Tenn., says, EURWe continue to develop new varieties, were ...

Edouard Michelin had a knack for looking at things differently
The eighth annual Michelin Challenge Bibendum is being held as scheduled June 8-12 in Paris...

Evolution Fuels Announces Integrated Truck Stop and Biodiesel Plan - StreetInsider.com
DALLAS, Oct. 26, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EVFL ) (the "Company") today announced a strategy to integrate its biodiesel production plan with a plan to establish five of its own branded truck stops. The Company's ...

Automakers preparing for future of electric cars
Like most of my colleagues in the automotive media, I have to admit that we thought we'd seen the last of the electric car -- at least, until a major breakthrough by the battery manufacturers came along...

Mississippi the buzz at Biomass Summit
WASHINGTON a ' At the Biomass Summit this week in Washington, people were talking about Mississippi, said Sumesh Arora, director of Strategic Biomass Solutions for the Mississippi Technology Alliance...

Tallying Biofuels' Real Environmental Cost
Are biofuels really green? A pair of new studies in the Oct. 22 issue of Science damningly demonstrate that the answer is no, at least not the way we currently create and use them...

US seeking partnership with RP in research on biofuel - Philippine Star Online
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Visiting US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Monday that the US government is seeking partnership with the Philippines in terms of research on biofuel. Speaking at a press conference, Vilsack said both ...

More on corn that has novel synthetic enzyme to digest starch
Corn amylase improves efficiency and environmental footprint of corn to ethanol 25.oct.09 Crop Biotech Update Corn Amylase , an enzyme essential to convert available starch to fermentable sugars in the production of biofuels, can improve the efficiency, cost, and environmental footprint of biofuels...

RedChip Companies Announces Its 2009 Top-Performing Stocks - Stockhouse
RedChip Companies, Inc. (http://www.RedChip.com) today announced its top-performing stocks for 2009: L&L International Holdings, Inc.; China Education Alliance, Inc.; India Globalization Capital, Inc.; Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Ltd.; China ...

Oakland has received $280 million in stimulus funds - Oakland Press
Oakland Countys communities, police departments and schools have gotten millions of dollars in federal stimulus money. But it hasnt been enough to offset budgets strained by falling tax revenues during the states worst recession in decades ...



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